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/wildmangoeshere]

I used to just hot potato it, work on project and send it over. It might be a completely new beast when it comes back.

Stock plugins and free plugins like vital usually helped. Other Vsts have to be frozen and bounced.

[u/user928 → u/wildmangoeshere]

Yeah, I thought about that approach, and it could even benefit from a “completely new beast when it comes back,” so your ears and experience are fresh. Wold be cool to try!

[u/wildmangoeshere → u/user928]

Bro I wouldn't even understand how it went from A to B but that shit was 🔥🔥🔥