I'd like to share with you a method for taking advantage of Scope in SFP and XTC mode. It harnesses the strengths of both modes and really is like having your cake and eating it too
The prerequisite is to already know how to use Scope with your DAW in SFP and XTC mode. I'm not going to teach that here. Just do searches in this forum to find all the information you need. I use Ableton Live 5 as my DAW, although I do all my sequencing externally on an MPC1000. Anyway, here's the workflow...
1) Enable XTC Mode, Launch your DAW, and compose a song! At this stage, working in XTC mode gives you seamless integration with Scope.
2) Record each channel to a separate audio track in your DAW. Once you've composed your song and you're ready to move on to the mixing stage, record all channels to audio. At this point, you should be able to play back the whole song without having Scope or any other VSTs installed. Make sure you record to individual tracks.
3) Close your DAW. Open SFP. Re-open your DAW. Now you're no longer in XTC mode. Bus out all audio tracks to separate channels in your Scope mixer. Now you can adjust levels and add effects using the Scope mixer.
4) Record the main mix of your Scope mixer into a new audio track in your DAW. I find this less taxing on my CPU then opening yet another app for recording (i.e. Soundforge). Once I record the entire song to an audio track in Live, I can simply click on the track, select Edit, and it automatically launches the track in Soundforge for me.
5) Load the track into your favorite mastering suite and complete the song!
That's it. The best of both worlds. I'm curious to hear your opinions on this. Maybe some of you are already using this method. Hope this helps.
Peace /
Chisel
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