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Chapter 6 Working With Real Instruments 49

Â You may want to set the project tempo and key before recording a Real Instrument.

Real Instrument recordings are fixed in tempo and key, unlike loops and Software

Instrument recordings, and cannot be changed after they are recorded.

Recording a Real Instrument

Now you’re ready to record your Real Instrument. You can record one Real Instrument

track at a time.

To record a Real Instrument:

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

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

3 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 playing on the beat.

4 Click the Record button to start recording.

5 Start playing your instrument, or singing into your microphone. As you record, a new

region appears in the selected Real Instrument track with the music you record.

6 When you are finished, click the Play button to stop recording.

An audio waveform appears in the newly recorded region.

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

To hear the new recording:

1 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 project, or to the beginning of the project, to hear the new recording in the

context of the project.

2 Click the Play button, or press the Space bar.

Play button

Cycle button

Record button

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