What does "comping" mean for SONAR users?

I've always figured it meant "compositing" but it occurs to me that it might mean "comparing" to some people.

After I dreamed that up it occurred to me that the ideal tool set for one might be a little different than an ideal tool set for the other.


So, I'm curious... what does the term "comping" mean to you when you are working on audio?


Thanks.


best regards,
mike






 

The former, in my world.

The same as it always has: Taking a bit from this take and another from that and generally making your musician feel like he's always prevailing throughout the track!

pdlstl


The former, in my world.

SvenArne


The same as it always has: Taking a bit from this take and another from that and generally making your musician feel like he's always prevailing throughout the track!

What they say. What they say.

I've always figured it meant "compositing"


It does.. 


But the workflow typical involves comparing one take to the others..

I don't even like using straight X crossfade tools. I zoom right in there, slip edit to my zero-crossing, check both end start points soloed individually and then together, solo each again to select a curves and adjust the fades, listen back again to both and repeat as necessary. It's one of the few things I learned years ago and I think it makes a big difference. I asked a couple of my buddies about whether this method was better than a straight crossfade and they pretty much said "Yeah... but it takes forever". Well I'm not working in a studio with deadlines and whatnot so I take the time. I check every single clip in a project to make sure it's start and finish are smooth as possible and it reacts well with all the other tracks around it. That's a little broader in scope than what you are asking but it is also how I make composite tracks from takes as well. I do however try to just get a few takes where I play the intended part as spot on as possible so I don't have to comp anything. Sadly my hands don't really behave as well as they used to so that's getting harder with age... or maybe I'm just getting pickier about what I think is acceptable playing. Who knows. Friggen' musicians, eh? Bunch of looney tunes. ;-)

Record thirty takes and slice and dice them to seven seconds of acceptableness and pray I didn't nudge a knob or fader in the process.

Yeah, I'm pretty much like everyone else.  Compositing.  Layers were not so great for that, IMO.  The new lanes seems to make it much better.

The only thing that annoys me is the tool tips on each lane.  The + and X buttons have tooltips that read "+" and "X" respectively.  No indication other than assuming you know that + means "add another lane" and X means "delete this lane".   It'd be nice if +'s tooltip was "add new lane" and X's was "delete this lane".

derFunkenstein

The only thing that annoys me is the tool tips on each lane.  The + and X buttons have tooltips that read "+" and "X" respectively.  No indication other than assuming you know that + means "add another lane" and X means "delete this lane".   It'd be nice if +'s tooltip was "add new lane" and X's was "delete this lane".

You'll prolly learn that fast enough, won't you?

Former.