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Tutorial 3 – Recording vocals and musical instruments

4. On the Transport, click Record, or press R on your computer keyboard.

5. You'll hear two measures counted in by the metronome and then recording will begin. Start

performing at the beginning of the third count.

6. When you finish recording, click the Stop button or press the SPACEBAR.

A new audio clip appears.

Press Play to play back the project. If you would like to redo the take, go to Edit > Undo to undo the

previous recording, then repeat steps 3, 4 and 5 above until you get a perfect take.

Now that your first track has been recorded, you can “over-dub” another part. To do so, disable

recording on track 1 and repeat the steps in this tutorial. After repeating the steps, you will have

recorded to track 2. Both recorded tracks will play during playback. Each will also have its own

exclusive volume and pan control, FX chain and can be muted or soloed. You'll learn more about this

in future tutorials.

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Troubleshooting

If you weren't able to record successfully by following this tutorial, please check the following:

I only get one side of my guitar/microphone recorded

You may be recording a mono signal through a stereo input. Guitars and microphones produce

mono signals. Right-click the track and select Track Properties from the popup menu. This opens

the Track Properties dialog, where you can specify the desired input port. Select the appropriate

side of your stereo pair, either left or right as opposed to stereo.

Also make sure you don't have a mono adapter going into the Line-in and that you have the Left side

of your sound card (mono) chosen for input in SONAR.

Previously recorded tracks are mixed into my new recordings

This can happen when your soundcard is set to record everything that comes out of your computer

speakers.

1. Click on the Windows Start button and go to All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment >

Volume Control.

The Volume Control window appears.

2. On the Options menu, click Properties.

The Properties dialog appears.

3. In the Adjust Volume For section, click Recording.

4. Click OK to close the Properties dialog.

The Record Mixer appears.