Technical information

Chapter 10: Audio Recording and Rendering
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Technical Note: This is only true if you are using the sound card for your output MIDI driver. If you have an external MIDI
device like the Roland Sound Canvas you'd need to route the Line Out from your Sound Canvas back in to the Line-In of
your sound card in order to record (render) the MIDI.
When you press the Recording Properties button, you'll see the Recording control panel of your sound
card's mixer.
The panel displayed here is the typical panel that sound cards use. Different makes and models may not look
exactly like the example, but the basic layout and operation is the same. From this panel, you can set the recording
level for the items you want to record. Let’s take the example of recording live with a microphone.
- We select the check box to record the microphone.
- Then, we set the level of the recording input for the microphone with the aid of the built-in VU meters in Band-
in-a-Box.
Audio VU meters
These show the Record and Playback levels for audio, allowing adjustment of microphone and speaker levels.
VU Meters can be launched by pressing the VU Meters button on the toolbar.
The VU Meters will also open automatically when the Record Audio dialog is opened.
The VU Meters will close or stay open when the dialog is exited depending on
the “Leave VU Meters open” setting in the Record Audio dialog.