I'm using BFD in Tracktion, using a rack instance on several tracks to separate out kick, snare, cymbals, etc. The problem occurs when I try to render a mix. The aiff file produced somehow loses the fills. I have a single midi track playing several grooves and fills, and the fills won't get passed to the final mix. There also seems to be a spike on one or 2 downbeats. I have the latest version and the groove update installed. Not sure if this is a Tracktion or BFD issue, thought I'd post here in case anyone has the same issue. Even when I try to render a single track, same problem. I can sort of fix it by moving the midi notes around and then back, but it's strictly trial and error. No consistency as to whether that will work or not. Any help is much appreciated.
If I don't use racks to separate out the drums, it mixes down properly, so maybe it's a rack thing. It's weird, because when I play it back in tracktion, it sounds fine, it's only the finall aiff mix that doesn't render properly.
I have imacG5 1.8 with 1.5 gigs ram, presonus firebox, tracktion, and BFD
bdf in tracktion, dropped notes/fills on mixdown
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- KVRAF
- 10815 posts since 26 Nov, 2004 from UK
sorry but the only thing i can think of (as a workaround) is to route your output to a T input & record the lot that way!
thats how i do a lot of things, at least i no what i'm getting is correct & on point !
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thats how i do a lot of things, at least i no what i'm getting is correct & on point !
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 4 Apr, 2005
Thanks for the reply. I thought I solved it last night. Turns out in Tracktion you can set middle c to either c3, c4, or c5...I thought maybe my midi notes weren't corresponding to BFD. In BFD you can adjust this setting as well by clicking "octave=-2". Well, it worked partially...in other words some fills turned up, some didn't. I also noticed moving a fill below c5 seemed to work, while any midi from c5 and up did not. To sum up, I'm still stuck.
How could some fills work, and other don't? If it was a midi note range, I would think it's all or none. And on top of that, the midi notes within the tracks don't even seem to correspond with the universal setting of c3, c4, and c5. In other words, if I set middle c to be c3, then go into a track and paste a midi note on middle c, it will indicate that it's c0 (or something like that).
My hours of troubleshooting continue. Not ready to throw my imac out the window just yet.
How could some fills work, and other don't? If it was a midi note range, I would think it's all or none. And on top of that, the midi notes within the tracks don't even seem to correspond with the universal setting of c3, c4, and c5. In other words, if I set middle c to be c3, then go into a track and paste a midi note on middle c, it will indicate that it's c0 (or something like that).
My hours of troubleshooting continue. Not ready to throw my imac out the window just yet.
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- KVRAF
- 4644 posts since 28 Nov, 2002 from Chicago
I really can't understand what could be happening here. 
You should be right - if some of it works, all of it should work. Hope you get it fixed.
You should be right - if some of it works, all of it should work. Hope you get it fixed.
Someone shot the food. Remember: don't shoot food!
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- KVRist
- 76 posts since 7 Mar, 2005 from Moscow
I faced it for sure. All latest versions, but BFD still not stable in T1/T2 when something more complicate (more outs, grooves) arranged.egross wrote: Not sure if this is a Tracktion or BFD issue, thought I'd post here in case anyone has the same issue.
Did not have same problem with Samplitude or Sonar, so seems problems still lies in Tracktion.
But their specialists always say, we cannot repeat your problem, check you PC, card whatever and shut up.
Yang
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