Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 User's Guide
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Cakewalk © Pro Audio™ User’s Guide Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not repre- sent a commitment on the part of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement. The software may be used or copied only in accordance of the terms of the agree- ment. It is against the law to copy this software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the agreement. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the express written permission of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. Copyright © 1999 Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Program Copyright © 1999 Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cakewalk is a registered trademark of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. Cakewalk Pro Audio, Cakewalk Professional, Cakewalk Home Studio, Cakewalk Guitar Studio, Cakewalk Audio FX, Cakewalk Metro, Cakewalk Overture, Cakewalk Score Writer, Virtual Juke- box, Virtual Piano, CFX, StudioWare, and the Cakewalk logo are trademarks of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Visit Cakewalk on the World Wide Web at www.cakewalk.com. Table of Contents Preface . xvii About This Book . .xvii Registering Pro Audio . xviii Getting Help . xviii 1 Introduction . .1-1 of Contents Table About Pro Audio . 1-2 Music Composition and Exploration . 1-2 Game Sound Development . 1-2 Sound Production and Engineering . 1-2 Web Authoring . 1-3 Film and Video Scoring and Production . 1-3 Flexibility . 1-3 Pro Audio Basics . 1-3 Views . 1-4 Working on a Project . 1-12 Other Types of Files . 1-12 Computers, Sound, and Music . 1-13 MIDI . 1-13 Digital Audio . 1-14 Installation and Setup . 1-15 Starting Pro Audio . 1-18 Starting to Use Pro Audio . 1-19 2 Getting Started . .2-1 Tutorial 1ÑPlaying a Song . 2-2 Rehearsal Time . 2-2 Opening a Project File . 2-2 Playing the Song . 2-3 Restarting the Song Automatically . 2-5 Changing the Tempo . 2-7 Muting and Soloing Tracks . 2-8 Changing a Track's Instrument . 2-10 Playing Music on a Keyboard . 2-12 Transposing . 2-13 Tutorial 2ÑRecording MIDI and Digital Audio . 2-16 Rehearsal Time, Part 2 . 2-16 Opening the Project File . 2-16 Recording MIDI . 2-17 Loop Recording . 2-21 Punch-In Recording . 2-23 Recording Digital Audio . 2-24 Recording Multiple Channels . 2-27 Tutorial 3ÑAudio Editing and Mixing . 2-28 Audio Engineering . 2-28 Opening the Project File . 2-28 The Plan . 2-28 Stretching the Music . 2-30 Adding the Announcer . 2-31 Trimming the Announcer . 2-32 Editing the Announcer . 2-35 Making It Fit . 2-36 Mixing the Radio Spot . 2-37 Automating Your Mix . 2-38 Saving the Project . 2-39 3 Controlling Playback . .3-1 The ÒNow TimeÓ and How to Use It . 3-2 Displaying the Now Time in Large Print . 3-4 Other Ways to Set the Now Time . 3-5 Controlling Playback . 3-6 Handling Stuck Notes . 3-6 Loops . 3-7 Track-by-Track Playback . 3-10 Silencing Tracks . 3-11 Soloing Tracks . 3-12 Changing Track Settings . 3-13 Setting Up Output Devices . 3-17 Assigning Tracks to Ports . 3-19 Choosing the Instrument Sound (Bank and Patch) . 3-20 Adding Effects . 3-23 Adjusting Volume and Pan . 3-23 Assigning a MIDI Channel (Chn) . 3-24 iv Adjusting the Key/Transposing a Track (Key+) . .3-26 Adjusting the Note Velocity (Vel+) . .3-27 Adjusting the Time Alignment of a MIDI Track (Time+) . .3-28 Other MIDI Playback Settings . .3-29 Video Playback . .3-30 4 Recording a Performance . 4-1 Creating a New Project . .4-2 Creating a New Project File . .4-2 Setting the Time and Key Signatures . .4-3 Setting the Metronome and Tempo Settings . .4-5 Setting the Audio Sampling Rate and Bit Depth . .4-7 Setting the MIDI Timing Resolution . .4-8 Preparing to Record . .4-9 Recording Modes . .4-9 Choosing a Source . .4-11 Arming Tracks for Recording . .4-14 Auto Arming . .4-14 of Contents Table Recording Music from a MIDI Instrument . .4-15 Virtual Piano . .4-15 Recording Audio . .4-16 Tuning an Instrument . .4-19 Loop Recording . .4-20 Punch Recording . .4-22 Step Recording . .4-24 Step Pattern Recording . .4-27 Recording Channel by Channel . .4-28 Importing Music and Sound . .4-30 Importing Wave (.wav) Files . ..