Multitrack recording using Axiom 61 -ACID Product Family

Subject:Multitrack recording using Axiom 61 Posted by: Allen Anacostia Date:8/9/2009 10:20:34 AM Hello... I would really appreciate any help I could get with this question. Obviously, i'm a newbie. I want to record a song with 4 parts/tracks, each with a different soft synth sound. Of course these are MIDI tracks. Now, i've recorded track 1 into acid pro 6 and i'm ready to record a different sound into track 2....WHAT DO I DO HERE? How do I get track 1 to play as I record into track 2 and have both track 1 and the newly recorded track be the result in track 2?
Subject:RE: Multitrack recording using Axiom 61 Reply by: Geoff_Wood Date:8/9/2009 5:18:44 PM You do NOT want what you suggest to occur - that would be a totally totally inflexible and incorrect workflow, as well as not possible. 1 - Record the first track. 2 - Add and setup a new MIDI track with the next softsynth. Record the second track (you will hear the first as you record). 3 - And so on for additional tracks, MIDI or audio. 4 - When you've done recording the tracks, you Preview (hit <Play>) to set the appropriate track levels etc). 5 - Then you Mix ( Render) them to a new (audio) track or output audio file. Probably a quick look at the Overview section of Help, or the manual, would be a good idea as a newbie ? Also any online training suh as http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/support/trainingvids.asp?prod=acidpro geoff
Subject:RE: Multitrack recording using Axiom 61 Reply by: Allen Anacostia Date:8/10/2009 9:17:32 AM Thanks Geoff, I really appreciate your help. To be honest with you, I thought that I had tried that, but I have tried so many different things over the last weekend it's not funny. Following the workflow you detailed for me, do I need to change input/output channels on anything or do I simply repeat exactly what was done for the 1st track?
Subject:RE: Multitrack recording using Axiom 61 Reply by: Geoff_Wood Date:8/10/2009 1:42:07 PM For the extra MIDI track, repeat what you did on the first track, but configure the new soft-synths or patches 'per track' as required. Those setting can, of course, be altered afterwards too.... The 'output' remains the Master for previewing your results. geoff Message last edited on8/10/2009 1:43:23 PM byGeoff_Wood.
Subject:RE: Multitrack recording using Axiom 61 Reply by: Allen Anacostia Date:8/10/2009 4:43:47 PM Thank you for the help...I think i'm on to something! Do you have any pointers for setting up the simultaneous play and record?
Subject:RE: Multitrack recording using Axiom 61 Reply by: thirdnostril Date:8/11/2009 1:00:33 PM You don't have to do anything to hear Track 1 play as you record Track 2. That's ACID's default setting. If it isn't happening, you need help from someone more knowledgeable than me, but it's probably going to happen. The thing you need to watch out for is, once you're finished recording Track 1, be sure to disarm recording on that track, and arm recording on Track 2. Otherwise you'll record over Track 1 with Track 2, which you DON'T want. BTW, the suggestion to read the manual is more than snark. ACID is not a simple program, although it's intuitive once you know it. Also, as manuals go, it's actually well-written and helpful.

Subject:Multitrack recording using Axiom 61

Date:8/9/2009 10:20:34 AM

Hello...

I would really appreciate any help I could get with this question. Obviously, i'm a newbie. I want to record a song with 4 parts/tracks, each with a different soft synth sound. Of course these are MIDI tracks. Now, i've recorded track 1 into acid pro 6 and i'm ready to record a different sound into track 2....WHAT DO I DO HERE? How do I get track 1 to play as I record into track 2 and have both track 1 and the newly recorded track be the result in track 2?