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Hi, quick question. Yesterday i figured out how to record a ableton track into an audio track. My first question is, how come when i record for example a drum track into an audio track, when i play it back as an audio clip it sounds very tinny compared to the original midi track. Also what are the benefits of bouncing a midi track into an audio track? Thanks

it could be that its at a lower volume than the original, the sound should be the same if you aren't clipping. even so its good practice to set the options to record at 24 bit

biggest advantage of resampling:

you have 4 parts A B C D
each a different synth sound

instead of automating between them, just sample each phrase with a different setting. change enough settings and youll see why doing it with only automation would be a HUGE headache to keep track of all the lanes.

then you can rearrange them BACD CADC BBBA AADC etc etc

and you get a sense of relief knowing that something is committed and it frees your mind up to work on something else. well it does for me anyway.

Ah thanks for that, big help. How would i go about setting my recording to 24 bit? Thanks

Are you playing both the original track and the recorded track at the same time? Could this be a phasing issue?

No im muting all the tracks except my recorded track

Check the master fader isnt down a bit ?

Another (obvious but unmentioned) advantage of bouncing to audio is CPU load reduction. This is particularly helpful when you're near the end of a project and you have several VSTs, drum racks, efects etc. running. In ableton you can freeze your tracks to save CPU and then unfreeze them to make changes. You can also instantly bounce frozen tracks to audio.

The quickest way to do this is:

*Right click your midi track > freeze track
*Ctrl + T = new audio track
*Select everything you want to bounce and drag them down to your new audio track
*Rename it
*make sure you pull the volume fader down to the same level as the midi track was

I learned this technique from someone in this forum, I can't remember who but it's sped up my work flow X10 so thanks whoever you are!

graish wrote:Another (obvious but unmentioned) advantage of bouncing to audio is CPU load reduction. This is particularly helpful when you're near the end of a project and you have several VSTs, drum racks, efects etc. running. In ableton you can freeze your tracks to save CPU and then unfreeze them to make changes. You can also instantly bounce frozen tracks to audio.

The quickest way to do this is:

*Right click your midi track > freeze track
*Ctrl + T = new audio track
*Select everything you want to bounce and drag them down to your new audio track
*Rename it
*make sure you pull the volume fader down to the same level as the midi track was

I learned this technique from someone in this forum, I can't remember who but it's sped up my work flow X10 so thanks whoever you are!

Nice trick been using ableton 4 years and didnt know this lol

Have you got any effects on return tracks? If so make sure the input for the resampling track is set to Master, not the drum track. Only thing I can think of.