Re-use a mix

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riaaneloff
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2013/08/31 14:22:44 (permalink)

Re-use a mix

Sorry folks, stacks of questions tonight...really putting SONAR through its paces, as I'm new to it, and getting to know some basic functionality.  Many not found clearly in manual.
 
So, say I'm recording a country-rock album.  Loaded my template (which is setup with drums and pilot piano track and pilot vocal track already going to the cans, so that the drummer can hear and record along.  We do all the drum tracks, awesome.
Bassist comes in, and he wants less pilot vocals, more pilot piano and more bass.  So, I setup the mix to his cans to accommodate this on the first song.  Now I load the second song...WHOOPSY!  I have to RE-SETUP all of that for him - again, and....thirteen more times for the next thirteen songs.
 
But wait...lol...that's not all, now the acoustic guitarist comes to record the fifteen tracks...whoopteedoo...he wants less bass, more vocals, less piano.  Set it up for him - great, he's happy.  Next song (oops...and oops for the next 14 songs...because) I have to setup this for him each time again.
 
Here comes the guitarist - same story, and then the keyboardist, and now the vocalists, of which there are going to be four different individuals.  You get the picture!?!?
 
I've gone through the manual, and asked a buddy who also uses X1 Producer - no joy!  Surely there must be a way to simply "load" a specific mix setup for a series of channels into a current song?  This would obviously make my nightmare a dream :-)
 
I am aware that one can load one channel at a time, but still, seriously, then I have to (after each artist has "setup" their first song), remember to save each affected channel, and then load each individual affected channel in the next song, which could be anything from two to fourteen, depending on where in the recording we are.
 
I'm convinced that I'm just missing something here, so, please folks...if anyone could advise, please let me know how to achieve this functionality?
 
Thanks all
 
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    riaaneloff
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    Re: Re-use a mix 2013/09/02 04:32:46 (permalink)
    I'm starting to get cold chills down my spine.  THe lack of responses here makes me think that this is NOT, in fact, possible in SONAR, which is going to be SUCH a disappointment.  It's typically the type of thing that one would regard as a dealbreaker.  I would SOOO hate to have to go find other software AGAIN!  The cost, and the learning curves are just WAAAYY too high.
     
    Please tell me this is not a functionality that SONAR has overlooked?
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    scook
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    Re: Re-use a mix 2013/09/02 09:59:00 (permalink)
    This is a very low activity forum. The X1/X2 forum is much more active and should garner a number of options.
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    Re: Re-use a mix 2013/09/15 19:28:46 (permalink)
    Riann - this really isn't a getting started question.  How you would accomplish this is dependent on how your studio is set up, what kind of capabilities your audio interface has (how many output busses) and how you do your tracking. 
     
    Yes, absolutely you can do what you are trying to do without having to have separate projects for each musician.  Take some time to learn about using busses, sends, and how to use the output channels on your audio interface.
     
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