For all other programs, follow the guide on our upload page. Keep in mind, this method is only for programs where you can’t batch export individual tracks such as Audacity and Garage Band. Than you highlight the track from the beginning of the song so that the blank space will be in before your vocals placing them where they need to be. Here’s the right way to export your tracksįirst you mute the beat so that only the vocals are on. Okay so here’s the wrong way to export your tracksĪs you can see the vocal selection is highlighted but it is not highlighted from the start of the song, also the beat isn’t muted, so you’re just exporting the vocals and beat mixed together. Let me just end this rant and get to the point, which is why you’re here. So all you new artists out there remember when you’re sending your tracks out to be mixed, make sure they’re all bounced from the start of the song! If the artist had just the presence of mind to send the tracks all starting at the same time, we could have saved a bunch of time as well as hassle. Now I have to go back and figure out if they should be a few milliseconds forward or a few milliseconds backwards.
I even had one time when after I got the vocals placed as best I could, the artist said “hey they sound off!”. Yes I could but I would have to tap out the tempo of the beat and then play with it for another 10 to 30 minutes -major waste of time when I could be mixing and mastering your song to make it sound amazing!īesides I’d rather your vocals and hook be exactly where you recorded them and not even a millisecond off as vocal timing in every genre is crucial. I’ve had a few artists tell me “Can’t you just place them where they’re supposed to go?”. There is nothing more frustrating and time consuming for an audio engineer than to have to guess where each track goes (Believe me I know first hand!). Thirdly, one of the most important (yet overlooked) things when sending tracks for song mixing is making sure they are exported from the same starting point. Second thing is, if you’re able to get the beat tracked out, meaning you’re able to get the individual tracks that make up the beat such as the kick track, bass track, piano track, snare track, etc., you can also send in those tracks as well. This just means, “Can you export those tracks?”.Īlso you may have heard someone say “Can you send the stems?”, stems is just another word for ‘individual tracks”. I should also mention another word for exporting is “bounce”, so you may have heard an audio engineer say, “Can you bounce those tracks?”. When you send in a song for our mixing and mastering service, we need those tracks separated into individual tracks. When you record a song in your recording program, you’ll notice that it’ll have a beat track and vocal tracks. What Is Exporting?įirst thing you’re probably wondering is what does it mean to export the individual tracks? It’s pretty easy and this guide will walk you through the general idea of what you need to do, if you already get the concept of exporting your files, please follow the DAW specific guides on our upload page. If you’re new to sending in your song for mixing, you’re probably wondering how do I prepare and send in my song files?
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