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geodude · #1 07-23-2007, 10:50 AM

Is it possible to play an instrument track with recorded MIDI data (with an instrument plug-in loaded) and record that performance in real time to an audio track?
I have acomplished this using bounce to disk then importing the file into the Pro Tools session but it is very time consuming.

Thanks

spkguitar · #2 07-23-2007, 11:20 AM

Sure. Follow this procedure. (<-link)

geodude · #3 07-23-2007, 11:49 AM

Hi; thanks for the reply. The method in the link you provided works if I want to play the softsynth and record it to an audio track...It does not seem to work for previously recorded MIDI material with a softsynth loaded in the track.

spkguitar · #4 07-23-2007, 12:20 PM

Ummm.... yes it does.

Maybe I'm not clear about what exactly it is you are trying to do? Even if I'm not clear, that procedure should work for both instances; recording the audio from a previously recorded MIDI track or recording a live MIDI performance as audio.

What exactly "doesn't work"?

geodude · #5 07-23-2007, 12:59 PM

It's actually kind of weird...I send the signal of the instrument track out a bus then use that bus as an input for my audio track. When the instrument track plays, the bus shows a signal, but no signal appears on the audio track (yes I did it with record edabled on the audio track).
Also, when I go to select the bus as an input for the audio track it is not shown in bold as a bus that has been previously selected typically is.
Furthermore, if I then send that bus to an aux track, I can hear the audio from the softsynth from this aux track - If I now go back to select a bus this bus is now shown in bold as would be expected.

spkguitar · #6 07-23-2007, 07:33 PM

Quote:

It's actually kind of weird...I send the signal of the instrument track out a bus then use that bus as an input for my audio track. When the instrument track plays, the bus shows a signal, but no signal appears on the audio track (yes I did it with record edabled on the audio track).

Are you in Auto-input monitoring mode or Input only? Sounds like Auto-input mode to me. Hit alt+k.

geodude · #7 07-24-2007, 04:38 PM

That was it! Thank you so much.

spkguitar · #8 07-24-2007, 05:44 PM

No problem. That was part of the instructions on the original link I gave you, BTW.

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