Record Producer ™

User’s Guide
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About this manual:

This manual is for use with Record Producer MIDI Edition as well
as Record Producer Standard and Deluxe Editions.

Please disregard any references related to digital audio including:

digital audio effects, recording audio, Construction Kits, Advanced
Audio Editor, as well as MP3 files and creating CDs, as these are not
available in the MIDI Edition.

If you are not sure whether a particular feature in the manual applies
to Record Producer MIDI Edition or not, please see the help file
within the program under the Help menu>Contents.

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Editions, please try the demo found on the installation CD under
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Notices
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CONTENTS
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS VII
W ELCOME 1
W HAT’S ON THE CD 1
P LEASE REGISTER YOUR SOFTWARE 2
I NSTALLING THE SOFTWARE 2
U SING THE H ELP S YSTEM ON THE CD 2
RECORD PRODUCER OVERVIEW 3
RECORD FROM ANY S OURCE 3
EDIT Y OUR PERFORMANCE 3
MIDI AND AUDIO EFFECTS 3
IMPORT EXISTING SAMPLES 4
S AVE AS MP3 4
CREATE AUDIO CDS 4
CUSTOMIZABLE MIXER APPLICATION 4
DIGITAL MUSIC BASICS 5
MIDI AND DIGITAL AUDIO 5
MORE ABOUT MIDI 6
TIME FORMATS 6
RECORD PRODUCER SCREEN AREAS 7
TRANSPORT CONTROLS 8
RANGE CONTROLS 9
CONDUCTOR CONTROLS 9
RECORD PRODUCER VIEWS 10
QUICK VIEW BUTTONS 10
TRACK VIEW 10
PIANO ROLL VIEW 13
EVENT LIST VIEW AND CONDUCTOR VIEW 16
DIGITAL AUDIO VIEW 17
S YSEX VIEW 18
NOTATION VIEW 19
MIDI M IXER VIEW 20
NOTEPAD VIEW 20
USING RECORD PRODUCER 21
S ETTING U P YOUR AUDIO HARDWARE 21
S ELECTING A RANGE 21
S ETTING THE P LAYBACK P OSITION 22
U SING THE NUMERICAL U P/DOWN CONTROLS 22
U SING MUSIC S AMPLES 23
RECORDING MIDI 24
CLEANING U P MIDI R ECORDINGS 24
RECORDING AUDIO 25
CLEANING U P AUDIO RECORDINGS 26
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MAKING A MIXDOWN 27
ADVANCED AUDIO EDITOR 28
TRANSPORT CONTROLS 29
S TATUS AREA 30
ADVANCED AUDIO EDITOR MENUS AND TOOLBARS 30
OVERVIEW DISPLAY 31
W AVEFORM DISPLAY 31
TO P LAY THE ENTIRE FILE OR THE S ELECTED RANGE 31
TO ZOOM IN OR OUT ON A SELECTED RANGE 32
S PLITTING THE WAVEFORM DISPLAY 33
USING ADVANCED AUDIO EDITOR 34
RECORDING AUDIO 34
U SING THE RECORD WIZARD 35
RECORDING AUDIO M ANUALLY 38
CLEANING U P Y OUR RECORDING 39
RECORDING LP PHONOGRAPH RECORDS AND ANALOG TAPES 40
BLENDING S OUNDS WITH MIX P ASTE 41
U SING M ARKERS 42
U SING THE LOOP EDITOR 43
CREATING AN AUDIO CD 44
RECORD PRODUCER OPTIONS 45
AUDIOTRON ™ DIGITAL MUSIC P LAYER 45
AUDIOS TATION® JUKEBOX S OFTWARE 45
TURTLE BEACH USB MIDI C ABLE 46
MUSICW RITE ™ MUSIC NOTATION S OFTWARE 46

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
You’ll need the following components in order to run the programs:
Computer IBM PC or compatible, with Windows-compatible SVGA display and
16-bit sound card
Operating Systems Windows® 98 SE, Windows® Millennium Edition, Windows® 2000
Professional, Windows® XP Home and Professional
Hard Drive 16 MB of hard disc space for program. Sufficient disk space for
storage of your digital music files.
Processor Minimum: Pentium II class 233 MHz processor (400MHz for
Windows 2000/XP)
Recommended: Pentium II class 400 MHz processor (700 MHz for
Windows 2000/XP)
RAM Minimum: Windows 2000/XP 128 MB RAM

Recommended: Windows 2000/XP 256 MB RAM

CD-ROM Drive A 16X or faster CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive capable of reading both
data and audio Compact Discs.
Video Display 800 x 600 high color (16 Bit)
Miscellaneous Internet Access is required in order to activate the Licensed software.
A CD-R (CD Recordable) drive is needed for CD burning features.
See our website for supported CD-R models.

