Mixdown - where's my tail?

[pljones]

First, I think of this as a "File" operation rather than an "Edit" (as it's not affecting the current session), so I always look under the File menu first! Eventually I'll learn, I guess...

Second: I thought to get the "tail" of a sequenced sound, I was meant to set the loop area at the top of the composition to the length I was after - say five bars selected for a four bar sequence? That doesn't seem to work: I'm getting only four bars of audio output (and my reverb tails are chopped). Have I misunderstood?

Finally: having accepted I wasn't getting the "fifth" bar, I set up a new audio sequence to hold the mixdown: and it didn't automatically create itself a mixer output strip!

[pljones]

Mmm, it looks like there needs to be a sequence or part that goes as far as you want to hear the tail...

[muzycian]

First, I think of this as a "File" operation rather than an "Edit" (as it's not affecting the current session), so I always look under the File menu first! Eventually I'll learn, I guess...

You're right!

And i think Add Vst Plugins should move to the file menu too.

Second: I thought to get the "tail" of a sequenced sound, I was meant to set the loop area at the top of the composition to the length I was after - say five bars selected for a four bar sequence? That doesn't seem to work: I'm getting only four bars of audio output (and my reverb tails are chopped). Have I misunderstood?

This behaviour has changed.

Now you don't have to indicate any time-area anymore.

The mixdown simply mixes down the selected parts, or everything if nothing is selected

Indeed, to include any tail, you must add an extra (empty) part at the end.

Finally: having accepted I wasn't getting the "fifth" bar, I set up a new audio sequence to hold the mixdown: and it didn't automatically create itself a mixer output strip!

That's intended behaviour.

It's not that every single audio part automatically creates a new audio stream mixer strip.

You have to create new audio stream mixer strips when you want them.

They're only 2 mouseclicks away:

-> right-click the mixer background
-> choose "Add New Audio Stream Mixer Strip"

[pljones]

Now you don't have to indicate any time-area anymore.

I need to pay more attention!

It's not that every single audio part automatically creates a new audio stream mixer strip.

That's okay when there's already an audio mixer strip the part can use (which I think happens) but when there's no audio strip at all, adding an audio part should create a mixer strip, otherwise it's silent!

[muzycian]

True. Will be tuned in the next version.

[guitarfrodo]

Might the audio part and its mixer both get the same name via a popup prompt when the audio is done being recorded? For instance record a guitar part, Hit stop, popup asks for name of part, then asks create mixer y/n? and if yes mixer created automatically and gets same name.