URGENT: Recording softsynth to an audio track live

FOUND IT!!!

I changed the input on the target audio track to be the output of the instrument track.

I love a Sonar ;-)

Here are two ways, there are plugins (ex. HGS Wav recorder www.hgsounds.com) that you can add to the FX bin that will record the output of the track to file (then load up the wav into the project) or use a loopback through your audio interface if you have enough I/O ports.

Thanks guys. This really needs to be fixed!

Why wouldn't you have confidence that you would get the "random" changes in timbre if you recorded the MIDI output?  You can always go into PRV and adjust by hand if you're not satisfied.  You may be over complicating this.

PilotGav


Sorry for the URGENT request.

I need to capture the output of a softsynth LIVE. (not the midi, but the actual audio).

The reason is that I'm playing a part with a random sample and hold oscillator modifying the filter (LOL. I'm so proud I just said that. I just got into synthesis), and I want to capture the performance so I can choose the best sounding parts. If I just capture the MIDI - I have no guarantee I'll get the same "random" changes in timbre.

Thanks!

Gavin

rcrees


I'm pretty sure I've done this before years ago, so I'm thinking there is a way... obviously something to do with routing... I'll look into it when I get back on my rig... So, bouncing/freezing your Soft Synth track doesn't do it?  I'm probably missing something...

Sure you can bounce or freeze your synth track, or you can just select a portion of the timeline and export to WAV. But that's no good if you want to record a synth performance. For example, I use a lot of Reaktor drum machines/grooveboxes. I'd like to be able to tweak the performance on the fly...adjusting step size, swing, patterns etc. Some of them do not make these parameters available for automation. I'd love to be able to just record my performance to an audio track in real time, but I can't. 

sharke

rcrees


I'm pretty sure I've done this before years ago, so I'm thinking there is a way... obviously something to do with routing... I'll look into it when I get back on my rig... So, bouncing/freezing your Soft Synth track doesn't do it?  I'm probably missing something...

Sure you can bounce or freeze your synth track, or you can just select a portion of the timeline and export to WAV. But that's no good if you want to record a synth performance. For example, I use a lot of Reaktor drum machines/grooveboxes. I'd like to be able to tweak the performance on the fly...adjusting step size, swing, patterns etc. Some of them do not make these parameters available for automation. I'd love to be able to just record my performance to an audio track in real time, but I can't. 

Ah, Yes. I think I see.  If the midi track that is being created doesn't record some of your adjustments made on the fly, when you bounce to an audio track, these adjustments aren't there...


Yes, being able to record a soft synth performance directly to an audio track WOULD be a a great feature.  Cake?


Best,
Rob

If the virtual mixer supplied with your audio interface driver will not let you do a loopback to an armed audio track in Sonar, maybe this might work. There is a free trial version that might be worth a try.

http://www.ntonyx.com/vac.htm#f

I cannot for the life of me understand why Cakewalk have not given us these routing options. Was it always this way? It just seems like the code is there already to route audio from outputs to inputs, surely it cannot be that hard to implement it!!

I'm playing a part with a random sample and hold oscillator modifying the filter ... and I want to capture the performance so I can choose the best sounding parts.

 
My first thought was to do all this in Rapture's Microhost.  Set the Cut 1 or Cut2 LFO to Random Unipolar or Bipolar, and record the performance with its internal Record WAV function.
 
Even if you're not using Rapture as a source synth, you can import the completed XYZ softsynth clip from Sonar (minus the S&H performance).  Hold Middle C, process the clip through the filter LFO, and Record WAV.
 
Granted, this is outside Sonar, involves a .wav file export & import, and you won't have the benefit of playing alongside any other tracks.  But it is an available option.

You should be able to create a second audio track and set it's input to the output from the soft-synth, not the output from the synth audio track.  But you should also be able to record onto the synth-audio track as well.

If for some reason this is currently broken in Sonar, Voxengo has a free WAV recorder (http://www.voxengo.com/product/recorder/) which will help.

Best,
guitardood