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WELCOME
Thank you for purchasing Record Producer. Record Producer provides an intuitive and powerful
environment for music creation on your PC. For over 20 years, Voyetra has been providing
software for musicians, without requiring you to be a computer expert. Whether you are a
keyboard prodigy or can barely play a note, Record Producer lets you take your inspirations to
new heights. Here’s what’s included in the package:

WHAT’S ON THE CD
The Record Producer CD includes the following components:
Record Producer Music production software.

Demo Programs A Demo version of Voyetra’s MusicWrite™ music notation

program.
Demo Songs Songs for use with Record Producer.
Music Samples Assorted audio and MIDI clips to enhance your songs.
Adobe® Acrobat® A limited version for use with the Reference Manuals.
Reader

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PLEASE REGISTER YOUR SOFTWARE

We’re constantly updating Record Producer and as a registered user, you may be entitled to
special upgrades and discounts on our other products — but we can’t offer you these benefits if
we don’t know who you are! So when you install Record Producer, please be sure to take a minute
to register your software.
To protect your invenstment, please do not lose your Product ID as this is your Software License.

Register online: During program installation, you will be prompted to register your software on-
line (your Internet connection must be active during installation). You may also register on-line at
any time by selecting Help menu ? Register.

I NSTALLING THE SOFTWARE

For the latest Record Producer updates, as well as user tips, Knowledge Base articles and
information on our other exciting products, please visit our web site at: www.Voyetra.com

T O INSTALL THE SOFTWARE

1. Locate the Product ID number on the software CD sleeve. Remove the CD from the
sleeve and place it in your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
2. Insert the CD in your CD-ROM drive and after Windows detects the CD, a splash screen
will appear. Click on “Record Producer” and then “Install Record Producer” to begin
the installation and follow the on screen instructions.
3. If the CD is not automatically detected, you can manually start the installation screen by
selecting Start ? Run from Windows. When the Run dialog box appears, enter the letter
name of the CD-ROM drive followed by \setup. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is d:
type d:\setup, and choose “Record Producer” and then “Install Record Producer”
when the splash screen appears. Press Enter and follow the on-screen instructions for the
installation.

USING THE HELP SYSTEM ON THE CD

Record Producer includes a comprehensive, online help system that describes how to use Record
Producer. Once Record Producer is installed, select Help ? Contents or press F1 to launch the
Help System.

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RECORD FROM
A NY SOURCE
Record Producer can
record from your
keyboard (or any MIDI
compatible controller) in
real time or just one note
at a time (See Using the
Piano Roll View). You
can also record from your
microphone, guitar, or
import samples from an
old LP!

EDIT YOUR
PERFORMANCE
Didn’t quite hit that chord
on time? Or want to add a second chorus? Just select the section or single note that you want to
move and drag it to where it should be. Using the Advanced Audio Editor (Available in
Deluxe Edition only) you can edit a single sample or an entire CD using the same commands
you would use in a word processor.

MIDI AND AUDIO EFFECTS

Record Producer has an array of exciting effects* to add to your music. Add an echo or just fade
out. Make it sound great with the built in equalizer or noise reduction. How about adding those
backwards cymbals? Easy as pressing a button. (*Some effects available in Deluxe Edition
only)

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IMPORT EXISTING SAMPLES

Record Producer will also let you use existing MIDI and Audio Samples. Add the supplied drum
tracks to get you in a groove and let your creative juices start flowing. Or use the Construction
Kits to quickly put together background music for your web-site or multimedia presentation.

SAVE AS MP3
What good is writing music if you can’t let anyone listen to it? Record Producer lets you easily
export your performance. Just choose File ? Create Audio Mixdown to open a stereo wave
file in the Advanced Audio Editor, ready for final processing. You can then save it as an MP3,
WAVE or Windows Media file. (Available in Deluxe Edition only)

CREATE AUDIO CDS

If your PC has a compatible CD-R drive, you can use Record Producer’s Advanced Audio Editor
to burn audio CDs. You can even cross fade between songs so the music never has to stop. Just
copy a song to the clipboard and use the Mix Paste function to combine the files any way you
want. Then add Markers to create a multi-track CD from a single file. (Available in Deluxe
Edition only)

? NOTE: Not all CD-R drives operate identically, and therefore some are incompatible with
Record Producer. Please visit our web site at www.Voyetra.com for a list of compatible CD-
R drives.

