Exporting your song to stems (wet) for mix/master

Hey Michael!

When FL Studio exports stems, it exports ALL mixer inserts.

This can be a little confusing, because you can actually be left with duplicate audio tracks, which if you use them, it will mess with your original mix!  (For example if you have a “DRUMS BUS”, where you routed 3 drums into it, you’ll get a DRUMS BUS audio file [which you should use], but also the DRUM 1, DRUM 2, and DRUM 3 [which should not be used]).

For the send stems, I’m not sure how to best approach this, as I never send music out or receive music with stems, but I’d say it’s best to have these as individual files, then you can still blend the audio in/out as desired with full flexibility..

What are your thoughts – What have you seen out there?

And.. are you getting your music mixed professionally somewhere!?

Let me know!

Okay, well there is a difference between sending stems off for mixing, compared to “freezing a track” to lower CPU usage.

If freezing a track, then what I’d say is put that MIDI to .WAV (audio file), then just route that audio to that same mixer channel, which would already have all the sends set up!

Does that solve it for you!?

Yeah exporting to stems has a couple purposes..

1. For “collaborating” where others don’t have the same sounds or VSTs..
2. Stem Mastering

In your case of wanting to export certain instruments to a .WAV file, I’d say FREEZING is the best choice.

Simply just use the same mixer insert (with effects disabled), and you should be good to go..

That’s too bad you’re running into CPU issues with your newer computer there.. as mentioned previously.. try to increase your buffer size when you get into the mixing/mastering, and that new computer should last you another solid 4-5 years (no problem!!!)

Good stuff, good question.. and good to hear from you!

Closing this, feel free to ask another question any time!  🙂