Instruction Manual
1225
Audio
Beginner’s Guide to Cakewalk Software
4. If you’re recording through the Line input, click the Select checkbox
that’s at the bottom of the Line-In column, and make sure that the
volume slider in that column is in the upper half of its range (if you’re
recording through the Mic input, do the same actions in the Microphone
column). Minimize the Windows Mixer window.
5. In Cakewalk’s Track view, use the In field in a track you want to record
in to select the input you’re using—select either the Left input of your
sound card to record in mono or the Stereo input to record in stereo.
6. Arm the track for recording (click its R button so that it’s red), and play
your instrument. You should see the Record Meter at the bottom of the
track’s property fields light up. If the meter doesn’t move, see the table
immediately following this procedure.
7. Adjust your instrument’s volume, and/or the volume slider in the Record
Control dialog so that the level in the Record meter almost reaches the
red zone when you play your loudest notes.
8. Record some sound by pressing r to start recording, and pressing the
Spacebar when you’re finished. You can rewind by pressing w.
After you stop recording, you should see a picture of your audio data in the
Clips pane of the track you’re recording in. Don’t forget to disarm the track
and save your project if you want to keep what you recorded.
If you don’t see any movement in the track’s record meter when you play
your instrument, try some of the following:
Possible problem... Solution...
You have chosen a Right input of your
sound card as an input, but your
instrument is plugged into a Left input.
Click the armed track’s Input button and
choose the opposite input from the
currently selected one. If that doesn’t
help, try selecting the Stereo input.
Your instrument is plugged into a
different-numbered input from the one
you selected as an input.
Try choosing different-numbered Inputs
until the meter starts to move.
Your instrument is not turned up or its
cable is bad.
Turn up the instrument and try different
cables.