Recording the Mix:

     

Having at least one input available in Studio One, we can record the summed signal and thus print a rough mix of our composition.  

With a little more effort we could also record the single tracks (in 16-bit, 24-bit or 32-bit float) one after each other to pass them over to a mixing engineer for example. 

Before we can record the mix, we have to tell Studio One which audio input to use.

This is done in the Song Setup window.

Input and Output configurations are saved with the song.

That way it's easy to reconfigure the settings on a different machine.

Just open the setup window there and re-assign the inputs and outputs and you're ready to go again. 

 
     
 

Side note: With a paid Studio One version (Artist, Producer, Professional) you're not limited to a certain number of inputs and outputs.

To the left is an illustration of how the I/O Setup window looks in Studio One Professional on my SCOPE PC.

Now add a new stereo Audio Track and assign the input that we've just set up. 

Then record-enable the track and start recording.

 
     

Make sure that the Monitor button is turned off to avoid a feedback loop.  For this setup it's probably a good idea to turn off the option for automatic monitoring enabling (to be found on the Devices tab of the Advanced Options window: 'Audio Track Monitoring follows Record').

See below for screen shot of the Scope-MIX track being recorded.  Click on the below image for full screen resolution.
 
     

To listen back to the final mixdown, we just need to solo the track and switch Scope's ControlRoom device to the Studio One input.  ADAT inputs 9 and 10 that were previously used for the summed percussion tracks are now routed directly back to the Fireface UCX bypassing the mixdown processing chain.  

When switching back to the Scope Mix playback remember to also mute the Mixdown track in Studio One!

It spoils nothing to say that this setup is fairly useful for composing / arranging / producing. Let's eventually listen to the outcome of this little example session.

 
     

What you hear are just the raw tracks playing through dNa's Super8Tracker, Summer of 82 and MasterCOMP as it was printed in the previous step. With the Professional version of Studio One the mixdown could even be uploaded to SoundCloud directly from within Studio One.

The MIDI files I used in the arrangement were originally recorded by Steve Burton from Smash Up The Studio. I added some variations to the lead part, though. The drum part is based on a MIDI file from Groove Monkee.

sunmachine April 2014