mixdown problems

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Well, I'm finally finished with my first cakewalk masterpiece (8 tracks) on Home studio 9!! HOWEVER,
mixing it is driving me up a ________ wall!! It seems the more I use the snapshot/update stuff , the more sound level variations I get, faders are moving up and down on their own and a 9th track (called console automation) is created automatically which complicates matters because I can only get 8 sound tracks in Home Studio 9! I still dont understand the snapshot "update" feature and what it is doing exactly. And Automation recording has me stumped also. The tech at Cakewalk told me to not use automation and just use snapshot to level out irregularities. My final mix now is lumpy sounding, due to the fact that the volume level is not constant due to my constant messing with "snapshot" a hundred times on different track clips.
If anyone out there has any insight or tricks on how to wrap up a final mix for CDR master please let me know. I've gotten all the way to this stage with amazingly clean tracks, it's just the final mix that is most important. Thank you. DV.
 
try cal

Cake has .cal programs which you can find on the edit menu. There are a couple that delete control changes on your mixdown volumes. Run them and see if that doesn't do the trick. I sympathize with your problem I haven't been able to get the auto mix functions to work either. Delete the mix track too. It's tedious but I usually use edit audio to individually alter the volume of each track.
 
I'm not familiar with CW Home Studio, but if it has volume envelopes, USE THEM and fuggitabout Console Automation.

Console Automation is tedious, tough to use, and difficult to control. The vector based Volume Envelopes are none of the above.

In CW ProAudio, you use these in the audio view window. Right click on the track and select Envelope -> Create Volume.

Check your manual to see if this feature is avail. Trust me, you'll never use Console Automation again.
 
Another trick is to enter the controls manually in the event viewer window. This takes the mystery out of where and what your volume or pan settings are. After many many attempts of jacking with the console controls, this is what I usually end up doing.
 
Thanks for the ideas. I'll try all of the above and yes, CW home studio does have envelope control and I tried it out a little bit once - I guess I had better learn it. It seems that the snap shot and automation stuff just doesnt cut it. Thx.
 
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