CUSTOMIZABLE MIXER A PPLICATION

Record Producer comes with a mixer application that you can configure to suit your needs.
Works with any Windows sound card. You can customize the views to display just what you
want to see. From the Window menu Select ? Audio System Mixer to get started.

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DIGITAL MUSIC BASICS
MIDI AND DIGITAL AUDIO
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a specification for encoding messages between
multiple electronic devices. Common MIDI enabled devices are keyboards, music synthesizers,
and drum machines. The soundcard installed in your computer also can respond to MIDI
messages as well.
MIDI can be thought of as instructions to recreate a performance – much in the same way that a
screen play is used to create a movie. All the dialog and actions are there but much depends on
the actors delivering the performance. In the same way, what the sequence of MIDI messages
actually sounds like when performed will depend on the devices interpreting the messages.
In contrast, Digital Audio is created by ‘sampling’ an analog signal at a fixed rate and converting
each sample into a number that corresponds to the level of the file at the sample point. The
sample rate determines the highest frequency that can be captured from the analog signal, while
the bit depth determines the volume levels that can be accurately captured from the analog signal.
The quality of a digital audio signal is determined by the sample rate (i.e. the number of samples in
one second) and bit depth (i.e. the number of bits used to translate the level in a sample).
As a rule of thumb, the highest frequency that can be preserved when converting from analog to
digital is less than half the sampling rate. Thus, the 44.1 kHz sample rate used by CD audio can
capture frequencies up to about 22 kHz.
At a high enough sampling rate and bit depth, it is difficult for the average person to distinguish
between the original and digitized version of a sound. The Redbook Audio standard that defines
CD audio includes two audio tracks to provide stereo, a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz and a 16-bit
depth. While this preserves much of the original sound quality, it also requires a great deal of
storage space and a system capable of handling a high audio bit rate.
So, if you think of MIDI control as a screen play, you can think of Digital Audio as the movie you
watch in the theater – a near perfect copy of the actor’s performance.
Depending on how you are planning on using your work will dictate at what quality level you
should record. If you are going to be creating a CD or MP3 file from your work (Available in
Deluxe Edition only) you should record at CD quality 44.1kHz, 16 bit, stereo. For presentations
or sound clips, usually 22.05kHz (stereo or mono) will suffice. In most cases 8 bit audio should
be avoided as the quality is seldom acceptable for most applications.
At CD quality, your initial recording will take approximately 10MB of disk space per minute of
recording time. When later saving as MP3 or Windows Media, you will get nearly the same
quality of audio in only 1MB per minute of recording time. However, some audio data will be
lost in this transformation so it’s always a good idea to keep an uncompressed copy of your data
before saving in one of these formats. Creating an audio CD is a good way to save this data.

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MORE ABOUT MIDI

We commonly refer to a single MIDI device as a port. Each MIDI port can receive (or send)
messages on 16 channels. You can think of each channel as being a different musician (or group of
musicians all playing the same instrument).
You assign an instrument to a channel using what is called a patch. All notes sent on that channel
will then play with that instrument. Much as a musician may be able to switch instruments within
a song, you can change patches within a song as well. But typically, no channel can play two
different instruments at one time.
Besides patch changes, you will use note on and note off messages or events. Each note on event
has a pitch and a velocity describing how hard the note is struck. You can also add controller events,
which manage other functions of the MIDI device such as, set the volume or other parameters.
In the early days of MIDI, there was no agreement among manufacturers as to how a device
might respond. Some devices might call a piano patch 1 while others would play a trumpet. To
alleviate this problem, a specification on top of MIDI called General MIDI, was defined. Now
most soundcards and synthesizers will at least support General MIDI as a subset of their
capabilities. A standard set of patch changes as well as other parameters were specified. One
item worth noting is that under the General MIDI specification, channel 10 is specifically
reserved for drums while channels 1-9 and 11-16 can be used for melodic instruments.
Further extensions to General MIDI were defined by individual manufacturers, most notably GS
by Roland Corp. and XG by Yamaha. In the last few years, a General MIDI 2 specification was
agreed upon. These specifications are all aimed at making MIDI more portable – in other words,
sounding more similar from one device to another. For more information on MIDI, contact the
MIDI Manufacturers Association at http://www.midi.org.

