Reference Guide

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Audio
Beginner’s guide to Cakewalk software
For more information, see:
“Clips” on page 1553
“Track-by-track playback” on page 1554
“Connecting an instrument, home stereo, or microphone to your sound card” on page 1556
“Choosing inputs” on page 1561
“Audio recording” on page 1556
“Audio hardware (sound cards) and drivers” on page 1564
“MIDI” on page 1541
Clips
A clip is a portion of the audio or MIDI data in a track that is bounded by a vertical line on each end
of the clip. You can click a clip to select it—a selected clip becomes highlighted. After you select a
clip, you can copy it, drag it to a new location, delete it, or use any command in the Edit menu to
alter it. A clip can be any size. A clip that is an exact number of beats or measures and is suitable for
repetition, such as a drum pattern, is frequently called a loop. Clips are also sometimes called
events. A track can have no clips (no data at all), one clip (all the track’s data is in one clip), or many
clips. Having lots of clips in a track increases processing time for your computer.
In the following picture, the Split tool was used to separate the audio in Track 1 into three clips. You
can activate the Split tool by pressing F8 on your keyboard, at which time the cursor turns into a
small scissors icon. After you activate the Split tool, you can click the track data at the points where
you want to split it into clips.
A. Clips
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