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Posted by themonkeylover on May-06-2008 15:43:

mono bounce down question

hi ppl, sorry if this is an easy question but im abit confused

right i know kicks, snare and base needs to be mono, so im setting cubase up as mono track for each of these sounds, brill.

when i go to bounced down the tracks should i also be selecting the mono option in audio mixdown or the stereo interleaved? when i do mix down to mono, the waveforms after the bounce look like there clipping bigtime!

please feel free to rip me or my family, im fine with that

Posted by Chronosis on May-06-2008 18:39:

Uh.. if your track has stereo elements and you'd like it to be stereo afterwards, then mixdown in stereo.

Posted by derail on May-06-2008 22:14:

So you're bouncing down the individual tracks or the overall song?

If individual tracks, bounce down in mono. Are the tracks in the red before bouncing down? If not, are you only looking at the waveforms or are you listening to what it sounds like? Depending on the view resolution, the visual may not give you an accurate representation. Zoom right in and check if the waveforms have been squared off/ clipped. If so, reduce the track's volume and re-export.

If you're exporting the overall song, you'll want it in stereo if you have stereo tracks or effects, as Chronosis said.

Posted by themonkeylover on May-07-2008 00:18:

yeah that right im bouncing down the individual tracks, and even thou the kick for example was sett to 0db it was still cliping in certain sections so ill just make sure i lower it in parts. thanks for the help, im on the right track now.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on May-07-2008 00:23:

If you have left and right channels of audio both at 0db and mix them down into a single mono channel, you'll end up clipping in many programs, since both channels are already at 0dB and then they get added together. You just have to put the stereo channels at an appropriate volume before mixing them down to mono; if the volume on the resulting mono track is too low, you can always just raise it in the final mix.

Posted by Subtle on May-07-2008 00:23:

Easiest way is to simply put a stereo expander on it, and set that to 0%

Posted by themonkeylover on May-07-2008 01:12:

thanks for the tips im just looking into that now, its still clipping here and there only slightly so im just lowering it a bit. will look at the plug in as well, if it speeds up the process that ill defo use it. thankls