![]() If you push this technique to the limits then it gives you 50 audio tracks. Once you have all the audio tracks you need then you mix the stems you created along with any MIDI instruments. We suggest saving at each part of a session where a critical mix decision needs to be made. Repeat this process, saving each iteration of the session as often as you need. You now have 7 audio tracks you can use to add to the song. Import the stereo mix of the first 8 tracks you recorded. You can use this to import things like session tempo, markers and other information about the song. However, to ensure the new session is technically identical to the previous session, use the Session Data option found in File/Import/Session Data. Don’t get bogged down in perfecting it at this stage, as you are saving the session you can always come back to it later. Then bounce a stereo mix of the drum tracks. It might be the Session Name plus a suffix like ‘Drum Tracks.’ However, if you need more audio tracks, first save the session with a meaningful name. You might surprise yourself and find that 8 audio tracks is enough, if this is the case, then happy days, there’s nothing to do other than mix the track. Record the first 8 tracks, along with any other MIDI content if you wish at this point. To build up a Pro Tools Intro session that maximises the track count it takes a little planning, but far less than it did in the days of analogue tape. How To Get Up To 50 Audio Tracks In Pro Tools Intro If you want to know more about stems then read Stems In Music Production - Everything You Need To Know Stems are sub mixes of a larger mix, that when played together at equal volume will exactly recreate the full mix. For the final mix, you are left with 8 stems to mix. In fact, a quick piece of maths means that, taking into account the need for a reference of the previous 8 tracks, that leaves 7 new recording tracks on each pass, you can get up to 50 audio tracks in Pro Tools using the bounce method. So, yes you’ve guessed it, if you want more audio tracks when using Pro Tools Intro then you can bounce tracks and build up a song in that way. However, in a modern DAW, because the sound is digital, sound quality remains pretty much intact if we do this process. Every time we bounced tracks, because we were using analogue tape (often compact cassette) the sound would reduce in quality. In those days some of us were creating demos on 4 track cassette based machines, imagine that! To get more tracks we would mix groups of tracks and re-record them on either one mono track or a pair of tracks for stereo and then add more instruments. We won’t repeat in detail the contents of the article, but the origins of the term bouncing come from an era when we had to find creative ways to beat the track limitations placed upon us. We explain the history of the term and how it made it into the modern audio production vernacular in our article Why Do We Call It 'Bouncing' A Mix? The Bounce Mix option allows you to create a stereo mix of you entire session either for distribution via MP3 using a streaming service or for pressing onto a CD or Vinyl.īouncing a mix seems like such an odd term to use. If you are new to Pro Tools then there is one feature you’ll be using a lot when you come to mix your tracks, that’s the ‘Bounce Mix’ option in the file menu. If you want fewer restrictions then it’s a case of buying the version of the DAW you want. In the end, you pay your money and take your choice. Every FREE DAW has limits, for example Garageband has no real mixer and the free version of Studio One doesn’t allow you to use third party plugins without buying an extra add-on. You might be thinking that a limitation like this is annoying. For many users this will not be an issue, however for some who want to record more than 8 audio tracks here is an old school technique for getting more. ![]() ![]() One of those limitations is that you are limited to recording just 8 audio tracks. N-Track Suite Extended licenses are good for installation on up to 5 computers.Pro Tools Intro is the free version of Pro Tools, with some limitations, you can read more about them here. Sync with external devices (MTC & MIDI clock).Save to AAF for export to 3rd party DAWs.Support for hardware faders/control surfaces.Unlimited plugins (VST, VST3, DirectX, AU, Rewire).Built-in effects include multiband compression, delay, graphic EQ, pitch shift and time stretch, parametric EQ and spectrum analyzer with guitar tuner. ![]() The program supports simultaneous recording from multiple 16- and 24-bit soundcards, and real-time audio effects can be applied non-destructively to each track. You can record and playback a virtually unlimited number of tracks. N-Track Studio Suite is an audio and MIDI multitrack recorder that turns your Mac into a full-fledged recording studio.
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