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kabbalisticvillage
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Posted : Dec 31, 2010 19:54:59
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The easiest way of exporting tracks for mixing in FL is to split everything in to mixer tracks and export and everything becomes its own wav file with the effects on the mixer..
the question i have is that first of all these wav. files are huge so when do they eventually get smaller?
2.if im sending this in to be mixed and/or mastered what about automation and stuff?
how does the engineer know what to do then?
3.what if one whole part of the song is automated on the master channel?
4.the wav's are all the same length
for example if one of the tracks is a synth that comes in at 4:34 into the song..the wav is still timed at the full length of the song like 7;13
wont the engineer be mad pissed about having to find each part in its wav file?
thanks..i hope you can understand what i mean
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Shiranui
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Posted : Dec 31, 2010 21:10
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This is why you don't do anything on the master channel! |
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Alekzis
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Posted : Dec 31, 2010 22:34
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if you want to transfer your tracks to another daw or computer by exporting to wav you export the whole length of the project for each track. and thats because you want every sound to sit correctly where you had it.
after importing there is an option called strip silence that lets you delete the silence from the track and keeping only the sound in smaller parts (both in your daw and your hard disk (saving space))
i think when you give your tracks to a sound engineer for mixing you must sit next to him and tell him what you want (like automations and effects). or just let him make automations and stuff by his own  |
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Shiranui
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Posted : Dec 31, 2010 22:44
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if you FLAC compress all of the wav files, then that empty space will not affect your file size, and uncompressing from FLAC is guaranteed to give you a bit-identical result to the original. |
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Shiranui
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Posted : Dec 31, 2010 22:53
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actually FLAC is not even necessary: just putting all of the wav files in a .zip will compress that empty space down nice and tight. |
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Freeflow
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Posted : Dec 31, 2010 23:51
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And just a pointer that might be relevant if you release a remix pack of your track.
Im so tired of artists releasing remix packs with small parts, thats not how i like to work if i make a remix, i want the whole arrangement infront of me before i start to tweak and remix.
But of course with ableton live its nice to record live with loops, but if i work in cubase i like to have the whole arrangement.
Also if you cant sit beside the mixing engineer to tell him you can always write a complete list of things you want to be done, just tell time of the sections you want affected, start to end and so on. But generally a good mixing engineer would like to get some free hands for his creativity, its always reversible if you dont like it, but if he is good you will probably like it
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kabbalisticvillage
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Posted : Jan 2, 2011 01:20
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