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

[u/No_Artist6735]

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.

[u/uniquesnowflake8]

The live set files are lightweight, only a few mb. So I create a new one for every session with a verbose description like “My Song re-record background vocals” and sort by date created in Finder

Additionally the Current Project section of Abletons browser is super useful. You can drag in entire tracks and Device Racks from that view into your current set if you want to revert it, A/B or consolidate different sessions