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Tutorial 1: Recording
7. Use the Repeat function to make the loop 4 bars long.
Just click in the middle of the right edge of the event and drag right until
the loop is repeated to the beginning of bar 5. See “Repeating events”
on page 57 for more detailed information on repeating.
8. Rename the track “Drums”.
Ö Note that the tempo of the project has now changed to
match the drum loop. When you drag a file into a project
and it is the first file to be added, its tempo will define the
project tempo.
Read more about defining or changing the project tempo in “The Tempo
(TEMPO)” on page 47.
Setting levels
In our example, we have a guitar playing through an ampli-
fier with a microphone in front of the amplifier’s speaker.
This microphone is plugged directly into the Steinberg
MI|4 microphone input. We have set the level on the MI|4
so that we have enough volume without clipping.
Activating the Record Ready button will allow us to hear
the guitar. You should see the audio coming in to the right
of the track.
Do the best you can to send the maximum amount of vol-
ume to the audio inputs of your audio card before you hear
any distortion. Most audio cards show some kind of level
or volume indication. If yours doesn’t, don’t worry; we can
change the amount using the track volume slider.
Tuning your instrument
Sequel features a built-in tuner for tuning instruments like
guitar or bass.
1. Make sure that the guitar track is selected and that the
Record Ready button is activated so that we can hear the
input.
2. Activate the Tuner in the Pilot Zone.
3. Pluck a string on your guitar.
The Tuner automatically detects which string you are hit-
ting as long as it is in fairly close proximity to the right tun-
ing. The tuning indicator will move left or right. If it moves
to the left, the string is flat. If it moves to the right, the
string is sharp.
The Tuner also displays the current note and octave that
your string is tuned to. In our case, the D string is a little
flat, so the tuner is displaying “d 2”.
4. Tune up each of your instrument’s strings.
5. Deactivate the Tuner.
You are now ready to record!
Indicator moves left and right Note and octave