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Good morning,
When I am testing a song and changing styles, it may go through a number of iterations before it's right - this includes fiddling with the mix. During that process, I may want to return all the mixer settings (panning, levels, reverb, etc.) to the default or factory settings for that particular style.
So my question is twofold:
1. Is it possible to return the mixer settings to a default state?
2. Am I thinking of this in the wrong way and style settings and mixer settings are independent of one another?
I am using BIAB version 2018 Build 267
Thank you for your assistance.
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Good morning,
When I am testing a song and changing styles, it may go through a number of iterations before it's right - this includes fiddling with the mix. During that process, I may want to return all the mixer settings (panning, levels, reverb, etc.) to the default or factory settings for that particular style.
So my question is twofold:
1. Is it possible to return the mixer settings to a default state?
2. Am I thinking of this in the wrong way and style settings and mixer settings are independent of one another?
I am using BIAB version 2018 Build 267
Thank you for your assistance. My methods for doing this maybe different to others but if I didn’t have a DAW to do the mixing I would be inclined to save the song, then make changes and save as a new file. It is fairly easy to delete unwanted versions. The issue doing it this way is you might have a track that turns out really nice for whatever reason and you don’t want it regenerated (you could always freeze that track I guess). I have a DAW that I import stuff into for mixing etc. So what I do is set everything to flat levels and up the middle then export the tracks as individual .wav files. I might regenerate the tracks playing with them I might have another track I like which I then export and so forth. I might end up with a number of tracks with the same Realtrack or instrument. I will then comp the track back to one. This way I don’t lose the good bits and usually end up with a track I like. I often take a part from one place in the song and move it somewhere else. For example a few bars in one verse might sound better in a different verse. There are endless iterations and opportunities. My thoughts Tony
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Yes, saving your song is the best thing to do, since that also saves your custom mixer settings in the song. If you freeze your tracks, you can also save the specific arrangements generated for each instrument.
Each style has default mixer settings for pan, reverb, and tone. To load the defaults, you can reload the style from the StylePicker. By default all volumes in (most) styles are set to "90". We adjust the levels of the instruments in the style so that they are well balanced at "90". If you've changed the volume and saved your song, reloading the style won't change your volumes back to 90, however you can easily set them back to 90 all at once by holding down the command key while double-clicking on any volume slider.
Another thing you could do is, before you start making adjustments, right-click on the "Master" track at the top of the screen and select 'Save Current Mix as Default'. Later, you can Load Default Mix to get the settings back.
Andrew
PG Music Inc.
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That is exactly what I needed! Thank you Andrew.
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