Bouncing the master output in Logic

[Alan Cross]

Is it best to bounce in realtime or offline? I've always thought realtime (i.e listening to the mix while it plays and and bounces), but i watched a tutorial on Mac Pro Video and the tutor said that even if your computer cannot play a song due to too much processing power crashing it when you hit play, if you bounce offline it will definitely bounce it and it may even take longer to bounce than if you did it online....

can we assume from this that offline is better, and safer....

....or does it actually matter at all?

I do not have any problems with processing power, i'm really curious to know if anyone has a definative answer

cheers

Al

[Danny J Lewis]

I was having this conversation with a couple of the guys and there are mixed opinions out there on the web. Put it this way, i personally haven't bounced in realtime since I got rid of my hardware (about 5 years ago)

I've heard that protools recommends it - but have not heard Apple recommend it unless you have a DSP card (ie UAD/Powercore)

[Alan Cross]

thanks mate, nice one!

[Andy Clark]

Hi Guys,

Do you ever find that your bounces sound different to when you play them in Logic?

I bounced a track recently and took it to work on a flash drive. When I played the track on a Windows based laptop I heard some effect like sounds throughout the track that I didn't hear when playing in Logic. I've read that iTunes processes tracks and can change the sound on a Mac.

Just wondering if you'd heard the same thing as I did?

Andy

[Danny J Lewis]

Hi Guys,

Do you ever find that your bounces sound different to when you play them in Logic?

I bounced a track recently and took it to work on a flash drive. When I played the track on a Windows based laptop I heard some effect like sounds throughout the track that I didn't hear when playing in Logic. I've read that iTunes processes tracks and can change the sound on a Mac.

Just wondering if you'd heard the same thing as I did?

Andy

Yeh, iTunes has a couple of things that could affect the sound - the screenshot below shows the options that should be unticked.. also the EQ should be flat..

[Andy Clark]

Thanks Danny...much appreciated..!