Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hi Andy..

I'm not sure what you mean by "bouncing" your tracks first.
Of you mean recording all of your virtual instrument tracks before you mix down to master, then that is a good idea, and mostly depends on the strength of your computer. I always do a "save-as" mysong/mix so I don't mess with the original in case of changes or mess ups,  etc

By mixing virtual tracks down, you free up your processor to use some of the more powerful mix down tools (like additive compressors and 3rd party mastering suites)

You also record them to disc, so at a later time, you don't have to remember your virtual instrument or sampler settings. And the tracks are ready to go, if you send your tracks elsewhere for a remix.

I reciently had a problem, where I needed to fix a mix. I bought an 8 core mac and everything else (like my sample drives) stayed the same. But when I switched machines, my Kontact sampler couldn't find the sample locations that were from my old mac. Stupidly I didn't write the sample tracks to disk, Pr the names of the samples, so I lost a key sample to a remix I did..  Fustrating after 2 days of searching my drives!!

Hope this helps, if you were referring to something else, please let me know and maybe I can help!

Best of luck!

- Man Parrish
  


--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Andy Brook <bbgrove@...> wrote:
>
> I'm learning so much from the macProVideo tutorials - thank you for  
> recommending them. I'm on mastering at the moment and the tutorials  
> use a single stereo track. This is probably a stupid question, but do  
> I first bounce the various tracks in my song before mastering?
> 
> I'm sure that's what I should do, its just that I haven't actually  
> been told to do that so maybe there is another way of doing it.
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> Andy B
>