'nuther question about simple instrument tracks

Did you bounce the synths prior to Bundling?

David you would be shocked at what this (twice) platinum member doesn't know!  lol  Actually, I used to have all that in my signature, but last time I changed it, it kept saying I had too many characters in my sig, so I gave up.  Anyway, it's 8.5 Studio.

I mean, the midi tracks show up, but if she wants to work with the bundle, she'll have to load all the instruments (EW) for it.  And that doesn't seem right, does it? 

Janet, you can't pass synth instruments with the project because the other person may not have those synths and that could violate the software licensing for 3rd party software. You may be able to pass native synths in Sonar if the other person has the same version and the softsynth installed. I have not checked that out however.

What you should do prior to bundling, is bounce your synth tracks to audio or freeze them and copy them back into the project. That way you are passing the audio output and not the actual softsynth plug in instance in your bundle. Hope that was clear.

As has been pointed out.... it might be best to bounce the synth tracks to audio or freeze them.

That way the person getting the bundle has the benefit of hearing the synths. If they don't have the same synths, as has been pointed out, they will need to load their synths into the project and of course, if you're using EW and all that have is GPO, the sound quality will be quite different.

The only reason you would need to send a bundle would be if the other person is mixing and mastering the project. Then of course, they need the bundle... or at least the waves for the tracks. On a simple collab, mp3's are faster and work just as good to allow them to record tracks in their studio. Who ever mixes, needs the waves.

since she has EW... her DAW should load the synths automatically