track quality

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After you have recorded dry tracks, and go through the mixing process, ( eq, reverb, comp. and etc). hit save 1000 times, is the quality of the original tracks changed? All mixing is being done with out destructive editing. Can you remove the effects and return the wave file just like it was originally recorded?

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larry
 
It depends a lot on how your software operates.

Real time direct X or VST effects don't alter the original wav file. Just turn them off and it's your original wav/track coming through.

If your doing non-destructive editing than yes you can return to the original wav. How you return is software specific.

One thing I often do is make CD-R backups of the original tracks/wav's in the recording, that way there is some recourse if need be. I usually do destructive editing for basic things like removing noises before and after tracks, but non-destructive (in the form of real-time Direct X and VST processing) for things like reverb/compression/delay's etc.
 
Even though I always edit non-destructively, I first make a CDR backup of all the tracking data.
Then I futz around with any "processing". It's usually faster to reload the original .wav file and start over than to ctrl-Z through several levels of Undo.
 
OK, thanks alot for the answer. I use n-track, and I was curious how that works. I guessed that saving things like volume and other things just saves the settings and did not alter the wave file.
thanks again,
larry
 
I use N-Track as well. All your plug-ins/volumes/pans/etc.. are saved in the .sng file. The wavs are untouched on your harddrive. In fact, you can bring up winamp and play them directly. When I back up, I usually only back up the .wav files. My mixes aren't terribly complex so I'm not to worred about having to restore them.
 
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