One tip I have for you, not sure if you know this but there is a way to export all your stems with send effects baked into each stem all in one go with one export. The way to do this is you create aux tracks for your stem prints and route every instrument and track stack to its corresponding stem aux track. I didn't work this out till recently but if you bring the stem aux tracks into the main arrange window and pop midi regions on the aux tracks you can export the aux tracks and everything being sent to it. What this effectively means is you can select all your stem aux tracks and export you stems with the all the send effects baked into each stem with one click, all in one go. The only draw back is every send must be routed to its corresponding instrument stem aux track which can be a bit tedious to organise but if all your sends are already set up and routed where it needs to go on your mix template it's super easy. Has saved me a lot of time bouncing each stem individually. I used to find that process very tedious. Especially when bouncing stems for a 12 track album. I hope that helps.

My exact same question?

@@dospeace VCA's

It will be out fairly soon. Working on a new project.

In this example it's because the aux track effects are only used on the vocals. Plus, in this mix, there's a bunch of volume automation on the aux tracks throughout the song. If it were a shared effect, I would probably adjust the send level individually for each track that shares the effect.

If you export the tracks, there's no need to do that. The silence at the front end of each track will make sure that the tracks line up in another DAW when you drag and drop them in. Which is exactly what you want with multi-tracks and stems.

@@MusicTechHelpGuy So it won't be a problem where exactly I'm dropping the files, they will find its place automatically? (apologies for maybe a silly question, but I've tried that and they came in random places depending on where I'm dropping them)

@@TheKpaco Drop them in a new project, and pull them over to the beginning of bar 1, and everything will line up.

I believe Logic only supports exporting 32-bit float AIFF file export. But WAV and AIFF are basically identical, except for the file container. So any situation where you would use a WAV, you can use an AIFF. They are both uncompressed audio files. HOWEVER, if you use the "bounce" function instead of export, you can choose WAV as your format.

Folder stack or Summing stack ? (just asking, not sure if it matters)

I don't know what your background is, but if you're struggling with putting songs together, you might want to check out a course on the fundamentals of music. Like understanding notes, chords, scales, chord progressions, etc. Even without all of the sound design and mixing, if you have a solid foundation in your music fundamentals, you might have an easier time putting together songs. I have a really old course on this channel called "Music Theory for Producers" but I also have some more structured content on MacProVideo.com. In particular a course called "Music Theory for DAW Musicians". I use mainly the piano roll editor, and almost no notation, so it's great for folks who maybe didn't grow up in a traditional music environment, but want to compose at their DAW. Here's a link to it: www.macprovideo.com/course/music-theory-109-music-theory-for-daw-musicians I should also mention that more than half of my compositions don't go anywhere either. I think most songwriters are like that. They come up with an idea and tool around with it for a while, sometimes years, before it turns into something useable. I've had songs in the past that I've started recording, re-arranged them, change the key, lyrics, melody, etc. Then finally settled on something that works years later. Best of luck.

@@MusicTechHelpGuy Hey Josh, Your reply to AfroSheen, the last paragraph about more than half your compositions not going anywhere? I must be doing alright with mine then. I’ve been tweaking two comps for months now. I hope to get them out there soon. Great video as always! Gianni 👌🏼