Eli - I was simply wanting to record what I was hearing from my headphones to a stereo track in Logic to be bounced to a stereo mp3 for sharing online. It's funny, but nothing in the Logic manual really spells what a final mix entails (for me as of yet). What are we mixing TO, after all, and how is bouncing different that mixing to stereo? Where does a 'final mix' reside?
Hi Radley,
Glad you are enjoying the videos. In terms of what are we mixing "TO", the answer is, you are mixing down to a stereo file. That stereo file can be in amy format; mp3, wav, aiff, etc. With modern DAWs though, there's no need to actually re-record the entire mix down to a stereo file before doing this.
The process of "bouncing" renders all the audio flowing through Logic's audio stream to a pair of it's outputs down to that one stereo file. In the Bounce To Disc dialog box you specify the following:
What start and end point to bounce down.
What to name the newly bounced down file.
Where to place the newly create file on your hard drive.
What format to bounce down to (multiple formats are possible).
What bit depth and sample rate the resulting file will be.
If dithering is to be used, and if so, which algorithm to use.
If normalization should be used.
If the newly created file is to be added into your Logic Project.
If the newly created file is to be added to iTunes.
So, really the bounce to disc function is what you are looking for.That is the process of creating a stereo mix from the project. It is also possible to re-record everything to a new audio track. But it's not really necessary for what you are trying to achieve.