User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Setup
- Chapter 3 The Basics
- Chapter 4 Multitrack Audio Recorder
- The setup
- Audio recording step by step
- Creating a Project
- Adding Audio Tracks
- Routing audio inputs and outputs
- Monitor settings
- Setting the input signal level
- Configuring the metronome
- Recording takes
- Exchanging a part of a recorded take with a new recording
- Working with patterns
- Creating dynamic volume changes (energyXT2.5 only)
- Embedding loop samples
- Editing audio
- Crossfade
- Beatslice
- Creating a mix
- Multiple track recording
- Chapter 5 MIDI Sequencer
- MIDI setup with a master keyboard and virtual tone generators
- MIDI recording step by step
- Creating a Project
- Adding Instrument Tracks
- Using virtual instruments
- Routing MIDI inputs and outputs
- MIDI thru settings (MIDI monitoring)
- Configuring the metronome
- Recording takes
- Quantizing MIDI events
- Overdub recording
- Punch recording
- Working with patterns
- Editing MIDI events
- Remote controlling Instrument Tracks
- Using the Drum Track
- Freezing tracks (energyXT2.5 only)
- Chapter 6 Virtual FX Rack
- Chapter 7 Appendix
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MULTITRACK AUDIO RECORDER
Curve the fade in / out by dragging down the circle in between the nodes with the mouse to create ix.
a smooth fade.
These are the basics on how to work with envelopes. From this example you may go ahead and create your
own envelopes for various parameters (e.g. Pan, EQ).
In our example we created a simple volume envelope with a curved fade in and fade out in the Guitar track.
Embedding loop samples
With loop samples you can easily create songs of professional sound quality. A loop sample appears as a
Part in the timeline and can be used throughout the song just like any other audio Part.
As we speak of pre-recorded phrases it goes without saying that every phrase comes with a predened
tempo which most likely does not match your song's tempo. To address this problem, energyXT oers con-
venient options to change the tempo of loop samples so that each perfectly syncs to your song's tempo.
This is commonly known as resampling.
There are two basic modes to resample loops in energyXT:
Stretch: alters the tempo of the loop sample, without changing the pitch.◊
Re-pitch: alters the pitch and the tempo of the loop sample.◊
Stretch should be your rst choice if you want to change the length of a loop sample, as it conserves œ
the original sound and harmony.
Although quite powerful, you should only use these modes to adapt loop samples that already are close
to your song's tempo. Changing the length of the original sample too much will lead to a poor and dete-
riorated sound.
Alternatively you may want to use resampling to create special eects by changing the length of the sample
loop drastically.