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I use the freeze and flatten tools within ableton.

I'll do up the part in midi, and then when i have it sounding pretty cool I duplicate the channel and deactivate it. Then freeze/flatten the duplicate to get it into audio. That way I still have the original VST/Midi track if I want to go back and change it or use it for a different part.

I pretty much resample everything as I go. It's pretty quick and creative for me.

Mike145 wrote:jrisreal, which FM synth are you using?

sytrus

ive recently experimented with the Import tracks function in logic...

theres something similar in a different daws... i know ableton does it.. other daws might as well... it allows u to import tracks from previous projects to current projects...

does wonders... really... but watchout on the cpu

its my new way to go...

Dreadfunk wrote:I use the freeze and flatten tools within ableton.

I'll do up the part in midi, and then when i have it sounding pretty cool I duplicate the channel and deactivate it. Then freeze/flatten the duplicate to get it into audio. That way I still have the original VST/Midi track if I want to go back and change it or use it for a different part.

I pretty much resample everything as I go. It's pretty quick and creative for me.

Yeah I've been doing this a lot lately. LOVE freeze track

Depends on what I'm doing. Sometimes I get my bass sample, however I've acquired it, and put it into my DAW's sampler, effect, and then write the bassline.

If I'm using Massive to make my bass, and resampling something I've made in there, I'll write the notes I want, automate, bounce and then chop and arrange, then do step 1 above..Once I've got my audio bassline written I'll consolidate and transfer it back to MIDI by loading it in my sampler and playing the C3 note til it's completely rewritten as MIDI again. That way I can duplicate the channel for my subbass.

I just keep to a simple formula that's always seemed to work for me personally. It's probably wrong but hey.

Ldizzy wrote:FM and resampling are two very different things.

yes fm does sick things.

i do realize that...

jaydot wrote:Once I've got my audio bassline written I'll consolidate and transfer it back to MIDI by loading it in my sampler and playing the C3 note til it's completely rewritten as MIDI again. That way I can duplicate the channel for my subbass.

Not sure if I get what you mean by this. If it's just C3 in your sampler, wouldn't that make your sub bass all C3 when you copy over the channel? What's the point of that? What if your bassline uses more than one note?

Maybe I misunderstood.

Personally I try not to. I have way more control over it when it's still in the synth and I can create as many differently EQ'd buses as I need with various effects, plugins etc before even looking at the master bus. I don't really have CPU issues so I really haven't seen much reason to resample any of my bass yet.