There're 2 ways of writing and mixing your tracks.
1. Record all audio, program all midi, then bounce all midi down to audio tracks and when the structure of your song is finished start mixing the track.
2. Record all audio, program all midi and whilst doing this mix in the mean time.
I would love to be able to do 2) but I always run out of CPU cycles. How do you guys go about this?
What's the best mixing strategy in T2?
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- KVRist
- 418 posts since 8 May, 2003 from Somewhere in the triangle...
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- KVRAF
- 3345 posts since 8 Nov, 2003 from Amsterdam
I bounce whenever necessary, with effects, except that I try to keep the panning centered to have freedom when mixing the total track. And of course there can always be effects added later.
In addition to this I tend to create short 'loops' while creating a song, e.g. I create a 4 (or 16) measure drum track, render to wav, and use that as a loop for other parts of the song... actually that gives me a mixture of bouncing and keeping material mouldable.
In addition to this I tend to create short 'loops' while creating a song, e.g. I create a 4 (or 16) measure drum track, render to wav, and use that as a loop for other parts of the song... actually that gives me a mixture of bouncing and keeping material mouldable.
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
dont usually have too many CPU issues with the way i work but if i do i just render individual tracks to audio as and when necessary (shrinking and muting the related MIDI tracks in case i need to change anything) ...
... i then tend to revert to the MIDI tracks for final render which (thinking about it) probably isnt the best idea in the world ... what i perhaps ought to do is export the edit using the 'render tracks to individual files' option and reimport those into a fresh edit to mix with ...
... but im lazy and impatient ...
slainte
rob
... i then tend to revert to the MIDI tracks for final render which (thinking about it) probably isnt the best idea in the world ... what i perhaps ought to do is export the edit using the 'render tracks to individual files' option and reimport those into a fresh edit to mix with ...
... but im lazy and impatient ...
slainte
rob-
- Banned
- 1842 posts since 4 Aug, 2004 from just right here
Its about what works for you. Computers don't like having too much happening at once, which was what we would like, and press the button and ready for release.
Turn your midi tracks to audio, as you work,if you can, then save all your audio tracks to a different folder, and start a new fresh project to reduce clutter, import the tracks, and mix.
Turn your midi tracks to audio, as you work,if you can, then save all your audio tracks to a different folder, and start a new fresh project to reduce clutter, import the tracks, and mix.
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- KVRAF
- 6490 posts since 14 Jun, 2004 from Rochester, NY
i think it would be nice to have midi looping... is there any possible way to do this without copy paste copy paste?
RonC
RonC
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- KVRAF
- 25042 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
M'Snah wrote:what is a power computer? I want one too...stash98 wrote:i got a power computer so i could not have to render...
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- KVRAF
- 1615 posts since 28 Mar, 2005
what Rob said!
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- KVRAF
- 25042 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
semiquaver wrote:what Rob said!
I bet you're referring to this:
pHz wrote: im lazy and impatient ...
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
too lazy to even bother to respond to that you hun twat ...
slainte rob
slainte
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- KVRAF
- 25042 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
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- KVRAF
- 7217 posts since 21 Aug, 2004 from Trondheim, Norway
I add stuff together without a plan and mix on the fly until it sounds good and then I add some more and then I mix a bit and then the CPU meter turns red and then I render the tracks that I think won't need to be tweaked too much and that ain't enough so I render some of those that have the most effects (especially reverb) which of course are the tracks that really need to be ready for more tweaking, and then I mess it up and delete the whole thing.
Simple, really
Simple, really
Rakkervoksen
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- KVRist
- 212 posts since 23 Feb, 2003 from Charlotte, VT
All of this is good stuff. One thing I find is that I can save a lot of CPUs by using Senderella on all tracks and just one reverb instance, or whatever effect chain you want to color everything. I then export an audio file and do that with the Voxengo stuff: Soniformer and Curve EQ. Have to try exporting all tracks as audio: that would give lots more freedom.
Pythagorean perennialist.