Need Help Converting Tracks

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I just finished recording with my band a 5 songs demo, i used protools 7.4 LE.
we decided to take the sessions to have them mixed at another studio, but they dot use pro tools, their engineer asked me to convert the tracks to wav so he could use them... he also asked me to make sure all the tracks are the same lenght whenever they are converted, but the problem is thhat i have a lot of random small tracks (extra vocals, additional instruments etc.) in the middle of the session and i dont know how to make all the tracks the same lenght..

can someone please help me with that, whats the best way to bounce all the tracks so they are wav and the same lenght.

Thanks in advance!
 
I don't use PT, but it sounds like you need to solo one track at a time and mix it down to a wav file; the full length of the song. So, if you have a clip that starts 2 minutes into the song, then that wav file is going to have 2 minutes of silence in the beginning.
 
find something called "consolidation" i believe that does this exact process

or i can tell you

control+a or command+a to select all... then hit
alt+shift+3 and that should consolidate all your tracks and then i believe you can just export or bounce the audio files to a folder say "consolidated project" or whatever
 
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like stated above...consolidating the regions will give you one long region for each track. Then you can either drag those files out of the audio files folder or do an Export Regions As

However, if you have plugins you wish to render to the tracks, you'll need to select the whole song in your time line and bounce each track out individually.
 
Thanks everyone, im gonna try that tonight and i will let you guys know
 
bennychico11 said:
like stated above...consolidating the regions will give you one long region for each track. Then you can either drag those files out of the audio files folder or do an Export Regions As

However, if you have plugins you wish to render to the tracks, you'll need to select the whole song in your time line and bounce each track out individually.
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I want the tracks how they were recorded, no plugins or anything, so i dont think i have a problem with that, but i will keep that in mind, i didnt know that
 
learn

learn it yourself. you will be proud of it more in the end if you have all the equipment that you have it to that point, just keep going with it. thats how i started and never looked back. you will never get better by handing it to the next guy.
 
RueMorgueRecord said:
learn it yourself. you will be proud of it more in the end if you have all the equipment that you have it to that point, just keep going with it. thats how i started and never looked back. you will never get better by handing it to the next guy.
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yeah, but if everyone did that, then no one would need recording studios or engineers anymore and the music industry would start to diminish. Not to mention good musicians don't necessarily make good mix engineers.
looking at your signature it appears you have a recording business...what if all the bands that came to you just decided to start recording/mixing everything themselves? ;)
 
If you find out what DAW the studio is using then you may find that there are a number of products (some cheaper than others) which may help you to do this quiet easily.
 
Runaway said:
If you find out what DAW the studio is using then you may find that there are a number of products (some cheaper than others) which may help you to do this quiet easily.
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sorry to stray off topic and sound harsh, but I think I've read only one single post of yours that doesn't try and pimp your software.
I hope you didn't just join this site (and other sites) just for this reason. Some of us here actually like to talk about things other than AATranslator (which by the way can be found at http://www.aatranslator.com.au OMG!!!!)

:rolleyes:
 
Probably a valid point up to a few days ago where the sysop pointed this out to me. I guess I'm pretty focused on what I'm doing and so this topic draws my attention - its also a topic, quite frankly, I know better than most.

However, I went to great pains NOT to mention my software (but you certainly have) but I did point out quite validly that there are alternatives (yes even other than mine) that are possibly less painful than bouncing down his takes. And as you may recall the OP had "a lot of random small tracks" that maybe he didn't want to consolidate. BTW Apparently I'm allowed to 'advertise' in my signature but if I have been misinformed let me know and I will correct that.

And while we are at it yes it might seem that I'm trying to bludgeon sales out of unwitting posters but I will draw your attention to this post on another forum I made some 12 hours ago (11 hours before the post in question) where not only did I go into some detail as to the software alternatives available to the OP but also offered to convert his sessions for no charge. http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=42824

So bottom line - I didn't advertise and my post was at least as valid as anyone else's in the thread and offered alternatives/solutions also equal or better than others.

So be as harsh as you like I take no offence - sure probably guilty in the past but not guilty this time.
 
RueMorgueRecord said:
learn it yourself. you will be proud of it more in the end if you have all the equipment that you have it to that point, just keep going with it. thats how i started and never looked back. you will never get better by handing it to the next guy.
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I understand your point, I jus started learning and i am doing one thing at a time, the sessions came pretty decent and if mixed well, we can have a nice cd to show.
Another factor that Kepps me from mixing it myself, is my computer, we have waaay too many tracks and my pentium 4 just doesnt play all of them at the same time, dont even think about adding a plugin..

Next time i will have a nicer computer, and i will mix it myself, and i hope home recording is still here to help me out.

Thanks Guys, I converted the tracks todays and they are hading to the Studio right now
 
agree to disagree sir.

bennychico11 said:
yeah, but if everyone did that, then no one would need recording studios or engineers anymore and the music industry would start to diminish. Not to mention good musicians don't necessarily make good mix engineers.
looking at your signature it appears you have a recording business...what if all the bands that came to you just decided to start recording/mixing everything themselves? ;)
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the music industry needs to diminish. there needs to be more diy'ers in my opinion. i have a home studio that i advertise for to get myself various experience and to try to help small bands out who dont have tuns of money to have someone do it. and the current band i am recording, i ended up joining as vocalist and agreed prior to that, to record them for free, when they played with me and my previous band at a show and had no album. i simply liked them that much and wanted to help them get their music out there. and i encourage all of them and previous people to join me during any and all processes so they can learn from and with me. so i do encourage them to take steps beyond having me do it. knowledge is a gift and everyday is christmas for me and people i work with hopefully. i work as a carpenter/framer to pay my bills. i am involved in my music because i love it, not to make money. even when i cut cd's of my bands i only charge twice what it costs to make each one simply so i can make 2 the next time and have more to get out there. this is also why i am anti industry and charging 15-20 a cd. when the artist sees a mere fraction of that and it is their creativity. and you wouldn't be the first to tell me i am stupid for putting myself out there and not expecting more for my craft, but to me it never has or will be about money. cheers!
 
RueMorgueRecord said:
and you wouldn't be the first to tell me i am stupid for putting myself out there and not expecting more for my craft, but to me it never has or will be about money. cheers!
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i'm not saying you're stupid...would never think that. I think it's great that you're doing it yourself. And those who have the desire should. I'm just saying that for many of us who make a living doing this, we are seeing the decline of the industry because of the home recording market. Good on one side of the scale...bad on the other. Unfortunately, quality has also diminished in some areas.

I agree the music industry has become too much about money...but the real people behind it (musicians and engineers) shouldn't be the ones to suffer. It's the music executives who are the ones increasing CD and ticket sales and making bank off them. The professional recording studios haven't changed. Much like you're contracted out to be a carpenter for a house...we're contracted out to build the pieces for a CD/DVD.
 
point made

my friend. i see your side and also agree with that someday it would be great to do this instead of a day job, i just feel that i have to keep it humble to get to that point and keep gettin them under my belt so i can constantly work to get that next notch up. i do it for the pleasure , but agree a living would be great out of it too. im just a little guy working to make it to the next levels.
 
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