I mixed down a song and mastered it, then exported it to my computer. A couple days later I remixed it and mastered it again, but when I export it to my computer only the original (earlier) master wav file is there, not the latest master wav file. I tried mixing and mastering it a third time but it still only exports the first master I made, which shouldn't even exist anymore. Any idea what's going on?
DP-008EX export does not export latest master
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So... next time I hooked it up to the computer I had an idea. I'll delete the wav file in the tascam folder, then remix and master it, and hopefully the new mastered wav file will be there when I hook it back up to the computer. But now there is NOTHING. Remixed and mastered again. still nothing. This sucks.
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Reading what seems to happen here I will ask the same questions again, slightly modified for my clarification.
Be aware of the process of mastertrack creation (for all DP devices) which consists of the following steps:
a) Mixdown: This is the only function which creates (and overwrites) the internal mastertrack into the song assigned MTR partition
!!! Hidden mastertrack: The 2-input-only-devices (like the DP-008EX) keep the the actual mastertrack - as well as all the single song tracks and configuration details - hidden into the MTR song partitions. No access to that content from a computer is possible!
b) Mastering: This is not a mandatory step but can be used to apply the onboard EQ and compression FX to the mastertrack (will be overwritten on the fly)
c) Export master: To see/access the result of a mixdown and/or mastering you have to use this function to create a new wave-file in the FAT partition WAVE folder. Without this last step you will not have access to the latest iteration of a+b
As I see the OP figured it finally out, but in the end, most of this inquiries here revert back to the understanding and strictly following the sequence a (+b) +c. This explanation will be part of the ongoing documentation for pocketstudios I'm working on.
Be aware of the process of mastertrack creation (for all DP devices) which consists of the following steps:
a) Mixdown: This is the only function which creates (and overwrites) the internal mastertrack into the song assigned MTR partition
!!! Hidden mastertrack: The 2-input-only-devices (like the DP-008EX) keep the the actual mastertrack - as well as all the single song tracks and configuration details - hidden into the MTR song partitions. No access to that content from a computer is possible!
b) Mastering: This is not a mandatory step but can be used to apply the onboard EQ and compression FX to the mastertrack (will be overwritten on the fly)
c) Export master: To see/access the result of a mixdown and/or mastering you have to use this function to create a new wave-file in the FAT partition WAVE folder. Without this last step you will not have access to the latest iteration of a+b
As I see the OP figured it finally out, but in the end, most of this inquiries here revert back to the understanding and strictly following the sequence a (+b) +c. This explanation will be part of the ongoing documentation for pocketstudios I'm working on.
