Effects, mixing and export
Balance the tracks, add effects, make a guitar sound like a guitar, and check the mix before you export it.
The mixer
Press Mixer at the top. Each track has a fader, pan, M (mute), S (solo), R (arm) and, in Advanced, FX for its effects. The Master strip at the end is what everyone hears.
Adding effects
- In Advanced, press FX on a track (or on the master).
- Pick an effect in Effect to add and press Add effect. Or start from a ready chain under Start from a preset…: Guitar clean, Guitar crunch, Guitar lead, Bass, Vocal, Acoustic.
- Turn the knobs. The sound goes through the effects from top to bottom; use the arrows to change the order, or bypass one to compare.
- Made a chain you like? Save… keeps it as your own preset.
| Effect | For |
|---|---|
| EQ, Filter | Shape the tone; clear room for other parts |
| Compressor, Limiter | Even out the level; keep peaks in check |
| Delay, Reverb | Echo and space |
| Drive | Warmth to grit |
| Gate | Silence noise between notes |
| Amp, Cabinet | A guitar or bass amplifier and its speaker cabinet |
| Neural amp | A real amplifier captured as a neural network (agents can load amp models) |
| Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Wah, Octaver | Guitar and synth colour |
| De-esser | Tame sharp "s" sounds in a voice |
| Feedback guard | Stop a microphone from ringing |
Plugin… adds a VST3 or CLAP effect. See Plugins and your own sounds.
A guitar sound
- Record the guitar on an input track (plugged into your interface, no amp).
- Open FX and choose Start from a preset…: Guitar crunch for rock, Guitar lead for solos and heavy parts.
- Adjust the amp's gain to taste. For a real speaker sound, press Load IR… on the cabinet and choose an impulse response (.wav) of a cabinet.
Too much gain turns a guitar into noise. Heavy tones come from a tight gate and a little less gain than you'd think.
Automation
Make the volume, pan or an effect knob change during the song.
- Press A on a track (Advanced).
- Choose what to automate in Automated parameter.
- Click in the lane to add points, drag them to move, right-click to delete. Switch the lane on or off to compare.
Headphone mixes
Recording with others in the room? + Mix in the mixer (Advanced) makes a separate mix for an output of your interface: more of themselves, the click, less of the rest.
Check the mix and export
- File ▾ then Export… (Ctrl+E).
- Press Check the mix. JamSesh listens to the mix and every track and lists what is wrong: clipping, distortion, noise, parts fighting for the low end, a chorus that doesn't lift. Go to bar takes you there.
- Choose the Range (Whole song or Loop region), Sample rate and Format, and press Export.
DAWproject for other DAWs… saves the song for Bitwig, Studio One, Cubase and other DAWs that open .dawproject files.