A question about music collaboration.

[PJMcK]

3. ProTools editing

The digital recording program ProTools allows for tremendously powerful control over a recording. Like a word processor, you can copy, paste and delete sections of music or even individual notes. Pitch variations can be corrected as can inaccurate timing and many, many other features of the recording.

It doesn't matter if it's amateur or professional, it's the normal practice in digital recording. That doesn't mean one has to use those features, of course. Ultimately, you still want your music to sound good!

If you use a Mac computer or an iOS device, you might consider GarageBand. It's sort of similar to ProTools but it's much easier and friendly to use, (it's also less powerful). You could record your part then send the file to your collaborators who could each add their parts. As we discussed, this multi-tracking would be a way to create a complete performance. By the way, I'm not familiar with PCs but I wouldn't be surprised if there were a similar product for that platform.

In any event, here's Apple's page about GarageBand:

https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/

Meanwhile, I'll keep my ears open and good luck!