Ok my song is mixed...now what?

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clintmartin
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2012/01/16 10:20:43 (permalink)

Ok my song is mixed...now what?

I've got a good mix now. I would like to use Sound forge to do some final Eq and limiting. How do I bounce the tracks down to a stereo track? Do I then save as a wav and open it in sound forge? Or should I open sound forge inside the track fx in music creator 6.
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    Guitarhacker
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    Re:Ok my song is mixed...now what? 2012/01/16 10:34:03 (permalink)
    from the track view, double click to select an audio track. At least ONE audio track must be selected.

    Then File>EXPORT> AUDIO and select a destination folder on the computer. Also choose the options such as WHAT YOU HEAR and click OK. 

    This exports the project to a stereo file and it should be exactly WHAT YOU HEAR in the playback mode. 


    You can then import this into another project to master it....OR.... 

    do what I do..... I insert Ozone into my Master Buss in the project and get the song project sounding EXACTLY like I want it to sound. You would need to insert Sound Forge at that point. Then, when I'm satisfied, I go through the exporting process as described above.  What You Hear, 24 bits, stereo. 


    A note on FX in the master buss..... I insert Ozone right at the beginning of the project and set it to a basic customized preset so that I hear everything I do through it. It helps me to "master & EQ" as I work through the process. All the track EQ's are processed and I don't have any surprises in the very end. 
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    Re:Ok my song is mixed...now what? 2012/01/16 12:32:37 (permalink)
    Thanks a lot! I'll try this when I get home.
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    Re:Ok my song is mixed...now what? 2012/01/17 21:20:35 (permalink)
    Ok. That worked. (I never saw an option to click...What you hear) The file exported at 16bits. I'll play around with it and see what I can learn on my own for awhile....Thanks.
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    Re:Ok my song is mixed...now what? 2012/01/18 07:33:04 (permalink)
    The option for WHAT YOU HEAR is in a "PRESET" drop down window. Look around in the export parameters box and you will see it. There are about 8 to 10 options and WYH is one of them..... the presets are for how you want the files exported. 

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    Re:Ok my song is mixed...now what? 2012/01/18 20:05:50 (permalink)
    I'm not finding anything like that in MC6. I went to the help files and searched export and it said MC6 exports at 16bit 44.1 khz. Which is just fine with me anyway.
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    Re:Ok my song is mixed...now what? 2012/01/18 23:03:11 (permalink)
    It looks like MC 6 doesn't have that export option. I didn't see it, either.

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    Re:Ok my song is mixed...now what? 2012/01/19 08:15:01 (permalink)
    I will look around in MC6 to see.... 

    I know it's in every single DAW I have but I have not specifically used MC6 to mix anything..... but I will look later today. 


    EDIT: Yup... I opened MC6 and set up an export.... dang.... it's not there! Blasphemy I tell you...! 

    I can only assume that CD quality means "what you hear...and all the other CD settings as default" ... thereby making it "easier" .


    post edited by Guitarhacker - 2012/01/19 09:35:05

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