Problems burning CD from pro tools m powered

[fris9]

So, I'm trying to burn CD's from pro tools, but it's not working. I'm bouncing the file to disk first, it's set on 16/44, and it seems to bounce fine. However, after I burn it, the CD is blank. Hopefully I'm missing something very simple, but I can't figure it out.

 

[scrubs]

Is there anything in the files you're bouncing down? Can you listen to them in a media player program? It could be something as simple as not having location markers set properly within the program. What burning software are you using?

 

[fris9]

That's the other problem...when I click on the stereo left or stereo right track after it's bounced down, a message comes up saying it's not a valid Pro Tools file. The burner i'm using is the one that comes standard on the MacBook Pro.

 

[bennychico11]

well, when you bounce to a file it doesn't become a "Pro Tools file". It's either a WAV or AIFF file.

and it sounds like you're making multiple mono files. You need to bounce to a stereo interleaved file. This will make a single file for you to burn to CD.

 

[fishkarma]

just click bounce to disk then get info on the file>open with itunes> double click see if it works> burn from itunes.
if that dosnt do it theres a problem
-Josh

 

[kessel]

benny is right. make sure your output file is stereo interleaved, not multiple mono. also when protools bounces it will play back what it's bouncing to disk over the main outputs (1 and 2 usually), so listen through your monitors to check. you have to select the time frame to bounce also. usually i just select the track that starts first and the track that ends last. also if your sesssion is any thing other than 16 bit 44.1 KHz, make sure to dither.

 

[bennychico11]

also if your sesssion is any thing other than 16 bit 44.1 KHz, make sure to dither.

actually, even if it is 16 bit....dither

 

[fris9]

Got it, thanks guys!

 

[MessianicDreams]

actually, even if it is 16 bit....dither

really? If you're not changing the bit depth, there shouldn't be any quantisation noise, and so no need to add dither..


all you'd be doing is lifting the noise floor?

 

[bennychico11]

really? If you're not changing the bit depth, there shouldn't be any quantisation noise, and so no need to add dither..


all you'd be doing is lifting the noise floor?

Digi recommends dithering anytime you are going to 16 bit. This is because Pro Tools LE utilizes 24 bit I/O paths as well as 32 bit float plugin processing

 

[MessianicDreams]

Digi recommends dithering anytime you are going to 16 bit. This is because Pro Tools LE utilizes 24 bit I/O paths as well as 32 bit float plugin processing

so - even if you're audio is at 16bit you should dither?