audio mixdown

Hi
I'm using S8.5 and have one audio track that's composed of many split clips, each with volume/pan envelopes, different effects (EQ, verb,etc).
I'm wondering what the best way will be mix this down to sound the best:
 
1) just bounce the track down to a clip (will I get all the effects)
2) export the entire track and then re-import the audio mixdown
3) record the track to another track
 
Thanks to al who answer
 
Rob Allen

Any of those 3 methods will work, and if done properly all will sound the same. Sending the track out of the DAW and bringing it back in is rarely justified, though. The only time you'd do that is if you had an external editor that offered some unique processing capability you couldn't do within SONAR.

Use method #1 if you're sure you are done tweaking all those clip effects. However, if you think you might want to go back in and fiddle with them some more at a later date, then you might be better off bouncing them to a new track and archiving the original.

Or consider the 4th option, freezing the track. That frees up computer resources but makes it very convenient to change your mind later.

Personally I'd use 'Bounce to Tracks' rather than 'Bounce to Clips' that way you've still got all the original work so if you judge later that you need a change it's all still there. Once it's bounced just mute, archive and hide the original.

Child

If playback of the entire track is fine, there really is nothing that needs to be done. Practically all of my mixes have multiple clips of punch ins and corrections.  Plus, when I use V-Vocal, I always break the vocal track into small segments and only tune what is necessary.  When you export your wave file, it only creates one stereo wave file of the entire mix and it it is exactly the same as playback, so if your playback sounds like you want it, you don't have to do anything.  It just takes more time and the mix looks cleaner.

Good luck!