What is the problem?
Tracker has 8 track limitation so we sometimes need to use more than 1 instrument on a track
(this is a feature in trackers, not a problem).
A good example is a drum track often uses 3-4 samples / instruments.
The problem occurs when a user wants to render the entire project into stems.
When rendering a project that uses multiple instruments on single tracks, the stems will have
multiple sounds on single stems, so in the mixing / mastering stage you would have to chop up
the stems and reorganize them to single instrument / sound tracks (unless you are ok with mixing the stems as is).
This makes the mix / master process more complex.
What should this feature achieve?
The tracker has some nice / easy mixing and mastering tools, but I think to get
the song sound even more professional you would have to mix / master it in a daw.
I suggest adding a feature of rendering stems by instrument and not by track,
this way if you have 8 tracks and using 12 instruments in that project you will
get 12 stems (+ 2 for reverb and delay) instead of 8 stems (+2).
Are there any workarounds?
Try to make a pattern with 1 sound/instrument per track, then render it to a wav file
and use that in the song.
When rendering the song to stems, can also render that pattern and use it for
mixing / mastering (still adds complexity because will need to chop up and rearrange
the song stems)
There is a caveat here:
The creation process is more natural when you “go with the flow”, which is quite intuitive
on a tracker, these workarounds are more of a “plan ahead” approach and can hinder that process
Any links to related discussions?
no
Any references to other products?
no