Should final bounce include master track?
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Should final bounce include master track?
Being a perpetual newbie with regard to mastering and mixing, I was curious as to the preferred or even "correct" way to make a final mix. I record 16 separate tracks into my Mackie and then import that into my PC using Adobe Audition. After tweaking the various tracks, I am not sure if I should be including the Master track into the final bounce. Sometimes there are effects that appear in the Master track only because my Kaoss Pad 3 is hooked up to the Aux Send/return I/O on the Mackie. I know there are ways around that aspect of it, but I was wondering in general if most people discard their Master track before bouncing to to the final mix.
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I'm not exactly sure what you're saying, but I think you're saying you've recorded each track individually and at the same time recorded your stereo master bus?
Anyway, the usual way of doing things you don't record the master in the first place, so you don't have to worry about whether you'll leave it in or not. Most of the point of multitracking is so that you can tweak each track individually and put effects on just one instrument, which you can't do with the master track cause it's already mixed together.
However, there aren't any rules, the only thing that's important is that it sounds good. If you've recorded your master and put effects over it and you like the way it sounds then go for it. You could also try mixing down your individual tracks in your computer and then running that mix out through the Kaoss pad to put the effects you like on it, it's up to you.
The best thing you could do would be to try all the different ways you could do it and then make your own mind up about which way you like best. You might end up hitting on a technique that nobody's figured out yet, you never know.
Anyway, the usual way of doing things you don't record the master in the first place, so you don't have to worry about whether you'll leave it in or not. Most of the point of multitracking is so that you can tweak each track individually and put effects on just one instrument, which you can't do with the master track cause it's already mixed together.
However, there aren't any rules, the only thing that's important is that it sounds good. If you've recorded your master and put effects over it and you like the way it sounds then go for it. You could also try mixing down your individual tracks in your computer and then running that mix out through the Kaoss pad to put the effects you like on it, it's up to you.
The best thing you could do would be to try all the different ways you could do it and then make your own mind up about which way you like best. You might end up hitting on a technique that nobody's figured out yet, you never know.
Yes-exactly. I originally wasn't recording the Master Bus, but when I realized the KP 3 effects wouldn't be there that way, I started recording the Master Bus also.Stab Frenzy wrote:I'm not exactly sure what you're saying, but I think you're saying you've recorded each track individually and at the same time recorded your stereo master bus?
I appreciate your suggestions. I think I will try omitting the Master Bus on my next recording, as I think it may be muddying things up a bit. Thanks, Stab.
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