What is wrong with this technique ?

[Maddox]

Hi, everybody.

Could anyone help me with this, please ?

I use Sonar 7 Producer Edition and Reason 4.

Instruments that I own (such as guitar, harmonica, vocal, etc) I record them using Sonar.

For instruments that I don´t own (such as violin, piano, synth, etc.) I use Reason via Rewire, so that I can hear the the tracks from Sonar at the same time.

The instruments from Reason are treated (eq, compressor, delay, etc.) by using the tools from Reason. Same thing with Sonar: using the tools from Sonar.

Then I listen to the song. Sounds the way I want it to sound.

But now I´ll do the mixdown.

Since it is impossible to mix tracks from Sonar and Reason, at the same time, into one single track, I export each instruments from Reason into .wav files, each file being one instrument.

Then I import the instrument to Sonar by creating a new track, each.

Then I listen using only Sonar. And it sounds really different.

What should I do ?

a) export the tracks from Reason bypassing all it´s plugins, and then mix it using Sonar´s plugins ?

b) export the tracks from Reason using a higher bit depth (32 bit instead of 24bit , for instance), which would take a lot space in my disc, and i don´t have enough space

c) create a midi track for each one of the reason´s instruments, and import them to Sonar as midi (I don´t even know if this is possible)

d) suggestions, please

Thank you

 

[Mr Clean]

If I were you, before mixing anything, export the seperate tracks from Reason to .wav (24 bit) - Import them into Sonar on their own tracks and then mix it all down.

Get it sounding how you want it, just in Sonar with the tracks all effectd/automated/etc and then what you hear will be what you get from the resulted mix down ;-)