Operation Manual

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D The recorded clip will be selected (indicated by the clip having a border
and handles at each end) and the recorded notes will be visible as events
in the clip.
D You can undo the recording by selecting “Undo Recording” from the Edit
menu or by the key command [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Z].
You can also press [Backspace] to remove a selected clip.
D It is also possible to activate recording during playback (“punch in”), by
starting playback and then clicking the record button.
Similarly, you can deactivate recording without stopping playback (“punch out”).
Recording more clips on the same note lane
If you like, you can of course continue recording on the same note lane.
• If you used “Undo Recording” (see above) or deleted the previous clip, this will
simply allow you to record another take.
• If you start recording after the previous clip, this will also work as outlined in the
previous section, and a new clip will be created.
• But if you kept the clip you previously recorded, and start recording from the same
position, you will overdub, i.e. record notes on top of the previously recorded
notes.
The following rules apply:
D No previously recorded note events are erased when recording on the
same note lane.
You cannot replace or erase recorded note events in a clip by recording over it.
Recording over clips on the same note lane means that all new notes will be
added to the note events that were on the note lane before. You will also hear the
notes recorded previously as you record the new clip.
D Recording always creates a new clip. If you record over a previously re-
corded clip on the same note lane, the new clip will “engulf” the previous
clip where they overlap.
If the new clip overlaps the previous clip completely, the previous clip and all the
recorded note events it contained will be completely merged into the new clip. If
the previous clip is longer than the new clip, the part of the previous clip that is not
overlapped by the new clip will be snipped to a separate clip.
! Note that it is in many cases better to record new note data on a separate
note lane, even if you intend to add notes to a previous take (i.e. over-
dub). See “Adding note lanes and the New Dub/New Alt buttons” for de-
tails.
Redoing part of a take
You will most probably encounter situations where you want to redo part of a re-
corded clip but keep the rest. As explained previously this cannot be done by record-
ing over the clip, but there are several methods you can use to remove the part which
you want to redo:
D By first erasing the specific notes you wish to redo.
If you double-click the clip you will switch to Edit mode where you can edit (move/
copy/erase etc.) individual note events in the clip - see “The Edit mode”.
D By splitting the clip.
You can use the Razor tool to split clips. This allows you to split a clip before and
after the section you wish to redo. Then you can simply erase the resulting new
clip (which now only contains the notes you want to redo) and record again. See
“Splitting clips”.
D By drawing a new clip inside the original clip.
If you draw a new clip so that it overlaps another, the new clip will mask all events
“behind” the new clip, allowing you to record the section again. See “About over-
lapping clips”.
D By resizing the clip.
This method can be used if the section you wish to redo is at the start or end of the
clip. Selected clips have handles the start and end of the clip. By moving the han-
dles you can resize the clip. If you make the clip shorter, any note events in the clip
that fall outside of the clip boundaries will be masked and will not play back. See
“Resizing clips”.