Recording the audio generated by an instrument, not the notes played.

[MixMeyster]

Hi,
is it possible to record the audio generated by an instrument? As in - press record, play something on any instrument and after pressing stop you are left with an audio file instead of the notes played.

[Ray Cube]

Select your MIDI track and right click your mouse.

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You may then have to enable the audio track and mute your MIDI track.

[cactus-head]

Hi,

Besides converting or mixing the tracks to audio, in MC 10 pro it is quite easy to record "on the fly" from an instrument track. You choose the instrument from a track you want as the source, activate the MIDI/Audio output option for the source instrument, Arm the audio track you wish to record on and choose the audio source as the instrument track.

In the example I use a prerecorded clip, I set track 1 (the Acoustica Piano) as the recording source. I then arm track 2 and point back to the instrument on track 1 as the input source. It doesn't have to be playback from a clip, you could input the MIDI live on track 1 and have the audio routed and recorded on track 2 at the same time until you hit stop.

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[CactusMusicBC]

If your audio interface has a Loopback then it’s that easy. Just choose the Loopback as the input to an audio track.
Loopback is a common feature on all new interfaces.

[MixMeyster]

Thanks for the responses everyone! @cactus-head - this seems to be a feature only available in the Pro version. If someone knows how to do this in Mix 10.6+ please write! Should be standard for all Mix versions imho.

[cactus-head]

Like CactusMusicBC said, if your audio interface has loopback abilities, you can set a specific output to be used as an input on an audio track.

If you don't have an audio interface there used to be a stereo mix option in Windows that allowed full duplex audio (playback and recording simultaneously) so you could play something from one source and record it on another.

[MixMeyster]

So I got this working in Windows 11 without downloading anything... if you open the sound setting [bottom right] you can click on 'More Sound Setting' under 'Advanced'. There you can enable the Stereo Mix under the recording tab. Now you can simply choose Stereo MIx as the recording input in Mixcraft.
Thank you cactus-head and everyone else!

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

If you can find the well-hidden Windows sound control panel, you can select the Recording tab, right-click to show Disabled Devices, then right-click to enable Stereo Mix. Assuming that it's available on your computer.

Note: Stereo Mix records everything that your sound device is outputting, so if there are some extra boops or beeps from Windows, or a Youtube video playing, or any other sound, it will be recorded along with Mixcraft's output.

Greg

Enabling Stereo Mix in the Windows Sound Control panel.

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