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Creating Songs with the U-8 and Cakewalk Home Studio U-8
The process used to create songs using the U-8 and Cakewalk Home Studio
U-8 is as follows:
1) Prepare to create the song data.
2) Create the backing parts using MIDI or audio data.
3) Record the vocals and guitar.
4) Mix down the song.
This section presents an outline of this process of creating songs using
Cakewalk Home Studio U-8.
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What Are Audio and MIDI?
Data in each of the two different formats, Audio and MIDI , has particular
characteristics, so when using the U-8 in combination with a sequencer,
select either
Audio or MIDI based on the type of recording device being
used.
fig.06-03.e
Audio Data
The sound data recorded from microphones, guitars, and devices such as
CD players and MD players is called
audio data
.
In addition to what you record through the U-8, you can also work with
wave files (files with the extension .WAV) as
audio data .
One feature of audio data is that, like cassette tapes and MDs, you can
faithfully record any sound. However, one minute of audio data in stereo
uses up about 10 MB of disk space, so your computer needs to have a large
amount of free disk space in order to work with audio data.
MIDI Data
MIDI data is data that records performance messages. Whereas audio data
is a faithful recording of the sounds of played instruments, MIDI data
corresponds to the musical score of the played instruments.
Some features of
MIDI data are that it is much smaller in size than audio
data , and can also easily be edited later. MIDI data is played using a MIDI
sound generator . A software MIDI synthesizer lets you play MIDI data
PC
USB MIDI
Audio data
(Sound played and produced)
Sequencer
Software
0 10
MIXER EFFECTS
EFFECTS / MIXER CONTROL
PEAK 4 3 2 1 B A
/ INST
GUITAR
START DOWN
MIX
AUTO PUNCH SHIFT LOOP
COMMAND MENU WINDOW SELECT
VALUE
EXIT ENTER
NO YES
CURSOR
TAP NEXT PREV
MIC
MARKER
4 50dBm
AUX
B(R)
A(L)
MIC
GUITAR
(Hi-Z)
FOOT SW OUT IN MIDI USB OUT IN DIGITAL POWER
1- 8
1- 8
AUDIO
AUDIO+MIDI
MIDI
MIDI 9 -16
EZ RECORDING INPUT SENS
PEAK
PHONES
REC
MONITOR
4 50dBm
U-8
USB DIGITAL STUDIO OUTPUT
INPUT
TRACK STATUS
1 / 9 2 /10 3 /11 4 /12 5 /13 6 /14 7 /15 8 /16
1 2 3 4 RHYTHM BASS ACC 1 ACC 2
MASTER
AUDIO MIDI
EDIT
1 2
SET
U-8
Sound module
MIDI data
(Performance messages)