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Title: Help please with mixing 4 track down to 2
Post by: flarcus on November 17, 2008, 05:48:09 PM

Got an Edirol R44, which will give me 2 L and 2 R (using 4 mics) channels

Any software suggestions for taking these to burn to CD?

Does Audacity work for this?

Is samplitude better/easier?  I'd drop the 49 bucks for the d/l

How about Koblo?  Any experience there?

Thanks, I'm headed to asheville for wsp to try out the R44, would like to have my s**t togehter by then.

Title: Re: Help please with mixing 4 track down to 2
Post by: unclelouie on November 17, 2008, 08:17:22 PM

I've never actually used audacity but, i think it's a multi-track program. so, simply paste each file as a separate track and align. if you're mixing 4 mono sources remember to pan them. since you're using 1 recorder you won't have to deal with audio drift (caused by using separate clocks in separate recorders) which should make it pretty easy.

Title: Re: Help please with mixing 4 track down to 2
Post by: boojum on November 17, 2008, 08:24:39 PM

Reaper is good, too, but not free after the first month.  You may be able to designate two stereo channels on the R44, I do not know, and then you will be mixing two stereo channels.  This means they will already be panned to stereo.  Either way, Audacity or Reaper would work.  I use SAM.  There is an LE version for ~USD50 which is a good buy.  If you want to stay as economical as possible use Audacity.  It has a ton of plugins and lots of folks use it so there is a lot of help out there, too.



Cheers

Title: Re: Help please with mixing 4 track down to 2
Post by: Roving Sign on November 18, 2008, 09:51:57 AM

Audacity will work fine - you might want to use the time shift tool to time align your tracks...

And keep your eye on the level meters for red-light overs when you combine tracks...(might not be a problem in 24 bit)

Title: Re: Help please with mixing 4 track down to 2
Post by: tgakidis on November 18, 2008, 10:46:54 AM

I use Sony Vegas Pro with great results.  Real time volume, pan, eq, etc.  You can also render the final product to and bit/sample rate.  You can save the "project" file and revisit anytime.