CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO, User Manual

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Recording
Recording a Performance
You can add sound or music to a Pro Audio project in many different
ways. You can record your own material using a MIDI-equipped
instrument, use a microphone or another audio input to record digital
audio information, or import sound or music data from an existing
digital data Þle.
You can also input new material using your computer keyboard or
mouse. For more information on entering music using musical notation,
see Chapter 8,
Working with Notation and Lyrics .
For more information on entering music using the Piano Roll view, see
ÒThe Piano Roll ViewÓ on page 6-2. For more information on using the
Event List view, see ÒThe Event List ViewÓ on page 6-42.
In This Chapter
Creating a New Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Preparing to Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recording Music from a MIDI Instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Recording Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Loop Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Punch Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Step Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Importing Music and Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Saving Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MIDI Input and Echo Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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