Originally Posted by Bleu

You don't need trackouts for beats but it definitely helps for your vocals to sit in the mix. You won't get the same quality you will at home because 1) the engineer knows how to mix better than you 2) they have way better equipment

Depends on the sound he’s looking for and how much space the instruments take up on a compressed beat because simply using an mp3/wav file you can still tell you used a mp3/wav file. You can hear it clear as day, no matter how GREAT it may sound.

Originally Posted by Bleu

You don't need trackouts for beats but it definitely helps for your vocals to sit in the mix. You won't get the same quality you will at home because 1) the engineer knows how to mix better than you 2) they have way better equipment

Depends on the sound he’s looking for and how much space the instruments take up on a compressed beat because simply using an mp3/wav file you can still tell you used a mp3/wav file. You can hear it clear as day, no matter how GREAT it may sound.