Convert software instrument tracks to audio

I'm trying to get up to speed with Logic after having been a Digital Performer user for years. One place I'm struggling is trying to convert a track that's basically MIDI controlling a software instrument into a new track that contains the underlying audio (with all effects) of the software instrument.
I used to do this in DP by sending the software instrument to a bus and then "recording"
The bus structure on Logic is quite a bit more confusing (to me) compared to DP and the manuals have too much information to find the answer quickly.
Hoping that someone can point the way.
Thanks
D

Either route that Instrument track to a Bus and select that Bus as an Input for an audio track (now possible in Logic 8) and record in realtime (enable software monitoring in your Audio prefs and use the Input monitor of the new track to monitor the recording, select "no output for the recording Bus) or use the normal "bounce" function which will bounce your Instrument also in offline mode which is faster ("solo" the Instrument before bouncing!). After bouncing import that Audio file onto a new track. I presonally prefer the Bus recording method as the waveforms are created whilst recording.

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Is there an easy way to convert the software instrument tracks into audio files so they can be exported and used in 3rd party digital music programs...ie..Pro Tools, Digital Perfomer...etc...??

There are two ways of going about this.
a) The 'solo tracks' method already described in this thread. This will produce versions of the each track with the effects, panning and any level changes intact.
b) I usually create in GB and mix in Cubase LE. I've posted my method:
http://homepage.mac.com/rfwilmut/notes/GBtoCubase.html
just subsitute your program of choice for Cubase. This method produces the tracks without effects etc. You can do the basic copying out in one stage, but then you will probably have to re-save each track as described, depending on whether your program will import them as they stand.
Each method is perfectly valid, just choose the one which suits you best.

When I try to open a project, the only option for a new track is for external MIDI device; when I try to open an audio or software instrument track, I get an error message saying that "the specified number of tracks could not be created. Reduce the n

When I try to open a project, the only option for a new track is for external MIDI device; when I try to open an audio or software instrument track, I get an error message saying that "the specified number of tracks could not be created. Reduce the number of tracks to create and try again." I didn't specify ANY number of tracks. Thanks for help!

Ah.. then I suspect you just need to go to Logic's prefs/Audio and check CoreAudio...
It has been unchecked somehow...
Also.. as an aside.. Be careful not to create such large subject names in future when posting here.. They can cause issues with replying to posts in such threads.. due to a bug in the forum software.. so please keep them short and to the point...
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Can't record software instrument track to an audio track

I'm frustrated at the moment. I'm sure this has worked before.
I have a project that contains external MIDI tracks, software instrument tracks and Garageband instrument tracks. All tracks play when I unmute them. The external ones play thru a Roland synth and audio comes back via ADAT thru my Firestudio interface.
I created an audio track for each MIDI track. I can record the output of each synth track as audio one at a time. But if I unmute one software instrument track, send it's output to channel 1 and 2, set the inputs of my record-enabled track to 1 and two I get no audio recorded. I know it's gotta be something simple that's wrong, but can't figger it out.

If you want to record an internal software instrument to audio you can just select the track and use the "export track as audio" command from the file menu. Or you can select the regions and use the bounce in place feature or solo the instrument in question and use the bounce command and import the resulting file. Logics INPUTs 1 and 2 are not the same as Logic's OUTPUTS 1 and 2. If they were you'd get a feedback loop. If you are careful and MUST do it this way, you can cable from outs 1&2 to inputs 1&2 but you must first disable the output the track you are recording on to to avoid feedback.

How do you record an external Midi Instrument + Software instrument track down to a combined Audio track ?

I have two piano sounds I'm trying to blend into one. One is an external MIDI module set up as an external instrument within Logic and the other is a software plugin instrument (Ivory II). I'm trying to record the blended pianos into a single audio track so I can ditch the midi track and more so the CPU intense software Instrument track (it's killing my setup....). For the life of me I can't figure out how to assign both these entities as inputs and get them to record simultaneosuly onto an audio track.
My setup is a Presonus Studiolive 16.4.2 with the following assignments:
The external MIDI module's audio output is routed stereo directly into channel strips 9 and 10. By default the firewire output of this channel strip is returned to firewire outputs 9-10 on the studiolive, but this really doesn't matter since recorded audio is being monitored thru the main output buss assigned to channels 17 and 18.
My software plugin (Ivory II) is routed to output channels 17 and 18 which is the default setting for routing the output to the master buss for the Presonus.
On my audio track that's setup in Logic I can assign the inputs to 9 and 10 and I get the external midi module's output to record, but I cannot find any way to get the software instruments output into this mix because there is no input assignment for this.
Is there any way to combine these two entities and assign them to record onto a single audio track or am I missing something here? If there's no simple way to do this, can somebody offer any tip or ideas on how to accomplish the same thing here. I really need to ditch the software plugin. My setup only seems to be able to handle one plug in at a time on the software instrument side. Not sure why that is because my setup is not that old and the memory on my MBP is maxed out at 4GB....but that's another topic of discussion
Any suggenstions would be much appreciated...

