Video: Record to Disk – An Alternative to Bounce to Disk

In yesterday’s video, I showed the basics of how to bounce to disk. However, I find bounce to disk to be a bit limiting. It’s great if you just need a quick bounce of a session, but if you want more control over your mixes as they are bounced, check out this video.

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8 Responses to Video: Record to Disk – An Alternative to Bounce to Disk
  1. San Diego Band
    July 1, 2009 | 2:15 am

    So Joe, based on what you said (this is advanced for me, but not complicated), you can route many tracks to particular AUX that will all in turn go to a audio track to record and then you have the power to modify the sound on the fly? Wow! This is certainly an excellent way to do it, and I had no clue about it. Moreover, would you recommend to bounce to MP3 or WAV all the time? What other formats are out there for bouncing options?

    • Joe Gilder
      July 1, 2009 | 9:27 am

      MP3 and WAV are really the standards. I wouldn’t worry about using any other formats. Nine times out of ten I bounce to WAV and convert it to mp3 in iTunes if I need an mp3 version.

  2. Abhijit
    July 1, 2009 | 1:26 pm

    Thanks a ton Joe. I will try this…
    Abhijit

    • Abhijit
      July 1, 2009 | 9:12 pm

      Joe it is very strange, In PT 7.4 LE, i can’t seem to find the regions window as demonstrated in your latest video. What is wrong?
      Abhijit

      Finally able to figure out by clicking the bottom scrollbar’s extreme right button..

      • Joe Gilder
        July 2, 2009 | 10:38 am

        It’s there. There should be a small left arrow somewhere along the right side. Pull up your Pro Tools manual and do a search for “regions” or “regions list.” It’s in there.

        • Abhijit
          July 2, 2009 | 1:17 pm

          yes joe,
          as mentioned in my previous post, got it finally!! Thanks.
          Abhijit

  3. MarQ
    December 29, 2009 | 4:52 pm

    Why not just automate if you need to make fader moves, etc.?

  4. Joe Gilder
    December 29, 2009 | 4:59 pm

    Great question. I use this all the time when I'm working on a track. I just
    want a quick bounce to listen to. I don't want to write automation, because
    it's not ready for a full-on mix session yet. I just want to do a quick
    bounce, but I also want to ride the faders a bit while it's bouncing, just
    in case there are any parts that need to be brought up or down. Once you
    write automation, you can't easily make volume adjustments.

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