User Guide

CHP. 9 RECORDING AUDIO
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Recording into an event with a time selection
Recording into a time selection allows for a pre- and post- roll during recording. The time selection is
adjustable to increase or decrease the pre- and post-roll duration. During recording, the selected event’s
edges serve as the punch-in and -out points. You can create multiple punch-in and -out points by selecting
more events within the time selection.
You may need to split an existing event into three pieces so that you can select a smaller portion of the event
to record into. For more information, see Splitting events on page 68.
1. Click the Arm for Record button ( ) on the desired track(s).
2. Select the event to record into.
Tip: You may record into multiple events by pressing
and making your selections.
3. On the marker bar, drag a time selection. You may adjust the time selection by dragging the selection bar’s
starting and ending points. Make the time selection start before the event for a pre-roll.
4. Click the Record button ( ) on the transport bar to begin recording.
Using a pre-roll
The previous technique allows you to define the playback region with a time selection and sets the punch-in
and punch-out points in the recording to the event boundaries. When you click the
Record button, playback
begins at the beginning of the time selection. Vegas then fills the event with the newly recorded material.
The audio file that is recorded to your hard disk is the full duration of the time selection. The event only
contains a portion of the full recorded performance and can therefore be trimmed (both shorter and longer)
and repositioned within the event.
Triggering from MIDI timecode
Recording can be triggered and synchronized in Vegas by an external MIDI device that outputs (generates)
MIDI timecode (MTC). When triggering from MIDI timecode, you should have your audio devices
connected together via a master digital word clock. The word clock keeps the audio hardware locked
together, eliminating the need for the software to constantly vary its playback rate to stay synchronized. The
incoming timecode is only used for an absolute time reference. For more information, see Sync tab on page 276.
1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences and go to the Sync tab.
2. From the Trigger from MIDI Timecode settings drop-down list, select the device that you want to trigger
Vegas.
3. Click OK. The Preferences dialog closes.
4. Click the Arm for Record button ( ) on the desired track(s).
Ctrl
Pre-roll Post-roll
Time selection bar -
Punch-in Punch-out
defines the recorded
audio file’s duration.