TIME FORMATS
Without time, music is just random noises. Most of the song views in Record Producer establish
where you are in your song in the format of Bar:Beat:Click. While bars (or measures) and beats
are probably familiar to you, clicks probably requires a little explanation.
Every quarter note in Record Producer is made up of 480 subdivisions or clicks. So, an eighth
note is 240 clicks, a sixteenth note is 120 clicks, and so on.
Time is also displayed in real clock time (hours, minutes, and seconds). Or you can display
SMPTE time in which seconds are divided into frames for synchronization with a video. See
Options ? Sync Settings for options on time display. (available in Deluxe Edition only)

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RECORD PRODUCER SCREEN AREAS
Record
Producer’s
display has two
toolbars which
are always
present on the
top and
bottom of the
View Area.
The
Workspace
View Area
changes
depending on what view you are currently displaying.

Transport The transport controls are used to move you around your song and control
some important playback and recording settings.
Range The range controls all deal with setting a range for playback or recording.
Conductor The conductor controls allow you to set the tempo and meter for your
song.
Effects These controls are short cuts to some of the most commonly used items
under the Effects menu. See the online help for more information.
Status The current playback status. (Stopped, Playing, etc.)
Quick View Buttons Used to quickly launch views into the Workspace View Area.
Free Disk Space Free disk space for the temp directory specified in Options ? Digital
Audio Port Setup ? Options
MIDI Activity These lights blink when MIDI data is sent out or is received.
Audio Format Displays the current sample rate and whether playback is mono or stereo.

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TRANSPORT
CONTROLS

Previous Marker Moves the Play Position Pointer to the previous marker or to the beginning
of the file if there is no previous marker.
Next Marker Moves the Play Position Pointer to the next marker or to the end of the file
if there is no next marker.
Stop Stops playback or recording.
Play From the Begins playback of the file from the beginning.
Beginning
Play Begins playback of the file from the current position.
Record Puts Record Producer into Record mode. You must have already
selected a track to record as well as the recording type (MIDI or Audio). If
there is a Count In enabled (See Options ? Metronome Settings)
Record Producer will go into Record Standby mode until the Count In has
ended.
Current Position Displays the current position both in the current time units (Options ?
Sync Settings) and in Bar:Beat:Click Format.
Play Position Slider Allows you to quickly jump to a different area of the song. You can use
the buttons on either ends of the slider to fast forward or rewind the song.
Go to Marker Pressing this button displays a list of inserted markers, allowing you to
jump quickly to any marked point in your song. There is always a virtual
marker at the start of the song. You can also add a new marker from this
menu.
Replace/Overdub Allows you to select what happens to any existing material when you are
recording. Replace automatically removes any existing data when you
make a recording. Overdub will add the new material to what is already
there. Typically, if you want to Overdub you are usually better off
selecting another track which allows you to keep your recordings
separate.
Sync Settings Allows you to quickly jump to the Sync Settings dialog and serves as a
reminder as to whether the current clock source is Internal or External.
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Play Range Plays the part of the song between the From and Thru times listed and
ends.
Record Punch In Records only during the part of the song between the From and Thru
times listed.
Loop Range Plays the part of the song between the From and Thru times listed
repeatedly.
From/Thru Times You can directly select the loop points (given in Bar:Beat:Click format)
or you can press the buttons to copy the current selection to the
controls. Hint: To automatically update the From/Thru times based on
your current selection select Options ? Selection Is Play Range .

CONDUCTOR CONTROLS

Tempo Current tempo in beats per minute (bpm) format. You can select your
tempo with an accuracy of up to two decimal places.
Meter Displays the current time signature for the song.
Tempo Offset This is useful if you have multiple tempo changes throughout your song.
It allows you to speed up or slow down all the tempo changes in your
song. For more precision you can also select the offset using up to two
decimal places.

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RECORD PRODUCER VIEWS

QUICK VIEW BUTTONS

TRACK V IEW
The Track View is
your overview of
your song. The
Track View is
divided into two
panes. The left
hand pane lets you
set the parameters
associated with
each track. The
right hand pane
contains all of your
song data.

