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Chapter 6 Working With Real Instruments 51
Recording Multiple Real Instrument Tracks
You can record up to eight Real Instruments and one Software Instrument at the same
time. This lets you record voices and instruments together, and simultaneously record a
backing track, for example.
When you select a track, recording is enabled for that track (meaning that recording
will start on that track when you click the Record button). You can enable up to seven
additional tracks by clicking the round Record Enable button in each track’s header. The
Record Enable button turns red to show that the track is enabled for recording.
To disable a track for recording, click the Record Enable button in the track’s header
again.
To record multiple Real instruments at the same time:
1 Be sure each Real Instrument track is set to use a different input channel (or pair of
channels) in the Track Info pane.
2 Enable the tracks you want to record by clicking their Record Enable buttons.
3 Click the Record button in the transport controls to start recording.
To record a Software Instrument at the same time as one or more Real Instruments:
1 Enable the Software Instrument track for recording by clicking its Record Enable
button.
2 Click the Record button in the transport controls to start recording.
If you enable more than eight Real Instrument tracks or more than one Software
Instrument track, the track farthest from the last track you enable is disabled for
recording, so as not to exceed the maximum number of recording tracks.
To record on multiple tracks, you need to have an audio interface with at least two
input channels for recording.
Changing Real Instrument Settings
When you create a Real Instrument track, you select an instrument for the track in the
New Track dialog. You can change the instrument, effects, and input settings in the
Track Info pane.
Changing the Instrument
You can change the instrument for a Real Instrument track. Each instrument includes
preset effects optimized for the instrument.