1. Making a roadmap or other form of instruction manual for the other instruments to follow is the first step.
2. To set a tempo, most people utilise a straightforward click/metronome. But since not all artists are adept at following clicks, you may also employ a drum loop that has already been recorded.
3. When a single instrument or a collection of instruments are "over-dubbed" until the original may be "scratched," or erased, one at a time.
4. The rhythm section is the bedrock of every song, as any musician is aware. Everyone in a band plays in lockstep with the bass and drums. Therefore, it seems natural that you would start your recording sessions with these instruments.
5. If there are no drums or bass in a song, another rhythmic instrument can be substituted. After laying a solid foundation, it is time to expand it by constructing a chord structure.
6. Since the melody of most songs is created by a variety of instruments. It makes sensible to start recording the ones that are dominant first.
7. The supporting melodies can then be used to fill in the blanks. You add all those minor details that give the major tracks colour and flair as the finishing touches to your music.
8. Tune editing allows you to use Auto-Tune or other similar software to adjust any off-pitch note back to its correct pitch.
9. It is typically applied to vocals, although it also sounds good on the majority of melodic instruments. The next step is to "mix" them together so that they form a single, cohesive entity.
10. Each track needs to be re-recorded down to a single stereo file before your music is ready to be mastered. After it is finished, your song is polished using a variety of mastering procedures.