Midi to audio

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Now this is gonna seem lame ... I'm getting around to CD burning . Why should one render midi to audio tracks before burning to CD ? I have been just recording from the mixer to external CDRW from Sonar - midi and audio .

My setup
Amd 1.2ghtz
Roland JV1010
Echo Mona
Sonar
Optimus SSM 1250 mixer
External Philips CDRW

Any help is appreciated ...

John
 
Why? Because most people don't have an external CD recorder that you can use like a tape deck or DAT machine.

Most people have a built-in CD burner. You can't run these like an audio recorder. You need to get the mix into the form of a 16-bit, 44.1 kHz stereo WAV file before you can "burn" it to an audio CD.

Therefore, you have to record the MIDI parts to audio tracks before you can mix them down to the stereo master.
 
midi to audio

So does this mean with my setup and external CDRW recorder there is no advantage of rendering midi tracks to audio tracks
before burning to CD ?
 
The only advantage is that once you convert a midi track to an audio track, you can add reverb/audio effects with plug ins. If you dont need to do that, your way is fine if you are happy with the mix.
 
bubba - I don't know *too* much about MIDI...but, it seems to me that you wouldn't have nearly the mixing capabilities with MIDI? Given that it isn't sound. So, if you needed to do anything besides level adjustment and maybe some basic EQ to your MIDI tracks...then you are going to want them as audio, eventually.

I don't think you can use a compressor on a MIDI track. Hell, maybe you can though ;)
 
MusicLab VeloMaster plugin allows for compression on midi tracks. I'm not completly satisfied with the quality of the CD recording . I lose about 5% of the quality and some depth of the original . Is this normal ?
I would think that I should get an exact copy of everything .
 
If you want professional results than treat midi tracks like any other audio source. Record them on mult-track, mix and master. You also benefit from using all the polyphony for each individual sound instead of having to share it with all the other parts.

The only reason to go straight to CD from your keyboards is if your lazy, hard up for inputs/tracks or just want a quick demo recording.
 
Thanks ,

I'm not lazy when it comes to the Quality of my music ....
 
Sorry, didn't mean that as an insult. Sometimes quick and dirty will get the job done. Other times you want to worry about every detail.

It just depends on the scope of the project.
 
Tex ,

No insult taken . What you said makes sense . I would guess this is why it all kind of sounds off to me . While I'm gettin good advice , what audio editor would you recommend ? I,m now doing everything in Sonar .
 
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