A method of creati ng a digital recording of a musical work from a plurality of takes of different performances of the musical work, wherein each of said takes is comprised of a plurality of recordings of a same one of said performances, wherein each of said recordings of said plurality of recordings records a different aspect of said musical work with one of a plurality of microphones, and, wherein each of said different aspects of said musical work is recorded during each performance of said musical work comprisi ng the steps of: (a) accessi ng said plurality of takes; (b) displaying on a display device a dynamic graphical user interface containing an overview project window displaying a representation of each of said plurality of takes; (c) within the same dynamic graphical user interface displaying a source project window displaying representations of each of said plurality of recordings comprising each of said takes; (d) within the same dynamic graphical user interface displaying a destination proj ect wi ndow, sai d desti nati on project wi ndow utilized for receiving a plurality of chosen audio segments from a among a plurality of each of said takes (e) obtaining a reference recording from among said plurality of recordings comprising each of said takes; (f) selecting at least one recording from each of said takes not containing said reference recording, wherein each of said selected at least one recording from each of said takes not contai ni ng said reference recordi ng records a same aspect of said musical work, thereby selecting a plurality of non-reference recordings; (g) calculating a similarity between said reference recording and said plurality of non-reference recordings; (h) using at least said calculated similarities between said reference recording and said plurality of non-reference recordings to time-align each of said plurality of takes with respect to each other in the overview project window without modifying said reference recording and said plurality of non-reference recordings; (i) choosing a plurality of audio segments from among said displayed plurality of time-aligned takes; (j) organizing said chosen plurality of audio segments in time order in said destination project window, thereby creating said digital recording of the musical work; and, (k) performing said digital recording of said musical work for at least one listener. (a) accessi ng said plurality of takes; (b) displaying on a display device a dynamic graphical user interface containing an overview project window displaying a representation of each of said plurality of takes; (c) within the same dynamic graphical user interface displaying a source project window displaying representations of each of said plurality of recordings comprising each of said takes; (d) within the same dynamic graphical user interface displaying a destination proj ect wi ndow, sai d desti nati on project wi ndow utilized for receiving a plurality of chosen audio segments from a among a plurality of each of said takes (e) obtaining a reference recording from among said plurality of recordings comprising each of said takes; (f) selecting at least one recording from each of said takes not containing said reference recording, wherein each of said selected at least one recording from each of said takes not contai ni ng said reference recordi ng records a same aspect of said musical work, thereby selecting a plurality of non-reference recordings; (g) calculating a similarity between said reference recording and said plurality of non-reference recordings; (h) using at least said calculated similarities between said reference recording and said plurality of non-reference recordings to time-align each of said plurality of takes with respect to each other in the overview project window without modifying said reference recording and said plurality of non-reference recordings; (i) choosing a plurality of audio segments from among said displayed plurality of time-aligned takes; (j) organizing said chosen plurality of audio segments in time order in said destination project window, thereby creating said digital recording of the musical work; and, (k) performing said digital recording of said musical work for at least one listener.