Instruction Manual

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Audio
Beginner’s Guide to Cakewalk Software
If a track is both muted and soloed, it does not play. Mute has precedence.
For more information, see:
Audio Recording
Connecting an Instrument, Home Stereo, or Microphone to your Sound
Card
Choosing Inputs
Audio Hardware (Sound Cards) and Drivers
MIDI
Audio Recording
If your sound card and driver are properly installed, recording audio data is
mostly a matter of accomplishing two tasks:
• Connecting an instrument, home stereo, or microphone to an input on
your sound card
• Choosing that same input in Cakewalk, your sound card’s software,
and/or Windows
For more information, see:
Connecting an Instrument, Home Stereo, or Microphone to your Sound
Card
Choosing Inputs
Audio Recording
Audio Hardware (Sound Cards) and Drivers
MIDI
Connecting an Instrument, Home Stereo, or
Microphone to your Sound Card
You need a cable with the correct plug on the end of it to connect an
instrument or mic to your sound card. Low-priced sound cards usually have
1/8 inch analog jacks (inputs) marked Mic and Line, and might have a digital
input marked S/PDIF. The Line input is the correct one for most electronic
Soloed Only those tracks that are designated as solo tracks
are played; all others are muted.
Track status... What it means...