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Lesson 3: Working with Software Instruments

Recording a Software Instrument

Now you’re ready to record a Software Instrument. You can record one Software Instrument track

at a time.

To record a Software Instrument:

Click the header of the Software Instrument track you want to record in to select the track.

Move the playhead to the point in the timeline you want to start recording.

Choose Control > Count In to have the metronome play a one-measure count-in before

recording starts. You can also set the playhead a few beats before the point where you want the

music to come in to make it easier to start on the beat.

Click the Record button to start recording.

Start playing your music keyboard, or clicking notes on the onscreen music keyboard. As you

record, a new region appears in the selected Software Instrument track.

When you are finished, click the Record button again to stop recording. Click the Play button to

stop the song playing.

After you record, you can listen to your new recorded part to see how you like it.

To hear the new recording:

Move the playhead to the point in the timeline where the new region starts (align it with the left

edge of the region). You can also move the playhead to an earlier point in the song, or to the

beginning of the song, to hear the new recording in the context of the song.

Click the Play button, or press the Space bar.

Recording a Software Instrument With the Cycle Region

You can record a Software Instrument using a cycle region, similar to how you would with a Real

Instrument. When you record a Software Instrument with a cycle region, you can keep recording

for as many times as the cycle region repeats. Each new cycle is merged with the region created

the first time through the cycle region. For information on recording using a cycle region, see

“Recording with a Cycle Region” in Lesson 2.

Changing Software Instrument Settings

When you create a Software Instrument track, you select an instrument for the track in the New

Track dialog. You can change the instrument in the Track Info window and also add and adjust

the instrument’s effects.

Changing the Instrument

To change the instrument for Software Instrument track:

Select the track, then click the Track Info button to open the Track Info window.

Record button

Play button

Cycle button

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