# Auto Align vs Auto Align Post

**URL:** <https://forum.soundradix.com/t/auto-align-vs-auto-align-post/1961>\
**Category:** Auto-Align Post\
**Created:** [August 13, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.soundradix.com/t/auto-align-vs-auto-align-post/1961 "2023-08-13T15:48:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![francois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@francois](https://forum.soundradix.com/u/francois)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.soundradix.com/t/auto-align-vs-auto-align-post/1961/1 "2023-08-13T15:48:26Z")

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Do you need Auto Align for music work if you already have Auto Align Post ?  
I just started using the post version and i love it for dialog and was wondering if it could be used for drum mics or bass mic/di situations.

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**Author:** ![Oran](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.soundradix.com/oran/32/195_2.png) [@Oran](https://forum.soundradix.com/u/Oran)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.soundradix.com/t/auto-align-vs-auto-align-post/1961/2 "2023-08-14T10:42:20Z")

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Hi @francois,

Thanks for your message. Glad to hear you’re enjoying AAP!

Auto-Align 2 is better suited for music production.  
Auto-Align 2 aligns all the tracks that share common information with each other, as a group.  
It also gives you access to alternate correlation points using the Next / Previous buttons, so you can preserve the natural delay on your Room mic (for example) and still improve the correlation.

Auto-Align Post aligns each selected track to a selected reference track. It also includes a dynamic mode for when the mics are moving.

For mixing, I’d recommend Auto-Align 2, and for post-production - Auto-Align Post 2.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Thanks,

Oran