> wondering if any songwriters/composers can give me some > workflow tips/ideas. > > I have a tune for instance, where the Arrange page is a mess > at this point. I like to try re-hamonizing sections, so I > have tracks of reharms... and then to hear the different > versions - I mute them. However, the Arrange page gets > cluttered... and I find I want to try transposing sections... > then reharming those - or changing the melodies on the chords... > anyways... my Arrange page is a mess. > > It just occured to me - that I should probably just make > separate song files for each... but that's a lot of versions > and mess also - though probably better than what I'm doing. > Welcome to the World of Ill-Logic ;-)) One good tip is to make use of "View > Object colors" (might have changed in your version) I use a kind of color hierarchy, say Red for best Orange for ok Yellow for probably needs re-doing and so on. Also have all the relevant takes on copies of the same audio track say Audio 1 put logic into cycle mode of the section you need to audition then just cycle round the takes muting as you go. You can then slice up good sections of each take. I then Have a empty copy of the same Audio track 1 at the top of all the takes which I then drag my definitely good take regions to, you can then use that to make your comp track and do any cross fades etc. I let some one else answer the transpose bit. Also this question has been asked here a few time try a search on "Vocal Comping" or something.