9.
Touch the Rec button in the lower right of the screen. Bitbox will start
recording. If you are using threshold recording, the recording will start once
the input level meets the threshold level specified. If you selected a time value
for Length, recording will stop after the selected length of time. The Load and
Record screen displays a running clock of measures and beats and time
duration of the recording. There may be a delay between when you touch
Rec and when the recording starts as bitbox waits to quantize the recording to
the selected Rec Quant time interval. See
below for more information about clocks and quantization.
10.
Touch Stop to end recording. There may be a delay between when you touch
Stop and when the recording ends due to quantization. When the recording
has stopped, the main screen is displayed with the new WAV file loaded in the
selected pad. The clip name will be RC with a numeric suffix. We will discuss
changing file names and managing WAV files in Manage WAV Files below. If
you have the Tools setting RecToPlay set to ON, bitbox will automatically start
to play the new sample when recording ends if the Length parameter was
used for recording.
When you record a new WAV file, the file is stored on the microSD card in the folder
associated with the preset. This folder is located under \Presets and has the same
name as the preset. For example, if your preset name is KickinGroove then your
recordings will be in the folder \Presets\KickinGroove. How you will work with these files
depends on whether you are recording samples to build a library to use in presets in the
future, or whether you are recording WAVs specifically for the current preset.
If you are recording WAVs for the current preset:
1.
Record WAVS until you get the files you need. The WAVs are stored in the
preset specific folder.
2.
Assign the WAVs you want to use to individual pads.
3.
Push HOME until you see the menu screen. Touch Presets and then touch
File and then Pack to create copies of any of the other files used in the preset
into the preset folder.
If you are recording WAVs to build up a library of sounds:
1.
Create a new preset to host the content from your recording session.
2.
Record into pads as desired. Bitbox places the WAVs into the preset’s folder.
3.
You can optionally use your computer to move the WAV files from the preset’s
folder on the microSD card into sound library folders on the card. When you
want to use these files in another preset, point to the WAV files you moved to
the library folders. Then pack up those presets to preserve copies of the
WAVs you used.
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