Another 840 Virtual Track usage question

[David B]

I've got drum parts across three tracks (in this case 4, 5/6 and 7/8) plus two guitars and bass on 1,2,3. I have something like 20+ minutes remaining on the 250MB zip. I'm starting to get the "disk busy" error message, which means it is time to free up some tracks.

If I bounce or submix all the drum parts to the a stereo pair on a 7/8, that will obviously free up tracks 4 and 5/6.

But if I want to retain the original parts and move them to V tracks (either deeper on the tracks they're living on now, or stack them up in V tracks on 7/8) does that free up any minutes, or just tracks?

I assume that because I won't be playing back as many tracks at once, I'll avoid the "disk busy" error message until I'm full again.


I guess what I'm asking is what is the most efficient way to proceed that frees up space and lets me keep my options open? I still have a couple more guitar parts to record.

Any help here would be apprieciated.

 

[Tulago]

David...

Be Careful, you don't want to lose you work here. What you're saying should work...either bouncing or sub-mixing and then laying down additional V-tracks.

However, I strongly advise you do a back-up first, just in case. You can also erase unwanted parts or if you have saved a mixer scene, try erasing that. Then try additional V-tracks. If you still get a drive busy, try "disk Optimise".

Some VS users have reported problems with "Disk Optimise, I have never had any problem with it on my 840.

Good luck.

 

[ejams]

sampeling rate

The reason that I get the"drive busy" message is the sample rate. When I went to the higher speed I can only playback 6 tracks! Now that sucks.There is only one converter and a buffering system.And it can't handle the higher speed recording/playback.
Though it sound's better so bounce away and use that hadie undo button.
I've also tried stoping during a bounce and adjusting the mixer this works great.
In order to get my bass parts right I would play song all the way through 8 times then bounce the good parts together.Stoping the recorder to grab other vertual tracks for the bounce.
Good luck

 

[David B]

Bouncing or submixing should fix the playback issue.

I finally found in the manual where it says, that after bouncing, you have to "optimize" to actuall free up the "minutes." So I guess you've got to be really sure you're ready to bounce.