Yo what’s good MT Fam…back with another one in the Maschine in Ableton Live tutorial series
I wanted to show another reason why I like to use the external instrument to have midi and audio on the same track
It makes it possible to bounce your midi into audio samples if you want to
I suggest if you’re gonna do this, you do it when you first drag midi in so it only has to freeze those single loops.
I’m showing it after I have arranged my song so I bounced every clip in the track, so it takes longer that way
I also show the audio export menu, which is what I usually use instead of freezing the midi. I just record my arrangement and bounce/export when I’m done.
Hope it helps ya!
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Did not know about flattening lol! Knew about the freeze option though,cool tip thanks. I hope Live goes 64 bit soon!
Yeah man, quickly turn stuff into audio if you need too
Thanks for the quick response!! This video was dope! I’m used to using Ableton’s session view to build my arrangements. I’m Like Knock, for some reason I like working w audio, therefore I always bounce/freeze my Midi to audio…I don’t know why I do it, like u said it’s really not necessary unless u need to save cpu usage….Again Thanks!
No doubt brotha, like I said, if you do it immediately after you drag, it’s really quick. I just had to freeze my whole tracks…after I had arranged them lol so it took a minute. And I totally understand the audio thing man, I feel ya! Glad to help bro.
Nice vid brotha. Very informative. I feel you on the not needing to freeze and flatten unless your CPU is bogged down.
2 things:
1. You mentioned Ableton is only 32 bit. So what happens if I run Maschine with 64 bit pluggins in my project?
2. What exactly does “freezing” the tracks do if it’s not converting it to audio?
1. you can’t use 64 bit plugins in Ableton, only 32 bit versions, so plan accordingly 🙂
2. it’s basically like an “offline render” so you can freeze it, it sorta makes it an audio file but not one that you can access. It stops the vst from processing it in realtime, sorta like a temporary audio cache. If you actually want it as an audio files, you can flatten it. But most of the time just freezing is fine, unless you specifically want to have it as an audio file.
1. Booooooo to planning accordingly lol
2. If it acts as a temp cache, does it have to re-process the freeze action when you close and re-open the file?
1. LOL most of your plugins have 32 bit versions though, so you’ll be fine.
2. nope, it just opens it back up. I usually just freeze if I want to save cpu, usually don’t flatten unless I want to manipulate the audio file directly. You can make a vst track then freeze it and keep it this way. Only thing is you can’t edit the midi when it’s frozen, so if you want to edit, you have to unfreeze it. But it’s a lovely feature man, Maschine needs it 🙂
1. It’s just a thing you know. If its the old version/tech…I don’t want to use it lol. Just need to get over myself, I know haha
2. Ahhhh okay, so once frozen it’s like limbo between midi and audio. It’s both, but it’s neither lol. I didn’t know you couldn’t edit the midi notes once frozen.
1. Live needs to go 64 bit, many have been begging for it, bring it on!!
2. yeah…it’s just cheeeelllin LOL.
Thanks St. Joe, These ableton w/ Maschine videos have been wonderful (super helpful). You mentioned in the video about applying effects and I’m wondering what your workflow is like. For instance, once in Live do you use Machine as an effects plugin or b/c you live your clips as MIDI do you just start automating effects where you want them with the initial instance of Maschine you have your original instruments on? I’d love to see how you do it and some different ways it can be done. B/c of your series (using Maschine in Ableton) I am hooked on… Read more »
Awesome! I add the fx inside of ableton, so I’d use any plugins or internal fx inside of ableton I need. Unless I already used them inside of Maschine. Remember with the external instrument you have the midi and audio on the same track so you can use the FX in Maschine (if you already started the beat there) or you can add fx to it in Live, or both 🙂
I’ll do another one if needed though
I thought the 32 bit / 64 bit thing was more about accessing more RAM than getting more juice out of your cpu.
Could be very wrong though …
Thanx for this great vid again !
Best,
Rob.
Yeah memory is most of what people see but native 64 bit apps better use the resources on a 64 bit OS. Also, running memory intensive plugins like kontakt and trilian, etc…when Live can’t access all the RAM puts more strain on the cpu indirectly 🙂
Glad you dig the vids!