Originally Posted By: Paul33


I have a song with all Real Tracks and I was trying to import it into my DAW (Cubase) but the Lead in Count is just too hard to line up with the existing tracks in my DAW. Then I exported to Real Band thinking that that might help. I soloed each instrument (highlighted only from the start of the song - not the -1 measure etc.) then exported as wav and imported into my DAW and again I keep getting the pre-count. I did go through the Options>Preferences in BIAB and tried un-ticking some of the boxes there...but again to no avail.

How can I save either in BIAB or Real Band a wav file without the Lead in Count...so, I can just import into my DAW and line it up at the begining of the track?

Any help would be appreciated.

Paul



This should be a snap (non-issue) if you do it right. If you're having problems, it's likely that you trimmed the tracks in some manner before you imported them to the DAW. Don't trim the tracks at this stage of the game.

First, if you are creating the song in BB you should ignore the thought of any sort of editing other than to get the structure of the song right.

Open that same song in Real Band and the tracks will populate. Do any other adding/editing of tracks as needed but again, don't trim the starting count.

Next....to export the tracks.... SELECT THE ENTIRE TRACK including the 2 count in measures. Export them out and into your DAW Cubase in full. Do not trim your tracks to get rid of the count in. That is one of the very last things you should be doing still, at this point, much further up the road. That count in is critical for any live players so they know and can hear where the song starts.

NOTE: the count in appears only in the drum track. resist the temptation to trim the 2 blank measures in the other tracks.... just export the tracks with the 2 blank leading measures and everything will line up properly.

You can always trim the count in and the tails later from the exported wave in an editor or in the DAW at the very end of the process.


If you trim the count in, you will have a hard time lining things up. One thing I found out really fast was to be sure the folks I collaborated with across the internet also used the same count in as I did. Nothing is as frustrating as someone who thought they were doing me a favor by trimming the intro clicks by some undetermined amount and I have to then line it up. Always use 2 measures and the song starts on beat 1 measure 3... in fact that is how RB & BB export the tracks naturally. Your DAW may have snap to grid which makes it easier to sync tracks,,,,, and you should be able to set resolution on the grid to very fine increments. This lets you slide the track, but that should be a last resort. Export the tracks with the count in and this is never an issue.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 02/08/17 03:09 AM.
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