Render to New Track

From the Tools menu, choose Render to New Track to mix all audio contained in unmuted tracks into one clip. This function is similar to track bouncing in the analog world.

TIP Tips:

  • When your project contains many tracks, mixing down can help conserve processing power: any envelopes or track effects that were applied to the original tracks will be rendered into the new clip.

  • You can use the Render to New Track command to downmix 5.1 surround projects to stereo.

    NOTE MIDI tracks must be routed to VSTi soft synths to be included in the rendered output.

  1. Click the Solo button for the tracks that you want to mix down. If no tracks are soloed, the rendered track will match the Master Bus output. Create a time selection if you want to mix down a portion of your project.

  2. From the Tools menu, choose Render to New Track. The Render to New Track dialog is displayed.

  3. Select the folder where you want to save the file:

    • Choose a drive and folder from the Save in drop-down list or

    • Choose a folder from the Recent drop-down list to quickly select a folder where you have previously saved files.

  4. Type a name in the File name box, or select a file in the browse window to replace an existing file.

  5. Choose a file type from the Save as type drop-down list.

  6. Choose a setting from the Templatedrop-down list to choose the desired sample rate, bit-depth, and number of channels for the output file, or click the Custom button to specify your own settings.

    NOTE If you're downmixing a 5.1 surround project, choose a stereo rendering template.

  7. Select the Render loop region only check box if you want to save only the portion of the project that is contained within the Loop Region. The loop region does not need to be active for this option to work.

  8. Click the Save button. The rendering process begins and the status bar displays the completion percentage as the new Track.

  9. When the mixing is complete, the new track appears at the bottom of the track list.

  10. Use the Draw or Paint tool to paint the clip on the new track.

NOTE After the new track appears, you may delete or mute the original events.