Why I never use Export Audio

[ikeaboy]

I always resample my final mixes into a track and then move that track into my finished mixes folder.

It’s not because the sound quality is any different, it’s because it forces me to listen to the mix, that I think is done, again from start to finish.
Inevitably every time I do this I notice things that need fixing, I stop the resample recording and fix them and start again. If I notice something else like a channel volume being slightly shy etc... fix and back to the start. Sometimes this goes on for over an hour after I thought the mix was done.

If it feels wrong then it is wrong.

[Shift Gorden]

I think that's a pretty awesome reason to do it that way. In fact, that's a great way of doing it. Thanks for sharing. If I ever get to the final mix stage I'm going to do that

[FrancoBlanko]

sounds like a waste of time

[[jur]]

fix and back to the start.

Just in case you don't already know it:
You don't even need to resample form the beginning of your track. Just start recording from a bit ahead your last tweak/change/fix.
When you're done, select all the clips and consolidate.

[chapelier fou]

fix and back to the start.

Just in case you don't already know it:
You don't even need to resample form the beginning of your track. Just start recording from a bit ahead your last tweak/change/fix.
When you're done, select all the clips and consolidate.

For the sake of clarity, this is not 100% true because of effects and instruments that use random, and LFOs that could have phase differences. And some oddities could occur in the Return tracks containing delays or reverbs.
Most of the time, it shouldn't be noticeable, I admit.

I'm in the middle of exporting Stems for a mixing session (including FX tracks) and resampling in realtime is the only way to guarantee that the Return tracks are sounding like they should.
And there are also the interconnections between tracks : let's say you've got one drum track, with a random arpeggiator for playing a drum rack. Now let's say another track (a synth for instance), has a sidechain compressor triggered by only the kick of the drum rack. This can lead to a badly unwanted result. The only accurate way is realtime sampling. Or freezing/resampling/record midi on tracks that may cause issues.

[[jur]]

I was talking about realtime resampling Chapelier

[ikeaboy]

To be honest I feel it’s important to go back to the start because everything in a track exists in context with everything else. For example: I only know if the pads at bar 97 are loud enough by listening to the track build to that point, then they either feel satisfying or they don’t. After a certain point the mix is informed by the arrangement. Does the attention of the listener land on the right thing next? A trick you may of heard of is to have an element a little too loud as it is introduced and then use automation to pull it back into the structure of the track with the idea that the listeners attention follows it - same idea.

I’m not saying this is the way it should be done, I’m saying this is the way I do it. As soon as anyone tells me they’ve found the ‘right way’ to make music I think, no, that’s just the way that’s right for you and your generalising for everybody else, so I try not to do that myself. There’s no such thing as the right way to do anything in music but there are paths to results that you may want and some of those take time.

[chapelier fou]

I was talking about realtime resampling Chapelier

It looks like I was a bit enthusiastic last night, indeed ! Probably because this whole Stem process is exhausting.

[nathannn]

I never use export because my tracks are shit.

[[jur]]

I never use export because my tracks are shit.

That's 98% of my life

[ikeaboy]

I never use export because my tracks are shit.