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multitrack recording environment for audio and MIDI.
MIDI SEQUENCING
In the field of electronic music, a sequencer was originally any device that recorded and played
back a sequence of control information for an electronic musical instrument. Nowadays, the term
almost always refers to the feature of recording software which allows the user to record, play
back and edit MIDI data. This is distinct from the software features which record audio data. Early
analog music sequencers used control voltage/trigger interface, but were replaced by digital
hardware- or software-based MIDI sequencers, which play back MIDI events and MIDI control
information at a specified number of beats per minute.
MONOPHONIC
Of or noting a system of sound recording, reproduction, or musical instrument using only a single
channel.
Multi-timbral
The capability of an electronic musical instrument to respond to and output multiple voice patches
at one time.
MULTITRACK RECORDING
Multitrack recording ('multitracking' or just 'tracking' for short) is a method of sound recording that
allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources to create a cohesive whole. This is the
most common method of recording popular music.
Multitracking can be achieved with hard disk based systems like an Open Labs production station,
often employing a computer and multitrack audio recording software. Multitrack recording devices
vary in their specifications, such as the number of simultaneous tracks available for recording at
any one time; in the case of tape based systems this is limited by, among other factors, the
physical size of the tape employed. For computer based systems the trend is towards unlimited
numbers of record/playback tracks, although issues such as memory and CPU available will in fact
limit this from machine to machine. It has to be noted that on computer based systems, the
number of simultaneously available recording tracks is limited by the sound card discrete analogue
or digital inputs.
When recording, audio engineers can select which track (or tracks) on the device will be used for
each instrument.
At any given point on the tape, any of the tracks on the recording device can be recorded or
playing back, so that an artist is able to record onto track 2 and, simultaneously, listen to track 1,
allowing him to sing or to play an accompaniment to the performance already recorded on track 1.
He might then record on track 3 while listening to track 2. All three performances can then be
played back in perfect synchrony, as if they had originally been played and recorded together. This
can be repeated until all of the available tracks have been used, or in fact, reused.
When recording is completed, the many tracks are "mixed down" through a mixing console to a
two-track stereo recorder in a format which can then be duplicated and distributed. Most of the
records, CDs and cassettes commercially available in a music store are recordings that were
originally recorded on multiple tracks, and then mixed down to stereo. These stereo mixes can in
turn be recorded onto two tracks of a four-track recorder, allowing additional sound to be layered
on the remaining tracks.
NOISE GATE
A device that acts as an infinite expander, allowing a signal above the selected threshold to be
passed through to the output at unity gain and without dynamic processing. When the input signal
falls below this threshold level, the device effectively shuts down the signal by applying full
attenuation to the output.
NON-DESTRUCTIVE EDITING
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