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MIDI
Beginner’s guide to Cakewalk software
MIDI files, projects, tracks, and clips
In Cakewalk programs, the file that you use to store usually a single song’s data is called a
project
.
This is the file you use to record, play back, and edit your song. The file extension for a project is
.wrk in older Cakewalk programs and .cwp in newer ones. Projects that use only the MIDI format (no
digital audio) can be saved in a format called a
Standard MIDI File
, and can then be played back in
any program or machine that plays MIDI files. These files have the extension .mid.
The MIDI messages within a project are usually separated into smaller containers called
tracks
, and
even smaller containers called
clips
, which are sections of a track. You usually use tracks to
separate the MIDI messages that are intended to play one kind of sound from the MIDI messages
that play other sounds. You usually assign each track to its own MIDI channel. A typical MIDI project
might have separate tracks for drums, bass, and piano. In this example, you might assign the bass
track to Channel 2, and the piano track to Channel 5. Then you would set your MIDI sound module
to play a bass sound on Channel 2, and a piano sound on Channel 5. Instead of manually setting
your MIDI modules to play these sounds, you can send Program Change messages to tell your
sound module what sounds to play on what channels (see
“Controlling which sounds you hear”
page 1671). You usually assign drum tracks to Channel 10. Because you stored the MIDI messages
that are assigned to each sound on separate tracks, you can then control and edit the stored MIDI
messages that go to one sound without changing the messages that are sent to other sounds.
Figure 484.
Track view
A.
Tracks 1 through 6
B.
Buses
C.
Track pane
D.
MIDI messages recorded in Tracks 3,4, and 5
E.
Clips
pane
F.
Vertical Zoom fader—drag to change track height
D
C
E
F
A
B
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Страница 1: ...SONAR X3 Reference Guide...
Страница 4: ...4 Getting started...
Страница 112: ...112 Tutorial 1 Creating playing and saving projects Saving project files...
Страница 124: ...124 Tutorial 3 Recording vocals and musical instruments...
Страница 132: ...132 Tutorial 4 Playing and recording software instruments...
Страница 142: ...142 Tutorial 5 Working with music notation...
Страница 150: ...150 Tutorial 6 Editing your music...
Страница 160: ...160 Tutorial 7 Mixing and adding effects...
Страница 170: ...170 Tutorial 8 Working with video Exporting your video...
Страница 570: ...570 Control Bar overview...
Страница 696: ...696 AudioSnap Producer and Studio only Algorithms and rendering...
Страница 720: ...720 Working with loops and Groove Clips Importing Project5 patterns...
Страница 820: ...820 Drum maps and the Drum Grid pane The Drum Grid pane...
Страница 848: ...848 Editing audio Audio effects audio plug ins...
Страница 878: ...878 Software instruments Stand alone synths...
Страница 1042: ...1042 ProChannel Producer and Studio only...
Страница 1088: ...1088 Sharing your songs on SoundCloud Troubleshooting...
Страница 1140: ...1140 Automation Recording automation data from an external controller...
Страница 1178: ...1178 Multi touch...
Страница 1228: ...1228 Notation and lyrics Working with lyrics...
Страница 1282: ...1282 Synchronizing your gear MIDI Machine Control MMC...
Страница 1358: ...1358 External devices Working with StudioWare...
Страница 1362: ...1362 Using CAL Sample CAL files...
Страница 1386: ...1386 Troubleshooting Known issues...
Страница 1394: ...1394 Hardware setup Set up to record digital audio...
Страница 1400: ...1400 MIDI files...
Страница 1422: ...1422 Initialization files Initialization file format...
Страница 1463: ...1463 Misc enhancements New features in SONAR X3...
Страница 1470: ...1470 Comparison...
Страница 1518: ...1518 Included plug ins Instruments...
Страница 1532: ...1532 Cyclone Using Cyclone...
Страница 1694: ...1694 Beginner s guide to Cakewalk software Audio hardware sound cards and drivers...
Страница 1854: ...1854 Preferences dialog Customization Nudge Figure 518 The Nudge section...
Страница 1856: ...1856 Preferences dialog Customization Snap to Grid Figure 519 The Snap to Grid section...
Страница 1920: ...1920 Snap Scale Settings dialog...
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