>From: "Kamm Schreiner" <kamm@...> >>Of course the very best option is to record to audio however many takes it >>takes :) >Why? It would just add another layer of background hiss to the instrument >(small, but measurable). It also soaks up a ton more CPU. As I've mentioned, >I'm testing out Logic as a current Sonar owner. Sonar is dead on stable and >I've never ever felt afraid that I was going to loose anything. Are you >suggesting that I convert to audio simply for fear of loosing a patch >setting? If no, why? There's quite a few good reasons to record the MIDI instrument to audio before the final mix. All of the audio plugins (including third party) become available. That synth part might really come alive with a bit of compression and eq. There are some great tools and efx that can only be done with audio tracks. Also, I think the final mix benefits from mixing purely from audio tracks, I couldn't prove it but it feels like everything sits more comfortably in the mix. Have you ever tried it? HW

Hi Howard, That never occurred to me. I'll have to give that a try sometime. Although, on my system, it is a pain to mix down from a midi track to an audio track. I have to hook up a patch cord and make sure I don't setup a feedback loop in the process. It might be worth it for one or two important instruments. Like you say, to give it that extra punch. Thanks, Kamm