Thanks for the reply....
I actually tried freezing the software instrument track and that had little if no effect on CPU. I then read in the book or somewhere that the freeze function really only works on effect plugins. Don't know if that's true in all cases, but that seems to be what's happening. Still would like to combine these tracks and I'm guessing I'm going to have to get creative with bussing or subgroups to make this happen. Unfortunately I think the fact that my Presonus board has hardmapped output routings for all the inputs makes that difficult, but haven't actually tried yet. I'm thinking if I can reroute the midi modules audio output input into the Presonus to a subgroup and then route the software instrument plug in to the same subgroup that I can then mix/capture this and hopefully route the audio's input to the subgroup to pick up the mix.
Does this make sense to anybody reading this?
We'll see and I'll post the results if it works....
thanks...b

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Hello,
Is it possible to copy or import one entire software instrument track from one GB 3.0.2 project to another? At the moment I've got to copy a region from one project, open another project, paste it in the 2nd project, and open the other one again (which appears to close the 2nd project) to copy the second region. This is incredibly cumbersome because I can't have both projects open at the same time.
Has anyone found a less tiresome method to do this?
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Hiranya
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The easiest work-around I can imagine is to join all regions of the track and copy that. Another option is to freeze the track, which will turn it into normal audio. You might also add your MIDI parts to the library. That will avoid the need to switch between projects, but does require one or two more actions.

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HELP! Maximum number of Software Instruments Tracks reached!

WHY IS THERE A LIMIT?! I've got 94 patches, but lots of layers and splits.
What is this limit and how can I get more software instrument tracks?!
I've been using it live for a few months, but this could be the endgame. =(
sk

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I have now moved those layers to Set level to reclaim some instrument channels. I'm having to do some less-than-pretty workarounds to make this work elegantly in live performance.
The other 60 sounds are layers and splits for specific songs (i.e.: Madonna Holiday, Jessie's Girl, all the way up to sounds for Britney's Gimme More, and Love Song by Sara Bareille).
Most of the time I have 2-3 sounds/layers I'm going between for each song, usually swapping with a foot pedal.
I also have a small bank of left hand bass + piano, organ, rhodes type patches with the same layered Strings and Horns as above.
I perform professionally with a dozen different event entertainment bands and acts. They are constantly adding and exchanging material. I need (1) mainstage file for all of them. I just can't go between files and constantly be needing to get to other instruments that I have to wait to load.
My load time for my file is a little under 60 seconds, and I'm using about 50-60 of my own EXS multisamples taken from my existing keyboard rig (I've got all the important sounds for most every tune I do on my Fantom, and have been sampling and adapting them to EXS24).
So, while 256 software instruments may appear unusual, once you consider the needs of a flexible professional using the software, 256 is quite a limiting number. I also don't usually see a set list ahead of time (a few bands I work with don't use set lists, they just call tunes) so the idea of building a set ahead of time is not practical nor feasible.
512 would last me for a long, long time. I'd probably eventually hit the limit, but it would be a couple years. 1024 seems like a reasonable maximum, especially if it's an arbitrary limit in code with no bearings on memory management, or any drastic engine-rewriting behavior.
PLEASE increase the limit. Nearing 256, Mainstage still runs snappy, I've got 1.5gigs of RAM open for additional samples. An arbitrary limit of 256 is just silly. Every keyboard out there has >1000 presets and sounds available. My Fantom-X allows me 64 internal performances (with 16 channels each) and 64 performances on a card. That's 2048 'instrument channels'.
Please!! I am addicted to the coolness of mainstage and I don't wanna go back to hardware. I just did a gig in Cancun and all I had to bring was my laptop.
JK

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when dumping an instrument track to audio track, if you have a waves plug on the out put 1&2
does this get applied to the instrument track when exported to audio track?

Not when you export, only the channel strip inserts will be applied. You can however bounce the soloed track to apply all bus and master efx.

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I had about 8-10 audio tracks and one MIDI track using a Logic instrument. I armed all of them for recording. When I hit "Record", only the Logic instrument would record anything. The audio tracks would just remain blank as the SPL moved forward, recording nothing.
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Hi,
I am trying to record (re-route) a software instrument to a audio track for live audio (not midi) recording. Is there any one who could help me out here?
Thanks.
green79

another way ( worx for me) is to send sound out to your outboard and record it on a "track".
advantage, is amoung other that you can send sound to analogue aoutbord that gives a "certain" sound".
It will be delayed, but can be synced after.
My reason for doing this is also that i often have external instruments ( synths+sound FX boxes) playing in to lap8. And instead of wiring synth -> fx box -> lap8 I go staright in with synth, send to fx box and record ( or even keep it as midi)( compensated for i/o delay) ( have +20 in and +20 out, so I dont mind using some "inputs/outputs" for sending audio i/o)

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