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importing stems
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:05 am
by sowhoso
I have no experience with stems so a newb question:
what's the proper way to import/place stems in session view that are designated Left and Right? (for remixing)
like:
synth L
synth R
drums L
drums R
each part should be on one stereo clip but they're separate L and R wav files so my question.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:08 am
by Pitch Black
I would bring the L and R stems into the Arrange View first, pan them L and R, then bounce/record them into a Session View slot. (Set the recording track's input to Resampling)
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:18 am
by sowhoso
cool, I wasn't sure I was being clear.
got it
thx!
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:23 am
by Pitch Black
Click the io button on the far right hand side to show Inputs and Outputs, then select Resampling from the drop-down menu.
Now if you record on this track, you will record whatever is playing out of Live's master out.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:28 pm
by 3dot...
Pitch Black wrote:
Click the io button on the far right hand side to show Inputs and Outputs, then select Resampling from the drop-down menu.
Now if you record on this track, you will record whatever is playing out of Live's master out.
or you could 'render' it to a stereo wave...then drag it back..
saves a couple of minutes....
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:50 pm
by sowhoso
thx y'all!
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:28 pm
by Sales Dude McBoob
I would just drop the Utility plug on the track. If it's a Left stem then pull the panorama setting on the Utility plug to 50L, and vice versa for the right stem.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:12 pm
by sowhoso
oi...
i'm dragging the L & R files into the arrange view and they're not lining up properly.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:16 pm
by Pitch Black
Is WARP switched off for both?
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:49 pm
by sowhoso
Pitch Black wrote:Is WARP switched off for both?
yes, warp is off and they're still out of sync by about a measure
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:41 pm
by GUY SMILEY
Pitch Black wrote:I would bring the L and R stems into the Arrange View first, pan them L and R, then bounce/record them into a Session View slot. (Set the recording track's input to Resampling)
shit i've never noticed that option before... thats what you get for buying a download and never ordering the manual !
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:01 pm
by darkenedsoul
LOL, I got the manual, heard it mentioned before but didn't know where it was! Now I do without even cracking the manual! Nice!
But as someone already posted wouldn't that take longer than just bouncing it to another track?
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:13 am
by sowhoso
anyone have an idea why they might not be lining up correctly in arrange view?
thx!
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:49 am
by Keddy
That's just the way they were in the original recording DAW. Maybe there was some extra silence somewhere that got cropped, and now you're gonna have to just line it up yourself. Sorry dude. That type of thing happens a lot, so unless you're opening up an actual live set, or cubase or protools or cakewalk, inside said programs, where everything is EXACTLY as it was before mix down, you're just gonna have to fiddle with it.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:03 pm
by Pitch Black
The tradditional way to get around this is to bounce all stems out with exactly the same starting point - usually Bar 1.1.1.1 - You might have lots of "dead air" on the front of some parts, but once they are lined up in the new DAW you can chop the silent bits out of the Arrangement (and re-save as new files if you want to get back the disk space)