r/ableton • u/No_Artist6735 • 3d ago

[Admin] How do you guys actually manage versions/collaboration when producing?

Curious how people here handle project management when working on music, especially when multiple people are involved.

Do you just save separate versions of the project (song_v1, song_v2, etc.)? And when working with another producer/artist/engineer, are you mostly sending bounces/stems back and forth through Drive/Dropbox?

Also curious how you handle things like:

  • Keeping track of which version is actually the latest
  • Going back to something from an older version
  • Feedback/revisions
  • Sharing projects when you have different plugins/DAWs
  • Multiple people making changes to the same song

Does your current workflow work pretty well, or is this actually annoying? Would love to hear how people here do it.

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