saving mix properties for next session

[bluesman714]

I am using an Alesis HD24 for live recordings, loading the recordings into Cool Edit Pro 2.0 for mixing. I found out the hard way that it is best to break up recordings on the Alesis into 15 to 18 minute chunks. These chunks can contain 2 to 5 songs that I mix, effect, compress...ect. on my computer using Cool Edit. The bands that I am recording are playing 30 minute to 1 &1/2 hour performances....therefore I may have 2 to 6 chunks of audio from the same band....meaning that the mic placements, instrumentation ect never changes. My question is this.....is there a way to save my changes to the tracks (compression, reverb, volume ect) from one chunk of audio to the next? Everything about the recording stays the same....if the bass needed 4 to 1 compression in the first chunk it will need the same treatment in all chunks. If there is a way to save all the changes by loading a different chunk into the same session parameters, it would save me countless hours of processing time.
thanks in advance
bluesman714

[ozpeter]

Look up how to create a default session - also you can save effects racks as presets for later reuse.

[bluesman714]

My manual does not tell me What? a default session is used for.....only how to create it....It also does not tell me how to load the "new" tracks into the default session......
Help me out!

[ozpeter]

Re-reading your post I suspect you're not using realtime effects in the multitrack view. Those effects are applied to the whole of the track, non-destructively. Don't apply effects in edit view unless you have to. Forget about the default session for the moment, concentrate on effects in multitrack.

[chrisharris]

Read up on "scripts & Batch processing." Very useful for what you're doing. Basically, it allows you to script out a sequence of effects that you want to apply to a track. Like for the vocal, you could compress it, then EQ it, then De-Ess it, then add Reverb all at one time once you've done it once and scripted it out. Handy feature...takes a little while to get familiar with, but it's worth the time.

[Change of POETS]

Originally Posted by chrisharris

Read up on "scripts & Batch processing." Very useful for what you're doing. Basically, it allows you to script out a sequence of effects that you want to apply to a track. Like for the vocal, you could compress it, then EQ it, then De-Ess it, then add Reverb all at one time once you've done it once and scripted it out. Handy feature...takes a little while to get familiar with, but it's worth the time.

Can you got further into depth on this? My Adobe Manual sucks.

[chrisharris]

Originally Posted by Change of POETS

Can you got further into depth on this? My Adobe Manual sucks.

Sure...load a file (like a vocal track) in edit mode; under Options...select "scripts and batch processing." Type in a script name over in the right side of the box that pops up...like "Vocal Script". Then hit "Record Script" and edit the vocal however you want. First, compression, then some EQ, then (for me) some autotune, lol...whatever you need to do to it. When you've done your last edit, open up the "Scripts and Batch Processing" box again, and hit "stop." Then "add to collection." It'll ask you to save what it calls a ".scp" file somewhere. This is the script that it will follow for the presets that you just went through.

Post back if you run into problems.

[Change of POETS]

Fantastic, Chris. I was completely unaware of this capability. Stupid me...lol..

One question before I try and fail, will it record my Noise Reduction settings, or is it like saving a favorite, where it just won't work because of the variables?

Thanks again.