SS2 automation data not rendered in CubaseSX3 ?

[ViktorW]

Hi everyone,
I need help. Been working on a piece of music all day, and used some filter automation for a Sonik Synth 2 sound.
When I play the song, it all sounds the way it should, but when I let Cubase render it into an audio file, the automation data is ignored.

Am I doing something wrong? Anybody got an idea?

Thanks,

Vik

[BERFAB]

Hi everyone,
I need help. Been working on a piece of music all day, and used some filter automation for a Sonik Synth 2 sound.
When I play the song, it all sounds the way it should, but when I let Cubase render it into an audio file, the automation data is ignored.

Am I doing something wrong? Anybody got an idea?

Thanks,

Vik

Are you isolating (soloing)the track and just rendering that one track? If so, you are probably hitting the "S" track solo button. What this does is COMPLETELY solo the track, and will mute all your other tracks, including your FX tracks. What you need to do is go into your FX tracks (or wherever you put the filter automation) and un-mute it.

Hope this helps.

-B

[Kim Lajoie]

Make sure you enable "realtime" mode when you export audio. Then it'll work fine.

-Kim.

[ViktorW]

Thanks, Berfab and Kim,
both ways work great! You've been a big help.
The fact that Cubase mutes the automation data when the track is soloed, is totally stupid and unnecessary. Who at Steinberg thought of that being a good idea?

Anyway, it works now. Thanks again.

Vik

[Lord Snarebottom]

[Scant]

Actually, when you solo a midi channel in cubase it will only play that channel and all data/presets/settings on that channel.

When you record automation it does not record it to the midi file but to the instrument channel...in this case Sonic Synth.

If you look under the Instrument tab at SS2, and select the channel with the sound and expand it ( + ) you will see the automation.

So you would have to solo both the instrument channel and the midi channel to get automation the work when rendering.

Hope that helps.