Reference Guide

280 Recording
Preparing to record
To choose an audio input in the Track view
1. Click the drop-down arrow of the Input field of an audio track.
A drop-down menu of audio drivers appears.
2. Select the audio driver for the sound card you want to record with from these options:
• None. This choice ensures that you do not record to the track in question.
• Left (name of your sound card). Choose this if you want to record a mono signal on the left
channel of your sound card.
• Right (name of your sound card). Choose this if you want to record a mono signal on the
right channel of your sound card.
• Stereo (name of your sound card). Choose this if you want to record a stereo signal.
If your sound card has more than one pair of inputs, a pair of numbers appears after the name of
each audio driver to indicate which pair of inputs the driver is attached to.
To choose an audio input in the Console view or Track Inspector
1. At the bottom of an audio channel strip, click the Input control. A pop-up menu of audio drivers
appears.
2. Select the audio driver for the sound card you want to record with from these options:
• None. This choice ensures that you do not record to the track in question. It also turns off
input monitoring for this track.
• Left (name of your sound card). Choose this if you want to record a mono signal on the left
channel of your sound card.
• Right (name of your sound card). Choose this if you want to record a mono signal on the
right channel of your sound card.
• Stereo (name of your sound card). Choose this if you want to record a stereo signal.
If your sound card has more than one pair of inputs, a pair of numbers appears after the name of
each audio driver to indicate which pair of inputs the driver is attached to.
To choose a MIDI input in the Console view or Track Inspector
1. At the bottom of a MIDI channel strip, click the Input control. A pop-up menu of MIDI channels
appears.
2. Choose an input from the following:
• None. This option actually sets the Input field to Omni. With this setting the track will record
any MIDI input coming in on any enabled port (MIDI interface input driver) on any channel.
• All Inputs > (MIDI Omni or MIDI ch 1-16). With this setting the track will record any MIDI
input coming in on any enabled port (MIDI interface input driver) on any channel, unless you
choose a particular MIDI channel instead of MIDI Omni. Then the track will only record input
Note: Inputs that are used by the External Insert plug-in (see “External Insert plug-in” on page
926) cannot be assigned to track inputs.