Mix down: real time or export function?

[16S]

I work in cubase and currently when i do a mix down or print a track i do this via the Export function.

Am i losing anything by doing it this way or should I be doing it real time? If so how? how would i bounce down to a wav??

I know...probably a noobish question...

 

[Skaldir]

You only need realtime export if you have some external synths in the chain.

 

[16S]

...so it won't impact the audio thats being mixed down in anyway??

 

[John_C]

export is best. Less chance of dropouts, and in some cases better resampling

 

[MetalJonesy]

have to do it in real time in PT :-(

 

[Mikaël-ange]

Always real time for me too (I'm cubendo user's btw)...

 

[16S]

how do you actually do it in realtime? I am running cubase btw...

 

[Ermz]

I've been doing it in real-time lately due to the hardware GSSL I strap on the mix bus. You run the risk of drop-outs if you overload your CPU with other tasks... for instance web surfing while exporting. Learned that one the hard way. Apart from that it's all good. Go for the offline bounce if you aren't using any analogue gear.

There is a checkbox to tick when you go to Mixdown Audio. Should say 'export in real-time' or something of the like. It's not really hidden away.

 

[greyskull]

real time.
there's talk of compressor plugins operating differently especially UADS when render faster than real time.

 

[006]

I asked James Murphy about this once before...there was a user on here that said basically that a track sounds "better" when bounced real-time, compared to offline bouncing. James said he felt the same way.

 

[musickey]

Good topic. I was curious about this myself.

 

[if6was9]

I'd say to do a mix export using both and a/b them, see if you can tell a difference, I'd imagine they'd probably sound very very close

 

[16S]

^good idea!

 

[Moonlight_Seeker]

Maybe its just my computer but when I have 40ish tracks with many effects and the fan is going wild, when I export not in real-time it takes longer.

 

[Skaldir]

Make one mixdown in realtime and one not, and then flip the phase and see if they cancel out each other. Then you'll know its the same

 

[Black neon bob]

Make one mixdown in realtime and one not, and then flip the phase and see if they cancel out each other. Then you'll know its the same

This HAS to be done!

 

[Mikaël-ange]

how do you actually do it in realtime? I am running cubase btw...

Export>export in real-time

 

[Erkan]

Make one mixdown in realtime and one not, and then flip the phase and see if they cancel out each other. Then you'll know its the same

This HAS to be done!

YES PLEASE! Can someone do this? I had never heard about it sounding better when mixed down in real time ... very interesting!

 

[Force666]

I would just think that exporting not in real-time would be much easier on your cpu and cause a lot less chance for errors.

But, maybe it's not that simple.

 

[Metaltastic]

Of course, it could depend on the DAW, what with the summing matrix and all that hooha that some believe is total BS (I have no opinion on the subject as I haven't the foggiest about the technical junk behind it!)