Can Vegas Audio 2.0 burn cds?

longb wrote on 5/3/2002, 4:17 PM

just curious - I havent got Vegas yet, but was wondering what the next step is after you have a zillion tracks and everything is how you want it - can you burn that way, or do you have to like turn them all into 1 .WAV or something

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CDM wrote on 5/3/2002, 4:58 PM

no. Only vegas 3 burns redbook cd's.

Chienworks wrote on 5/3/2002, 10:19 PM

If you haven't purchased Vegas yet then you will be getting version 3 anyway since version 2 has been discontinued.

Doug_Marshall wrote on 5/4/2002, 11:33 PM

As others mentioned, only VV3 burns CDs. But yes, you can assemble all the tracks and effects you want and burn the whole thing directly to CD - assuming your computer can stream all the data at the required speed. There's only one way to find out!

Musiclover wrote on 5/5/2002, 10:11 AM

longb,

Watch out..Unfortunately they are still selling Vegas 2.0 out there. That is how I became a victim of it. Now they are telling me that I have to pay hundreds more to upgrade to VV3.

Q for Doug, earlier I had posted a thread related to your statement ...please look at 'renderig vs mix down in Vegas'....would really appreciate a response. I am still not sure what is the correct process to prepare .wav files to take to a CD burner. Also what do you mean by "assuming your computer can stream all the data at the required speed"

Thanks

Narayan

Doug_Marshall wrote on 5/5/2002, 6:42 PM

Narayan,

If you're going to burn the CD from within Vegas 3 there's no need to prepare your wave files beyond organizing them in Vegas, applying any effects you desire, balancing, etc. and putting in track markers. If you're going to burn the CD outside of Vegas you would have Vegas render your mix to a new wave file which the outside program will use.

My remark about streaming applies equally to playback or CD burning. Vegas mixes tracks and adds effects on the fly but the maximum number of tracks and effects that you can hear in real time depends on the power of your PC. If you can listen to your project glitch-free you can probably burn a CD in Vegas also (at some speed) without the intermediate step of doing a render. Even if Vegas can't burn your project in real time due to system constraints you have the option in the CD burning dialog to create an image first and burn from that - a rendered file by another name.

Musiclover wrote on 5/5/2002, 10:07 PM

Doug,
Thanks a lot for the quick reply. Actually I do not have Vegas 3, I have only 2.0. But you answered my question about renedering. So when I am done with my multi tracks and effects etc, I click Render As and Vegas gives me a .wav file for a single stereo track, right?

Question I was asking in my other thread was, how do I know that Vegas did a quality job at preserving my envelopes, pan effects etc on each track? Just trust? If I am mixing down to a tape deck on the other hand, I can actally see and hear each track as they are being played back. That is my main concern.

jbrazier wrote on 5/6/2002, 11:39 AM

If you render the project as a Stereo 16 bit 44.1KHz wav, that's what CDs use. You'll want to use some burning package that use DAO (disc at once) to burn the entire CD.

As far as your envelopes, etc. All these fx are rendered as well, just as if you'd listened to them in preview mode (or playback) and recorded the output. Just make sure you have all the appropriate tracks ready to play (watch your solo, etc. buttons...), rendering will do just that...only with the tracks you have active.