User Guide

Chapter 11: Working With Audio
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Set the start point for the recording.
You can record from the Start of the song, somewhere in the middle, or punch in by choosing a bar and chorus # to
start recording.
Also Record MIDI?
If you also want to record MIDI at the same
time, press [Cancel] to exit the Record Audio
dialog, and choose the Audio menu command
Record Audio and MIDI (or Shift+click on the
Record Audio toolbar button). This opens
another version of the Record Audio dialog
with choices to record MIDI to either the
Melody or Soloist track.
Punch-In Recording
Punch-in audio recording allows you to punch-in record or overdub a section of audio. You can select a section to
punch-in by highlighting it in the Audio Edit window. You can also hear the existing audio part when you are
overdubbing. This is automatic.
Also Record MIDI?
In most cases you will only be recording audio, so you should set this to “No MIDI recording.” But if you want to
record MIDI at the same time (in a situation where you were playing a MIDI piano at the same time as you are
singing for example), then you could set this setting to “Also Record MIDI to Melody” (assuming that you wanted
the MIDI to get recorded to the Melody track - use the Soloist setting if you want it recorded to the Soloist track).
Overdub underlying Audio
If you have previously recorded audio on the track, and want to overdub (to add a harmony for example), then you
should select the Overdub underlying Audio. It is not essential to select it at this point, since you'll get another
chance at the end of the recording. Note that the audio track will not play during record, so you'd have to sing the
harmony without hearing the original audio part.
Press [Record].
Audio recording begins. If you've set the “Show VU Meter while recording” option, then
the Recording VU Meter will open up and display during recording so you can
monitor the VU meters.
Press [Stop] or press the [Esc] key.
You will then see the “Keep Take?” dialog.
If you are happy with your recording, you
should choose [OK -Keep Take] and the
audio will be added to the Audio track.
You can listen to the results by pressing
[Play].
If you are not happy with the results, you can choose Edit | Undo Keep Audio Take and you will be back to where
you were prior to the recording. You can also choose the option to [Take Again], which reopens the Recording
dialog.
Technical Details: The recorded take is recorded to a temporary wave file called TEMP_REC.WAV. This resides in the
\bb directory or the directory of the current song. Once you decide to keep the take, the TEMP_REC.WAV is merged with
the main wave file for the program, which is usually titled with the same name as the song (e.g. MySong.wav).