That's correct. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Fioravanti To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:42 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: order of converting before mixing down to waive in Sonar One more question: you do have to record the midi tracks to audio before actually converting to waive or mp3 in the export menu, am I correct on this? John ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:18 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: order of converting before mixing down to waive in Sonar If you mean vocal tracks when you say record audio tracks, then the answer is no. I record vocals while my hardware synths are still midi tracks. Omar Binno Website: www.omarbinno.com AIM: LOD1116 Skype: obinno1 ----- Original Message ----- From: John Fioravanti To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:13 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: order of converting before mixing down to waive in Sonar Thanks: however, it is true, is it not, that I must convert my hardware midi tracks to audio before recording actual audio tracks? John ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:04 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: order of converting before mixing down to waive in Sonar It doesn't really matter whether you do the hardware synths or softsynths first. I always like to get the hardware stuff out of the way just because it's more time-consuming. You don't need to convert any of the tracks as wav or mp3 until you're done mixing/mastering. I don't even freeze a softsynth until I'm done, because I might decide to change an eq or effect on a particular instrument. Some of this, though, is preference. So I'm sure you'll get different approaches to this. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Fioravanti To: midimag@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:57 AM Subject: [ddots-l] order of converting before mixing down to waive in Sonar Hello: I am using sonar 6.2. Generally, I use many hardware synths to create my midi tracks which I convert to audio before actually playing live audio tracks and/or recording the vocals. Then I convert the tracks to waive or mp3. Now that I am beginning to use more sof synths I have a question about the order in which I should proceed. E.G. if I create four midi tracks with hardware synths and want to then create 4 tracks with soft synths, should I first convert my hardware midi tracks to audio before recording the soft synths and then use the bounce to track command to convert the soft synths tracks? Must I do this before actually recording my live audio tracks such as guitar or horns or vocals? Alternatively, can I create my midi tracks from the hardware synths, record my soft synths and then convert midi to audio followed by the bounce to track command? Finally, and I'll stop after this one, is it possible for me to leave the softsynths tracks alone until actually mixing down to waive or MP3? Sorry for this long post. Any help would be appreciated. John Fioravanti PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq