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track), whereas when Rendering the whole composition to a single .WAV
file, you
always
want to record the outgoing MIDI. It is essential that you
understand this!
*Technical Note: This is only true if you are using the soundcard for your output
MIDI driver. If you have an external MIDI device like the Roland Sound
Canvas, the outgoing MIDI doesn't get recorded – you'd need to route it back
into the line-in to record the MIDI.
When you press the Recording Properties Dialog, you'll see the Recording
Properties panel of your soundcard's Mixer.
The Panel displayed here is the typical panel that soundcards use. Newer
soundcards (like the SoundBlaster Live) have additional panels.
From this panel, you can set the recording level for the items you want to record.
Since we are discussing recording of an audio track, this is usually vocals, guitar
etc. We'll be using a microphone input or a line-in. Let's assume we're using a
microphone.
We select the check box to record the microphone.
We de-select the items that we're not using (recording outgoing
MIDI, CD audio recording, and line-in recording).
Then we set the level of the recording input for the microphone.
To do this properly, you'll need to see a
"Recording VU Meter" that shows you the level of input on your soundcard.
This should be done
prior
to recording. You do this by pressing the "Test
Recording Level (VU Meter). While this dialog is open, you can sing (or talk
…"Testing 1 2 3") and you should be able to see the levels of the recording
color coded as green/yellow/red. Ideally the sounds should remain in the green
and avoid the red altogether. Unlike analog recording (where its good to get a