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Recording MIDI as Audio
When working with MIDI and complex software instruments, it is sometimes more useful
to record the resulting audio than the incoming MIDI. A single MIDI note can prompt, for
example, Native Instruments'
Absynth
to produce something that sounds more like a piece
of music than a single tone. This output lends itself more to representation as an audio
waveform than a single note in a MIDI clip, particularly when comparing the editing options.
Recording the Output of
a Complex Instrument in
Audio Tracks.
A setup similar to the one described
above
accomplishes the task. We have one MIDI track
hosting the virtual instrument, and we use additional audio tracks to record the audio result
of playing the instrument.
