Mixing subgroups in Record 1.5

I was playing around with Propellerheads' excellent Record and wishing there was a way to create mixer subgroups for the drum kit when I had a bit of a brainwave and realised that you can. You need to take the direct outs from your mixer channels and add them to another mixer inside mix channel. It's easier if I show you..

Three channels, kick, snare and kit all have their direct outs sent into a separate mix channel with a 6:2 mixer added as an insert effect. The master out of the 6:2 line mixer goes into the input of the mix channel.

I've put each left, right output in it's own channel panned hard left and right. So now you have a dedicated channel to mix the volume of your three kit channels. Oh, note. Make sure you turn the width to zero, else you'll only get a mono mix.

Record

I've been busy beta testing Propellerheads' new product - Record and I have to say it's really, really good. Even with the beta status it hardly made a dent on my laptops CPU and it's a big beast too.

When you think you've got a full recording system and Reason too, that's a hell of a accomplishment. If I had a criticism, the audio editing isn't as fast or clean as Pro-Tools, but the mixing desk (based on a classic SSL) is the most amazing sounding software desk I've ever heard and I'll definately be getting the upgrade for my Reason 4 in September.

Check it out at the Props' website (www.propellerheads.se) as it's now an open Beta and anyone can join in.