Yamaha MOX6 User Manual download pdf (Page 3)

Do you know how to record or convert the instrument-recording as audio?

The answer is - yes, I do. It’s easy.

Firstly, Studio One’s “Transform To Audio Track” command only works for software instruments (VSTi), and it’s

there for a good reason.

Let’s say you’re using something like Studio One’s “Presence” instrument with an electric piano patch

loaded. Then you pile a bunch of insert effects on to that track (compressor, EQ, flanger, delay, reverb or

whatever). You’re giving your computer a lot of work to do (CPU Load) - just take a look at the performance

meter in Studio One at the bottom.

If your project only uses a few tracks, this CPU load won’t be a problem - most computers these days are

powerful enough. However, if you’ve got A LOT of tracks, the computer will begin sweating and you might get

audio glitches.

Converting CPU intensive Instrument Tracks to Audio Tracks means that all those plugins are no longer needed

and the computer’s work-load is reduced. The effects get “printed” onto the audio part.

External Instruments - like the MOX - don’t use any of your computer’s CPU to make great sounds. But then

you can’t directly use any software effects on those sounds because they’re not coming from the computer.

To get the MOX’s audio into the computer, you need to actually record it in real -time. There’s no other way.

Here’s how…

1. Once you’re happy with the MIDI part, un-tick the record arm button on that track. Then create an

audio track and make sure it’s input is set to receive the MOX audio (see screenshot “S1 MIDI

MOX"). You can use stereo or mono inputs here; it just depends on what you want. For something like

a bass or lead sound, you might use a mono input. But for a pad sound, you’ll probably want

stereo. It’s up to you. By default, the MOX sends its audio output on USB channels 3 & 4, but this can

be changed in the Utility Menu.

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