Solved Bouncing Midi Drums with Multiple Tracks to Audio

[Kendomixes]

Watched a bunch of videos but not figuring this out. In an effort to save CPU and potentially stop drop outs I'm experiencing, I want to commit my Midi drums (Superior Drummer) to audio tracks. I have one midi file (which happens to sit on my main kick track), but the different instruments are on separate tracks with associated channels already with various inserts and sends. I can't figure how to bounce these to audio using the tracks I have. I tried the following
- Explode pitches to tracks
- MOve the midi to the appropriate (existing) tracks
- Bounce to audio

But when I explode to pitches - it makes multiple tracks for hihat based on articulation. So I tried to copy the multiple midi events into a single track but could not get them to combine into a single midi that could be bounced. The same applies for overheads and rooms.. each cymbal is a different pitch - I'm not even sure how you get rooms where kick drum hit should have sound within the room track.

What's the proper way to do this?
(In other DAWs this is a single click to freeze midi to audio, and it creates audio for each track)

Images attached of my current setup for the drums.

I have a work around which is to move the midi into another DAW, and export the stems from there, but seems like this should be doable/easier within S1 and I'm doing it wrong.

Thanks in advance.
Scott

 

[Lukas]

So I tried to copy the multiple midi events into a single track but could not get them to combine into a single midi that could be bounced.

What was the problem here? This should work fine. Just move/copy them on the same track. Then select all the events (by dragging a selection box) or by holding Shift and double-clicking on the track (this selects all events on this track). Then press G (or choose Event -> Merge Events).

But if it's just about bouncing (or transforming) each separate multi out channel, you don't necessarily need different tracks. You could do the same for just one track as Gregor demonstrates in this video:

Transform a Multi Channel Instrument into Audio Stems #StudioOneMinute

PreSonus Software Specialist Gregor Beyerle shows you how to transform your Multi-Channel Instrument into separate Audio Tracks - In 60 seconds or less!WATCH...

www.youtube.com

Does this work?

 

[Vocalpoint]

Why not just do what I do - right click on the track and choose Transform to Audio.

If it is a multi-output instrument - the dialog that appears will handle it all. And preserve your MIDI. And allow you to revert back to a MIDI track at any time.

VP

 

[Lukas]

That's basically what Gregor does in the video.

 

[Kendomixes]

Yes - Gregor's video pretty much was what I was looking for. Guess I was headed down the wrong path. It created duplicate tracks for what I had already set up, but in the end produced the audio tracks I was looking for.

Thank you.