How many tracks do you use in your songs?

[justin3am]

Never more than 20 but usually between 10 and 16. Some tracks will have 3 to 7 instruments on them though. I also use tons of bus channels but I don't think those really count as tracks because they are only for routing purposes.

[The Chase]

150 and 211! and I thought I was indulgent using up to around 40 sometimes.

[blaster78]

211

only one was that big, the average was much lower, and i just counted all the tracks so loads of mine will be automation and stuff.

[vurt]

if i had individual samples on tracks rather than create each one individually i guess i could have hundreds, but as it is i build the samples over time then load em into one stereo out sampler with fx in line and what you hear is a one shot recording, if i f**k up i start again...
the rare times i use sequencing these days i do use a fair few tracks but i dont think ive ever passed 100, more if i was going to count automation as tracks...

[seppuku]

i normally have between 50 - 60 sperate channels...
maybe 10 for drums and percussion, 1 for bass, a couple for samples and the rest synths

[joshhunsaker]

211

only one was that big, the average was much lower, and i just counted all the tracks so loads of mine will be automation and stuff.

let me guess...
pro-tools with a quad core and 18 linked farm cards...

[Igro]

10-16. Electronic music.

[blaster78]

211

only one was that big, the average was much lower, and i just counted all the tracks so loads of mine will be automation and stuff.

let me guess...
pro-tools with a quad core and 18 linked farm cards...

nah, sonar on a pc

[joshhunsaker]

211

only one was that big, the average was much lower, and i just counted all the tracks so loads of mine will be automation and stuff.

let me guess...
pro-tools with a quad core and 18 linked farm cards...

nah, sonar on a pc

pffh. it's probably dual-phase change cooled down to -50c for that kind of performance.

oh wait, just read the part about automation tracks and junk. makes more sense then...

[blaster78]

oh wait, just read the part about automation tracks and junk. makes more sense then...

[the cash]

The track I'm working on at the moment has 19 tracks so far - that's with drums, bass, guitars and guitar overdubs. The vocals still need to be recorded and I'm projecting another 5 to 6 tracks for vocals and vocal overdubs. So I'll probably end up with something like 24 tracks, which is what I usually get (most of my songs use 16 - 24 tracks). I'll rarely go higher unless there's a lot of different instruments playing.

[musikmachine]

I'm setting up a default template in live.As of right now 34 tracks.I've just discovered the resampling feature of live so i'm going to add tracks for submixing and resampling!

[Ubiety]

16-50, most often 37 or so. Mostly for sound design reasons and because I'm a control freak. When I get above 40 it's usually already overkill.

In general, when I make a submix...

"His main objective is the exquisite exfoliation of DnB, Hip Hop & Chiptunes."

[Ubiety]

Anyway, about 8 to 16 tracks. I'm such a control freak that I keep all of my drum sounds on one track, usually.

[gravehill]

For electronic stuff something like 10-20 tracks. With symphonic elements included it's about 20-60 tracks more depending on the size and scope of the orchestral elements. For rock based stuff about 20-30 is usually enough and for some ethnic and weird stuff maybe around 30 tracks.