Comments on: Keeping Your Composition Moving Forward With Freeze and Flatten http://nickstutorials.com/keeping-your-composition-moving-forward-with-freeze-and-flatten/ A Comprehensive Ableton Live Tutorial Resource | Ableton Live Video Tutorials Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: analogdude http://nickstutorials.com/keeping-your-composition-moving-forward-with-freeze-and-flatten/#comment-27608 analogdude Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:55:45 +0000 http://nickstutorials.com/?p=718#comment-27608 Another good reason to freeze and flatten is it Makes sharing sets alot more easy for remixing purposes and by doing so, allows you to zip your song up into an Ableton Live Set (als file)and send it off to your mates who can then either remix or polish up the song for you. In this, they aren't required to have the exact same softsynths and plugs as your system and it makes for some great collaborations! Another good reason to freeze and flatten is it Makes sharing sets alot more easy for remixing purposes and by doing so, allows you to zip your song up into an Ableton Live Set (als file)and send it off to your mates who can then either remix or polish up the song for you. In this, they aren’t required to have the exact same softsynths and plugs as your system and it makes for some great collaborations!

]]> By: Rupert Brown http://nickstutorials.com/keeping-your-composition-moving-forward-with-freeze-and-flatten/#comment-110 Rupert Brown Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:31:25 +0000 http://nickstutorials.com/?p=718#comment-110 I am recording alot more of my Synths now. Other wise I can tweak forever. When I find somthing good, save the patch and then record it and load it into simpler. I find I get things done faster and it uses less cpu - win win. I am recording alot more of my Synths now. Other wise I can tweak forever. When I find somthing good, save the patch and then record it and load it into simpler. I find I get things done faster and it uses less cpu – win win.

]]> By: admin http://nickstutorials.com/keeping-your-composition-moving-forward-with-freeze-and-flatten/#comment-109 admin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:47:48 +0000 http://nickstutorials.com/?p=718#comment-109 You can do this in Live on a frozen track - just right click on the track and "unfreeze." Even when the track is frozen you can see all your devices, the only difference being that there's a blue tint over everything and you can't edit any device settings. "Flatten," on the other hand, is a destructive operation which totally gets rid of the devices from the track and replaces everything with an audio clip. You can do this in Live on a frozen track – just right click on the track and “unfreeze.” Even when the track is frozen you can see all your devices, the only difference being that there’s a blue tint over everything and you can’t edit any device settings. “Flatten,” on the other hand, is a destructive operation which totally gets rid of the devices from the track and replaces everything with an audio clip.

]]> By: Nathan Beaupré http://nickstutorials.com/keeping-your-composition-moving-forward-with-freeze-and-flatten/#comment-108 Nathan Beaupré Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:42:48 +0000 http://nickstutorials.com/?p=718#comment-108 Cubase also has a freeze feature. I like it because you can bounce tracks as mentioned above, but bring them back easily without having to go back into previous versions of the project. Cubase also has a freeze feature. I like it because you can bounce tracks as mentioned above, but bring them back easily without having to go back into previous versions of the project.

]]> By: admin http://nickstutorials.com/keeping-your-composition-moving-forward-with-freeze-and-flatten/#comment-107 admin Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:39:54 +0000 http://nickstutorials.com/?p=718#comment-107 Thanks for the substantive comment, James! Thanks for the substantive comment, James!

]]> By: James http://nickstutorials.com/keeping-your-composition-moving-forward-with-freeze-and-flatten/#comment-106 James Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:36:46 +0000 http://nickstutorials.com/?p=718#comment-106 Definitely a good tip. When I get a tune to a point where the sounds are pretty much how I want (give or take some processing here or there) I usually make sure I save that as a new version, do a Save and Collect then do a render of all the tracks (in the export there is the option there to render out all the tracks separately) and then you really have a solid version - just incase Live wants not open your project again or that plug in you were using is no longer on the system when you load it up again... Aside from that, you then have your tracks as audio, you can then load these back in and have yourself a proper mixing session away from all those little details/automation. Sometimes this approach I find is quicker than individually freezing and flattening, and also bypass the situation where a freeze can't happen when your tracks rely too much on another (such as side chaining). Not only good for solidifying the decisions, it also keeps the creation and the mixing/polish separate and also backs up your track totally for future proofing. Anyhow, good tips Nick. Keep them coming. Definitely a good tip. When I get a tune to a point where the sounds are pretty much how I want (give or take some processing here or there) I usually make sure I save that as a new version, do a Save and Collect then do a render of all the tracks (in the export there is the option there to render out all the tracks separately) and then you really have a solid version – just incase Live wants not open your project again or that plug in you were using is no longer on the system when you load it up again… Aside from that, you then have your tracks as audio, you can then load these back in and have yourself a proper mixing session away from all those little details/automation. Sometimes this approach I find is quicker than individually freezing and flattening, and also bypass the situation where a freeze can’t happen when your tracks rely too much on another (such as side chaining). Not only good for solidifying the decisions, it also keeps the creation and the mixing/polish separate and also backs up your track totally for future proofing.

Anyhow, good tips Nick. Keep them coming.

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