Cross Platform Recording

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Hello,

I have a friend in Colorado who uses Cubase and I use CakeWalk. My friend has a song that he'd like me to create a bass track for. I am wondering if I can record a bassline on my local machine using CakeWalk; then send it to my friend where he can import the track into Cubase and mix it into his song, as if it were any other track. Will playing the metronome in one platform make it usable in another?

Thanks.
 
Yes, you can use the Open Media Framework format to transfer projects across platforms.

In SONAR, go to File --> Export --> OMF.

This type of file will open in virtually any DAW.
 
Or just have him send you a wave file reference track, record your track to it, export your track as a wave file with no effects or volume changes. He can drop it into his project. He'll need to start the reference track from a defined point (a marker or the top of the project) so he can place your bass track correctly in his project's timeline.
 
Import what he has so that you can record to it. this way all of his stuff has a master saved file on his machine and what you record can be emailed to him as a wave file that he can then import into the DAW of his chosing.
 
It would probably be a good idea to make sure that you both are recording at the same sample rate. I have had some wacky timing problems occur when my DAW 'forgot' the conversion on the imported tracks and reverted them back to their original sample rate. Had to reconvert the corrupted tracks and re-do all the previous editing. :(
 
Also...always record the files from the beginning of the DAW track (00:00:00:00) even if it's going to be just a few notes here and there...don't ever just "punch in", that way when you get the WAV files, you just import into the DAW and slide the track to the beginning. All tracks start at the same point...all will be in sync.
 
I've done this a number of times, and each time I'll just get a WAV of the whole song, and start recording at a defined place (say, 2:22:000) using the snap to grid feature that all DAWs have. Then I'll send the exported WAV of my playing and it can be inserted at the defined time also using snap to grid. No timing issues so far, and no real need to worry about sample rates etc, because it is just a WAV being inserted. I don't see why that wouldn't work all of the time. Oh, and I usually send the tracks raw, with no compression, EQ, anything.
 
You can start recording from anywhere, defined or not, and punch in all you like as long as you export the track as one file starting at a defined point, which may be the start of the project or not.
 
bouldersoundguy said:
You can start recording from anywhere, defined or not, and punch in all you like as long as you export the track as one file starting at a defined point, which may be the start of the project or not.
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Ahh...good point. I never really thought about that.
 
aaronmcoleman said:
I've done this a number of times, and each time I'll just get a WAV of the whole song, and start recording at a defined place (say, 2:22:000) using the snap to grid feature that all DAWs have. Then I'll send the exported WAV of my playing and it can be inserted at the defined time also using snap to grid. No timing issues so far, and no real need to worry about sample rates etc, because it is just a WAV being inserted. I don't see why that wouldn't work all of the time. Oh, and I usually send the tracks raw, with no compression, EQ, anything.
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Can't explain why I had those problems--I have had it happen more than once that files recorded at 44.1 khz on a BR 1600 and imported into a 48 khz project in Cubase LE would lose sync.
 
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