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Recording
Create Events mode (Preferences)
When “Audio Cycle Record Mode” is set to “Create
Events” in the Preferences (Record–Audio page), the fol-
lowing will happen when you record audio in cycle mode:
• One continuous audio file is created during the entire
recording process.
• For each recorded lap of the cycle, one audio event is
created.
The events will have the name of the audio file plus the text “Take *”,
where “*” indicates the number of the take.
• The last take (the last recorded lap) will be on top (and
will thus be the one you hear when you activate playback).
To select another take for playback, proceed a follows:
1. Holding [Alt]/[Option], right-click the event and select
“To Front” on the context menu.
Whether a right click opens the context menu or the toolbox is deter-
mined by the “Popup Toolbox on Right Click” option in the Preferences
dialog (Editing–Tools page). Depending on this setting the context menu
is opened by right-clicking or by right-clicking holding any modifier key.
The “To Front” submenu, listing all the other (obscured) events.
2. Select the desired take.
The corresponding event is brought to front.
This method allows you to quickly combine the best parts
of each take, in the following way:
1. Use the Scissors tool to split the events in several sec-
tions, one for each part of the take.
For example, if you recorded four lines of vocals (in each take), you can
split the events so that each line gets a separate event.
The events after splitting. Note that since the original take events over-
lap each other, clicking with the Scissors tool will split all takes at the
same position.
2. For each section of the take, use the “To Front” func-
tion to bring the best take to the front.
This way, you can quickly combine the best sections of each take, using
the first vocal line from one take, the second line from another take, and
so on.
You can also compile a “perfect” take in the Audio Part
Editor, see “Assembling a “perfect take”” on page 258.
Create Regions mode (Preferences)
When Audio Cycle Record Mode is set to “Create Re-
gions” in the Preferences (Record–Audio page), the fol-
lowing will happen when you record audio in cycle mode:
• One continuous audio file is created during the entire
recording process.
• The audio event in the Project window shows the name
of the audio file plus the text “Take *” (with “*” being the
number of the last completed cycle lap).
• If you play back the recorded event, you will only hear
what was recorded during the last lap of the cycle record-
ing.
The previous “takes” recorded in the cycle are still available, however.
• The audio clip is divided into regions (called takes), one
for each lap of the cycle that was recorded.
If you locate the audio file you just recorded in the Pool, and click on the
plus sign beside it, you can see the regions that have been created, one
for each lap of the cycle that was completed during recording.
“Take” regions in the Pool window