Adaptive Stem Alignment Workflow

This skill provides a resilient pattern for audio production that emphasizes incremental verification, fail-fast principles, and adaptive duration handling. Each major step produces verified outputs before proceeding, with explicit strategies for handling stems of different durations.

Overview

Follow these steps in strict order. Each step must complete successfully and pass verification before proceeding to the next:

1. Early timing calculation - Derive section transitions from BPM and duration first
2. Verify reference audio - Validate input file properties and establish target duration
3. Generate and verify each stem individually - One stem at a time with immediate verification
4. Generate drum stem separately - Dedicated drum extension with rhythm patterns
5. Align stem durations - Handle duration mismatches with adaptive extension strategies
6. Apply effects with verification - Process each stem and verify output
7. Export master track - Mix all verified stems
8. Archive and final verification - Package deliverables with comprehensive checks

Key Differences from Standard Workflow