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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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