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Enabling MIDI control
5 Next, configure the VSTi instrument you’re using to play the sound effects you want
to use for foley. In this example, the Serato Sample VSTi plug-in is being used to
automatically slice up a recording of footsteps from one of Sound Ideas’ many sound
effects libraries.
Because the VSTi you added is patched to that track’s Insert (if you look at the Mixer
you should see that the I button is enabled on the channel strip the instrument is
patched to), the Send is PRE the Instrument. This means you need to patch that track’s
Track Direct output to the input of another track to record the instrument.
6 Choose Fairlight > Patch Input/Output to open the Patch Input/Output window, then set
the Source pop-up menu to Track Direct and the Destination pop-up menu to Track
Input. Click Audio 4 to the left, and Audio 5 to the right, and click the Patch button; this
sets you up to play the VSTi plug-in on track A4, and record its output on track A5.
Be aware that after patching Track Direct from the track with the instrument to the track
you’re recording onto, you also need to turn “Direct Output” on for that track in the Path
Settings of that track’s channel strip in the Mixer.
7 Open the Mixer (if necessary), click the Input pop-up menu at the top of the channel
strip that shows the VSTi instrument you’re using, and choose Path Settings. When the
Path Settings window appears, click the ON button for Direct Output, then close the
Path Settings window.
At this point, you’re ready to begin recording.
To play and record a VSTi instrument:
1 Click the Record Arming button of the track you’re recording to (in this example A5),
move the playhead to where you want to begin recording, and then click the Record
button to begin recording.
2 As the video of your program plays, use your MIDI controller to trigger sound effects as
necessary. When you’re finished, click the Stop button.
If necessary, you can record multiple takes using track layering until you get the timing
right. When you’re finished, you can remove the instrument from the track it’s on since
the recorded audio is all you need.
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