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Recording

In Cubase, you can record audio and MIDI.

Make the following initial preparations:

● Set up, connect, and calibrate your audio hardware.

●

Open a project and set up the parameters in the Project Setup dialog according to your

specications.

The parameters in the Project Setup dialog determine the record le format, sample rate,

project duration, etc. that affect the audio recordings that you make during the course of the

project.

●

If you plan to record MIDI, set up and connect your MIDI equipment.

RELATED LINKS

Setting up Audio on page 13

Setting up MIDI on page 22

Basic Recording Methods

The basic recording methods apply to audio and MIDI recordings.

Record Enabling Tracks

To be able to record, you must record-enable the tracks on which you want to record.

PROCEDURE

● Do one of the following:

● Activate Record Enable in the track list.

● Activate Record Enable in the MixConsole.

● Select the track that you want to record-enable, and activate Record Enable in the

Inspector.

RESULT

The tracks are record-enabled.

NOTE

If you set up a key command for Activate Record Enable for all Audio Tracks in the Mixer

category of the Key Commands dialog, you can record-enable all audio tracks simultaneously.

The exact number of audio tracks that you can record simultaneously depends on your computer

CPU and hard disk performance. Activate the

Warn on Processing Overloads option in the

Preferences dialog (VST page) to show a warning message as soon as the Processing Overload

indicator lights up during recording.