Exporting to audio file: Mixdown aborted.

I think we'll need more info about your project and your computer setup including info about your soundcard and operating system.

In the meantime what kind of tracks are in your project? Are they audio tracks or midi tracks? Are you using a soft synth?

I'll take wild guess here and assume they're midi tracks and you're using a soft synth. I can only guess here until we get more info.

If you're using a soft synth you may need to bounce to track (or freeze synth) before you can export an audio file. The midi needs to be converted to audio before you can export as an audio file because the Cakewalk program can't find any audio to mix down and export and that's why it's giving you the message that the mixdown was aborted.

Hope this helps. The forum seems to be a bit slow on the week-ends but hopefully you'll give us more info and someone else will be along to assist.

Pete

Ok, some specs: integrated sound card that shows simply as "High Definition Audio Device"... I have a bheringer 802 plugged into the mic in with a Shure mic connected to it.
Now, the project: I have an audio file with some music that I ripped from an educational CD I got with a booklet of sheet music, and put it in track 1. I sung into the mic and recorded track two. I played with the volumes, [somewhat] liked the output, and then I tried to save it into a wavefile. I'm using "Wat You hear" but it doesn't matter because I tried tweaking the settings there too.

Thanks for the help in advance .

OK here's how I export. reset the timeline to the start..... click on an audio track to select it. mute any tracks you don't want included. click FILE>EXPORT AUDIO... a new window opens.... choose your destination for the new file..... in the preset window.... select "What you hear" and click OK... the file should now export.

It could be the soundcard. Computers seem to be shipping with realtec soundcards here recently... It used to be soundblaster.... but anyway.... I am not able to export unless my soundcard/interface is connected.... if your soundcard is not set up properly.... that might be the cause. Switch to MME drivers and see if that makes any difference.

I use an external focusrite saffire interface... it is connected by a firewire port.

I just tried an export with no soundcard/interface connected and I got : Mixdown aborted...... unspecified error..... so you don't have a soundcard that MC recognizes. You should be able to get your factory card setup to export the file.... but I'm not sure what to tell you.... I have to connect my saffire, which is set up in MC4 as my default interface.

I had the same problem with my on-board. When I got the 2496, it went away. I'd really recommend a "music" soundcard Fet, Audigys are great for gaming or movies, but aren't the best for this kind of work. Check out some of these guys websites on different cards and interfaces. Beagle has a great listing, and GuitarHacker has some awesome walkthroughs. The soundcard you have right now will do what the Audigy will do (unless you are looking for 7.1 gaming sound) and you can disable and enable it from your CMOS if you wanted to watch movies or such. I game or watch movies with headphones so a 5.1 or 7.1 sound card is a moot point for me, and this M-Audio 2496 does just fine for everything.

Thanks for the suggestions, Greg, but I had also thought of that and tried that, but whatever Export to Audio I attempted had the same [inexplicable?] error.

I had to leave, so I made a quick trip to fry's and the guitar center, and got a couple cables and an E-MU 0202 USB... It has the label "Creative Professional", so I opted to trust it, even though I don't know this adapter. I'll keep you guys posted once I try it... for now, it's dinner time (it's a fancy dinner... I got carl's jr. ). Thank you all.

7 is not supported by anything in the audio world yet, it is not a release, but a beta product. Audio and midi processes are very driver specific, and are complicated, Vista is just not becoming very stable for this world.

One issue i saw on the original built in sound card was you were using the mike in, and that would be adding a mike boost to everything and you do not need that with an external mixer with a preamp built in.

Couple other things make sure the 0202 is plugged into a USB 2.0 port, some computers have both 1.1 and 2.0 ports. Secondly make sure that the 0202 is setup right it is based in the E-MU patchmix setup and that can be tricky, but when right very powerful and useful.

One should be able to export with out an interface. MC was designed for the beginner, and most do not have this hardware. So setup is needed. and then knowledge of what you are doing and how, so the issue can be corrected.

Still what the guys are saying is true, a solid interface will make the process far easier.

Yep that is a fact! That always seems to be the cavat that dreaded ol' built in.

Oops... the link was in the wrong format for this forum... I'll repost: Fetrovsky - Nessun Dorma.mp3