User Manual

RECORDING IN THE SEQUENCER
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Proceed as follows to activate the Clip Safe function:
1. Select “Mono Input” in the Audio Input drop-down list on the Audio Track and then select either “Balance 1/L”
or “Balance 2/R”.
The CS (Clip Safe) symbol appears to the right of the level meter on the Audio Track.
2. Press the Clip Safe button on the Propellerhead Balance front panel.
The Clip Safe button on the Propellerhead Balance audio interface.
A Clip Safe request signal is sent from the Balance interface to Reason. Depending on what audio inputs are se-
lected on the record enabled Audio Track(s), the following happens:
• If the Balance 1/L or 2/R input is selected as audio input (Mono) on one single record enabled Audio Track, the
Clip Safe LED on the Balance interface turns green and the CS symbol on the Audio Track is lit.
When the Clip Safe LED on the Propellerhead Balance audio interface is green, the Clip Safe function is enabled.
If the 1/L input is selected as audio input (Mono), the Right channel on the Balance interface is used for the ad-
ditional headroom, and vice versa.
• If the Balance 1/L and 2/R inputs are selected as Stereo Input, the Clip Safe function is disabled and the Clip
Safe LED on the Balance interface turns red. The CS symbol on the Audio Track also disappears.
The Clip Safe function requires both inputs to be available. Also, if the Balance 1/L (mono) and 2/R (mono) inputs
are selected as audio inputs on other record enabled Audio Tracks, the Clip Safe function is disabled.
See “Recording using the Clip Safe function in Propellerhead Balance” for more information about using the Clip
Safe function.
Monitoring
Monitoring means listening to the input signal of an audio track. Monitoring works according to the following princi-
ples:
• By default, monitoring is automatically enabled as soon as an audio track is record enabled.
This makes it possible to hear what you will be recording - before and during recording to disk.
• During playback of an audio track, monitoring is automatically disabled.
During playback, you will only hear the recorded signal - not any input signal.
q Note that you can manually activate or deactivate monitoring for a track by clicking the Monitor button.
The input signal is monitored after the Channel strip and Master Section in the Main Mixer which means that all mixer
parameters, including any Insert Effects, Dynamics etc., will also be applied to the monitored signal.
! Note that the Main Mixer parameters will only affect the monitored (and/or played back) signal - they will not
affect the signal being recorded to disk.