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Setting up your system
Port selection and activation (Mac only)
On the settings page for your audio card, you can specify
which input and which output port should be active. This
allows you e.g. to use the Microphone input instead of the
Line input or even to deactivate the audio card input or
output completely, if required.
Ö This function is only available for Built-In Audio, stan-
dard USB audio devices and a certain number of other au-
dio cards (e. g. Pinnacle CineWave).
About monitoring
In Sequel, monitoring means listening to the input signal
while preparing to record or while recording. Sequel al-
ways monitors the signal in real-time.
The audio passes from the input into Sequel, possibly
through Sequel effects and EQ and then back to the out-
put. You control monitoring via settings in Sequel. This al-
lows you to control the monitoring level from Sequel and
add effects to the monitored signal only.
Setting up MIDI
This section describes how to connect and set up MIDI
equipment. If you have no MIDI equipment you can skip
this section. Note that this is only an example – you might
need or want to hook things up differently!
Connecting the MIDI equipment
In this example we assume that you have a MIDI keyboard.
The keyboard is used for feeding the computer with MIDI
messages for recording. Using Sequel’s automatic MIDI
Thru feature you will be able to hear the correct sound
from the instrument track while playing the keyboard or re-
cording.
A typical MIDI Setup
Setting up MIDI ports in Sequel
Sequel automatically finds any MIDI devices connected to
your computer and allows them to be MIDI inputs for re-
cording.
Optimizing audio performance
This section gives you some hints and tips on how to get
the most out of your Sequel system, audio performance-
wise. Some of this text refers to hardware properties and
can be used as a guide when upgrading your system.
Two aspects of performance
There are two distinct aspects of performance in respect
to Sequel:
Tracks and effects
Simply put: the faster your computer, the more tracks, ef-
fects and EQ you will be able to play. Exactly what consti-
tutes a “fast computer” is almost a science in itself, but
some hints are given below.
!
Always make all connections with all equipment
turned off!