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Cool Edit
Won't save mixdowns
acousticgrrl
Date:
November 10, 2007 @ 1:28 AM
Does anyone ever have this problem? Cool Edit
will be fine and then -- I don't know if I use
too many tracks or too many effects or what --
but it won't be able to save a mixdown of all the
tracks. I'll be able to select certain tracks and
mix them down together, but a certain track or
tracks will be unable to be mixed down. I don't
know what to do. I have the session saved and all
the files and everything, but I can't mix it
down. What do I do?
pog
Date:
November 10, 2007 @ 2:06 AM
If you are using any effects like "Full reverb"
then it's a good idea to prepare the tracks
before mixdown. This is done in the effect's
settings usually at the bottom.
Also, I find it takes a lot of the load off the
system if you "lock" each track once you have
them sounding how you like.
Also, check that all of your tracks are in
"Windows PCM .wav" format. I think it convertes
them to that if you're using mp3's or anything
else, but it won't hurt to check.
The only other things I can think of is maybe how
much space is left on the harddrive (assuming
it's a reasonably newer system with a 7200 rpm
drive in it). You can see how much space is left
on the harddrive at the bottom right of cooledit.
Hope this helps.
acousticgrrl
Date:
November 11, 2007 @ 1:53 AM
Well, I've never locked my tracks before... I
don't even know what that does. I was only able
to lock some tracks. Also, I save all my tracks
as MP3s because that's just what it does by
default.
The thing is, it really shouldn't be a problem. I
have 70 gigs of space, a gig of RAM and a dual
core processor. This happened once before.
It maybe started happening after I got a new
motherboard and processor? Maybe Cool Edit Pro is
just too old for the equipment I'm using? Either
way, it's very frustrating. Thanks anyway.
pog
Date:
November 11, 2007 @ 6:11 AM
Also, I save all my tracks as MP3s because that's
just what it does by default.
Umm... you should save all tracks in a
compilation in windows pcm wav format because mp3
is just too lossy.
The best way to work is to always work in wav
format and after you have mixed down the final
tracks to a master wav track, you then go into
wave edit mode (instead of multitrack... you can
change between using the square in the top left
hand corner). Once in wave edit mode, you then
get the final mixdown and convert that to an mp3.
That way, you don't lose quality along the way.
I doubt the hardware would make much difference
as to whether some tracks can mix down or not.
More likely if there's a hardware issue, the
thing won't work at all.
Also, Cooledit is capable of handling 64 tracks
so I suspect it's something to do with the fact
that all of your files are in mp3 format.
Try this.
Open your session that is having problems... make
sure all associated files are loaded.
Next, click File and save session as...
In the window that comes up, surf to somewhere
you will know where to look and make a new folder
using the "create new folder" button at the top.
Call it something you will remember, and make
sure it is different to where you original
session and its files are saved, this will avoid
confusion caused from files from different
sessions have same names.
Next, turn on the "save copies of all associated
files" checkbox.
Next, click Options, and turn on the checkbox
that says save all copies in this format. In the
drop down menu, change it to Windows PCM (*.wav)
Press OK to go ahead with the saving of the
session.
Close/restart cooledit.
Click File and Open session.
Surf to the folder where the backup you just made
is saved, and open the session.
Hopefully, the problem has cleared and you can
mixdown.
LiQuidMetamo...
Date:
November 11, 2007 @ 9:08 PM
yes, change to .wav, it takes a lot out of the
processor to convert mp3 to .wav.
Some programs like Ableton Live, automatically
covert an mp3 to .wav if you are mulittracking
using mp3's and store the .wav in a backup folder.
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