I don't really understand why so many people think you have to freeze the track

you could

but you don't have to

you can bounce it to audio just by selecting the midi track and soft sytnth then bounce to tracks

as far as having the ability to go back to the midi file to make changes -- what I usually do is archive (hide) the midi track in case I want to change something later --

that way my screen stays a little more tidy and I can delete the soft synth and to keep things neat and have a lower cpu load

if I decide I need to make a change -- i unhide the midi track -- and pop the softsynth back in and make the change

I supose everybody has a different preferance in work flow


then again -- I only use soft sythns for drums and piano and nothing else -- so -- ehhh (Shrugs)

There was something odd related to freezing, I just don't remember what... Freezing is NOT like bouncing...

Was it so that if you freeze a synth, then edit the audio, and then unfreeze, you loose all your edits?? This means, that if you want to record one triplet more you lose all the edits you've done.

I'm not in the position to try now, but there was something in freezing that clearly makes it different from bouncing.

I always bounce, archive & hide, never freeze.

If I want to make a change it's just a few clicks to get there

M to open up the track manager
Select the tracks in question and make them visible
Unarchive them all in one go

And you're ready to edit.
Can it get any easier?

When bouncing a soft synth I have been getting a +3db raise in volume from the original synth track to the mono audio converted version.

Are synths by nature all basically stereo?

I've ensured the synth isn't routed anywhere odd and have tried setting the synth to both mono and stereo on the track strip.

i MUTE all tracks except the one i wanna bounce, then edit>select>NONE, then edit> bounce to tracks. when the bounce to tracks box opens, select TRACKS under SOURCE CATEGORY and then chouse your channel format then click ok. you will get a audio track and you can delete your synth midi track

padwacker73


i MUTE all tracks except the one i wanna bounce, then edit>select>NONE, then edit> bounce to tracks. when the bounce to tracks box opens, select TRACKS under SOURCE CATEGORY and then chouse your channel format then click ok. you will get a audio track and you can delete your synth midi track

Or you could just click the track so all the clips get highlited. As far as the sourse goes. Select the one that you want. If i just want the synth wothout bus effects, then tracks is what you want. If you want bus effects, including master bus effetcs, then select bus's or even main outs.
Cj

You DO NOT need to freeze the soft synth. Freeze option is used to free up resources when working on large projects with alot of soft synths.
 
You DO NOT need to solo/mute tracks either
 
Select the soft synth you want to convert to audio and bounce to clip. That's it.
If you want to convert just one track in session drummer such as the kick, select the main session drummer track and the kick track and then bounce to clip. You can convert any session drummer track to audio like this so that you can process the individual drum instruments. This is assuming you have configured session drummer to record each instrument on separate tracks.
 
Cakewalk TTS soft synth may be similar to Session Drummer but im not for certain because i rarely use it. I would assume that any soft synth with separate tracks would work this way but you will need to verify by trying.

That last post (#26) is three and a half years old......I think the OP has figured it out :o)

He's wrong anyway: bouncing to clip doesn't convert to audio
 
And there are sound, technical reasons for freezing a synth, such as one in which a timbre evolves over time and changes each time the project is started/stopped

I froze my Cell phone yesterday by putting it in a holder that clips into the A/C vent on the dash. It almost stuck to my ear like a pop-sickle.