Converting VST instruments to audio tracks

[Aviel]

Hey,
I've got a question which drive me crazy for a while.
I am using a VST instrument for drums, like ez-drummer and superior-drummer.
now after writing the midi i want to cnvert those to audio tracks in order to off-line process them.
ez-drummer has like 10 output channels. is there a way to export all of those output channels to 10 different audio channels (not a mixdown),

thanks!!!

 

[Chili]

Hey,
I've got a question which drive me crazy for a while.
I am using a VST instrument for drums, like ez-drummer and superior-drummer.
now after writing the midi i want to cnvert those to audio tracks in order to off-line process them.
ez-drummer has like 10 output channels. is there a way to export all of those output channels to 10 different audio channels (not a mixdown),

thanks!!!

In EZDrummer, select the mixer. Near the bottom of the mixer are the track labels. Click (or right click - can't remember) on one and select Mutlitrack. You should then see one track for each in your DAW. Then you have to solo only one track at a time and mixdown. Repeat for each drum track. You'll get a separate audio file for each drum track. No other way to do it.

 

[Aviel]

so there is no way of just mixing down those 10 tracks into 10 file in one time?

 

[mattr]

Isn't there a 'freeze' function in Cubase? There's one in Sonar that I use for this very purpose, but I'm sure that this feature originated in Cubase SX.

I don't know how it might work in Cubase, but in Sonar at least you just right click on a synth track and select 'Freeze Synth'... all the audio is mixed down and placed on the corresponding tracks that the outputs from the synth would normally be routed to anyway (I use this with a multi output instance of Kontact 3 for Steven Slate Drums) so all your routing remains intact, and you can carry on with everything - processing, etc - as normal, just without the CPU intensive VSTi running.

So yea, look for any mention of 'freezing'. Might behave differently in Cubase though.

 

[Aviel]

cubase does have that option, though it doens't actually place the tracks in the multitrack view, it just freezes all the channels. i tried to look at the the folder of the song for the "frozen" wav files. but they has tempo problems, it just pushed all the toms to some bars, i guess it is desgined to save time by not freezing "silence"

 

[Chili]

cubase does have that option, though it doens't actually place the tracks in the multitrack view, it just freezes all the channels. i tried to look at the the folder of the song for the "frozen" wav files. but they has tempo problems, it just pushed all the toms to some bars, i guess it is desgined to save time by not freezing "silence"

Don't forget to ask for help over at Cubase.net website. They'll ask you to register your steinberg key number to validate your software. The number is in the little window of the dongle. It's kind of hard to read. But it will be worth the hassle, they'll have the answers for you.

 

[LemonTree]

Superior 2.0 has a bounce feature that Ezdrummer doesn't. You can output all the mixer channels from superior to audio tracks.

Make sure you have multi channel output selected in both the VST instruments pannel and in the Superior mixer.

Selecting multichannel out on the VST instrument pannel and on the Ezdrummer mixer will give you each kit piece on a seperate instrument track in cubase to process in whatever way you want, so if you then decide you want more snare bleeding into the overheads you can make the change on the Ezdrummer mixer and everything will follow on the seperate channels of the VST instrument multi output in cubase.

 

[wim van p]

so there is no way of just mixing down those 10 tracks into 10 file in one time?

Yes it is possible for any vsti who was a multiple output

Send each VSTi track to its own group track and record 10 audio tracks with as input one of the 10 group tracks.

Cheers

Wim