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Tutorial 3—Recording Digital Audio
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An alternative method is to select measures by dragging in the Time Ruler.
Then right-click the Time Ruler and choose Set Punch Points. This
automatically enables punch recording.
You can combine loop recording with punch recording; see the online help
topic “Punch Recording” for details.
When Auto Punch is enabled, the Time Ruler displays special markers that
indicate the punch in and punch out times. You can drag these markers to
change the punch in and punch out times.
A. Punch In B. Punch Out
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Tutorial 3—Recording Digital Audio
To record digital audio, you need some sort of device hooked up to your
sound card's line or mic input—an electric guitar, a preamp, or a mixer, for
example. If nothing else, try playing or singing into a microphone!
If you have never connected an instrument to your sound card, see To
Connect an Electric Guitar or Keyboard to Your Computer.
First Step: Setting the Sampling Rate.
• Setting the Sampling Rate
• Setting the Audio Driver Bit Depth and Recording Bit Depth
• Opening a Project File
• Setting Up an Audio Track
• Checking the Input Levels
• Recording Digital Audio
• Listening to the Recording
• Recording Another Take
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