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I thought it might be a good idea to share some tips and tricks concerning documentation. There are so many analytical minds lurking about here. There must be a ton of useful little tricks we can share with each other. I will start with my Mail Organization method. Maybe this is something everyone already uses but, since I have no way of knowing that, I will throw it out there. This works for Gmail. I gave a quick try in Outlook but while it opened Outlook, it did not navigate to the specific mail in question. I can't imagine that it would be very difficult to adapt the method. I have always kept emails that I feel are important. But the amount of "important" emails can quickly stack up and remembering where they are or when they were becomes challenging. So I keep a document with links to those emails and I organize it by the sender. It is simple to create and finding the specific email I need at any given moment is a breeze. The method is (wait for it).... 1) Open a mail. 2) Copy the link address. 3) Open your email tracking document. 4) Create a link. 5) Name it something relevant. 6) Apply the copied link. Now you can just click it and the mail will open. So, just like that and Bob's your uncle (or easy peasy... or whatever it is those wonderful Brits say). ____________________________________ It could look something like this:

Quick question for everyone, what’s your preferred approach for initial gain staging for your individual tracks? Do you usually do it in Session View or Arrangement View, and why do you prefer one over the other? I’ve been debating this with a few producer friends and curious to hear different perspectives.

What kind of Monitors do you use? Are you happy with them? What would you like to have?