
Originally Posted by
mostapha
Yeah. I just prefer mixing in pro tools.
I've done scratch mixes with Maschine, and I keep things sorts pre-mixed while I'm adding parts anyway. It is possible to finish a track and mix it in Maschine. Depending on how you think and how you (eventually) like to work, it's not ideal. There are serious limitations, mostly due to how weird routing is, how limited group mixes are, how there are only 4 effects slots per sound/group/master, and how it does (or rather doesn't do) song-level automation.
It has serious shortcomings that make it a lot harder to get a good mix, mostly the complete lack of level meters. But if you wanted to, you could get a lot closer with Maschine than with anything else that works like a groove box.
How I usually work is to do the "tracking" through maschine. I use its sequencer (for patterns and full songs) for basically everything including most automation and some basic effects. Then, I just bounce stems from Maschine to audio files on disk…import them to Pro Tools and do the editing and mixing.
I find that works the best. A few effects (things integral to the sounds and some basic EQing and some preamp/eq emulation stuff) get printed onto the audio. PT has a nifty feature to normalize sounds to specific peak or RMS levels……plus clip based gain.
There are a lot of ways to work, and I think that works best for me……it separates the mixing and writing processes. Mine is neither the only nor necessarily the best. But I'd be happy to answer questions if you have them.
There are a lot of things to learn. I say jump in head first and get to the point where you're having fun……then start focusing on your shortcomings.
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