Reference Guide

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Converting your soft synth tracks to audio
Software instruments
The Insert Soft Synth Options dialog gives you the option of automatically creating a separate
synth track for each audio output that the soft synth has, or creating just one synth track for Output 1
of that particular soft synth. Each new copy (also called an instance) of a soft synth is considered to
be a separate instrument, and appears in a separate row in the Synth Rack, with a number after its
name representing which copy it is.
For step by step instructions, see:
“Using the Synth Rack Browser” on page 558
“Synth tracks” on page 777
“Inserting soft synths” on page 778
“Playing a soft synth” on page 786
“Converting your soft synth tracks to audio” on page 789
“Muting and soloing soft synth tracks” on page 788
“To remove a soft synth from a track or bus” on page 787
Converting your soft synth tracks to audio
Once your project sounds the way you want it to, it’s extremely easy to convert your soft synth MIDI
tracks to either new audio tracks, or Wave, MP3, or other exported files.
You can also do a temporary conversion, called freezing. See “Freeze tracks and synths” on page
829 for more information.
To convert your soft synth tracks to new audio tracks
1. Mute all tracks that you don’t want to convert.
2. Click the Track view Tracks menu and choose Bounce to Track(s).
The Bounce to Track(s) dialog box appears.
3. In the Destination field, choose a new or pre-existing track to put the new audio data on.
4. If you’ve saved presets from previous bounce operations, you can choose a preset from the
Preset field.
5. In the Source Category field, choose Tracks.
6. In the Channel Format field, choose mono if you want a mono track, stereo if you want a stereo
track, and split mono if you want to create separate mono tracks.
7. In the Source/Buses field, choose the output bus(es) that the soft synth tracks are using
(usually the main outputs).
8. In the Mix Enables field, make sure all choices are selected.
9. Click OK.