Reference Guide

394 Arranging and editing
Comping
See also:
“Take lanes” on page 381
Recording takes
Before comping, you need to record multiple takes on a track. You can manually record to one Take
lane at a time, or set up loop recording to automatically create a new Take lane for each repetition.
A take is any new data brought into a track. It can be recorded audio or MIDI, dragged-in loops, or
imported files. If a track has data on it, it has at least one Take lane. A new Take lane is created for
each new take.
The following rules apply when recording new takes:
• Take lanes are named automatically. The first lane is named T1, the next lane is named T2, etc.
The lane number always stays with a lane, even if you reorder, insert or delete lanes.
• The newest (chronologically youngest) take is shown on top when displayed in lanes.
• Clips cannot overlap on the same Take lane. If you wish to overlap two clips, place each clip in a
separate Take lane. When a clip is moved, pasted or recorded to a lane, any clip data already in
that area will be cropped or removed to accommodate the new data.
Loop recording multiple takes to a single track
1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Project - Record, or right-click the Record button to access
recording settings in the Preferences dialog box.
2. Under Recording Mode, select Comping.
3. Under Loop Recording, select Store Takes in a Single Track. Click OK to close the
Preferences dialog box.
4. Insert a new track or choose an existing track you want to record to.
5. Click the target track’s Expand/collapse Take Lanes button so Take lanes are visible.
6. Click the track’s Record button to arm the track for recording. Note: It is important that you
arm the parent track, not an existing Take lane.
7. Drag in the Track view time ruler to select the desired loop boundaries.
8. Right-click the time ruler and select Set Loop Points on the pop-up menu (or press SHIFT+L).
You can also click the Set Loop Points to Selection button in the Control Bar’s Loop
module.
Note: In Overwrite record mode, a new Take lane is only created if there is no existing lane.
Otherwise, the new data overwrites existing data on the existing lane.