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T RACK PARAMETERS
Most of the parameters can be set by clicking with your mouse (with or without the control or
shift keys), typing in directly, or using the + and – keys on the number pad of your keyboard.
You can reorder the columns by clicking and dragging them. The Name, Patch, Port, and
Volume columns can be made wider or narrower by clicking on them.
R (Record) Sets this track for recording. Ctrl-click to select multiple tracks. You
can select one or two audio tracks (record mono or stereo) or you
can select 1 – 16 MIDI tracks. If you select multiple MIDI tracks,
received MIDI data will be split depending on the channel it is
received on.
S (Solo) Play only this track. You can ctrl-click to select multiple tracks. If a
track’s Solo and Mute status are both on, the Soloed tracks are
played regardless of their mute settings.
M (Mute) Do not play this track. You unmute a track by clicking in its mute
column again.
L (Loop) Loop this track. The track is played to the end of the last bar for
which there is data before starting back at the beginning.
Type Tracks can be either Digital Audio or MIDI. The Patch, channel,
Transpose, Velocity Offset and Bank Select parameters are not
available for Digital Audio Tracks.
Name The name by which you would like to refer to the track.
Patch Allows you to select the instrument for this track. Note: All tracks on
the same MIDI port and channel will be assigned this same
instrument. To see the names of all instruments at once, press F2.
Port Allows you to select what port this track is output to. To see the
names of all available ports, press F2. MIDI Ports are setup from
Options ? MIDI Port Setup and Audio Ports are setup from
Options ? Digital Audio Port Setup. (available in Deluxe Edition
only)
Channel The MIDI channel (1- 16) to output this track on. If you keep the
channel at “—“, the data output depends on the actual data in the
track. Otherwise, all messages on the track are assigned to this
channel.
Volume The volume for this track. Note: All tracks on the same MIDI port and
channel will be assigned this same volume. Audio tracks each get a
separate volume.
Pan The panning (left-right separation) for this track. Note: All tracks on
the same MIDI port and channel will be assigned this same value.
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Transpose This sets the transposition for a MIDI track. All notes are raised or
lowered by this amount (given in octave:semitones).

D (Diatonic) This sets whether the transposition is sensitive to the key of the
song. For example, with Diatonic selected, a C Major chord raised
two semi-tones will become a D Minor chord instead of a D Major
chord. This depends on the current key signature set (see
Conductor Editor later in this section).
Velocity Offset All MIDI notes have a velocity value that describes how hard or soft
they were struck. This allows you to offset the note on velocities of
all notes in the track.
Reverb/Chorus These controllers are set by default for easy access. These settings
are only available for MIDI tracks. You can change what controllers
are available in these columns using Options ? MIDI Controllers.
Bank MSB/Bank For easy access to bank control parameters. Bank messages are
LSB used in conjunction with Patch messages to extend the number of
available instruments beyond the standard 128. The use of these
parameters depends on your synthesizer. If you are using the Patch
Selection dialog from the patch column, these will be set
automatically as well.

To reorder your tracks, simply select the track number on the left most side of the view and drag
up or down. To make a copy of track, press the Ctrl key while dragging. You can delete an entire
track by pressing the delete key while dragging also.

SONG DATA
The Song Data pane is displayed using measure blocks of MIDI data and showing Digital Audio
waveforms. MIDI data bars are displayed using varying shades to indicate how much data is
present in any given measure.
From this view, you can rearrange your song at a macro level. Normal word processor editing
commands such as Cut, Copy and Paste are available. Or you can simply select a range and drag
it to somewhere else. The Edit menu also has commands such as Insert/Delete Bars and Move.

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The piano roll
view gets its
name from the
old player
piano paper
rolls with
spaces cut out
to play notes.
In this view
you can edit
any MIDI
track in a
graphical
manner.

Eraser Click on a note to erase it.

Pencil Insert a note at the desired position. If you click and drag immediately,
you can draw in the notes without changing the selected note duration.
Arrow All purpose control for moving and selecting notes. You can insert a new
note by double clicking. You can delete a note by pressing delete while
you are dragging.
The direction which you can drag the note depends on where on the note
you click.
? If you select near the beginning of the note, you can adjust the
starting time.
? Selecting the middle of the note allows you to change the pitch.
? Selecting near the end of the note you can adjust the notes duration.
These same principles work if a group of notes are selected as well.
Step Record Step Record mode lets you input notes from your keyboard, one at a time.
Select the Step Record button, choose the note duration and click on the
piano roll where you want to begin entering music.
Each time you press a key (or chord) the notes will be inserted and the
position will advance. To leave step record mode, simply select one of the
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Note Duration This drop down allows you to select the duration of the notes you would
like to insert. You can insert triplet or dotted notes.
Note Articulation Gives the articulation as a percentage value. 100% means that notes are
inserted to their full length. By setting it shorter you can automatically
insert staccato notes. This is particularly useful when in Step Record
Mode.
Tuplet Numerator These controls let you select the “triplet” note duration. Normally, a triplet
and Denominator is 3 notes in the space of 2. With these controls you can easily insert any
values without a calculator. Need to add a quintuplet – just set the
numerator to 5 and the denominator to 4!
Insert Length This is normally a status display which shows the actual Bar:Beat:Click
duration of the note to be inserted based on the selections in the Note
Duration, Articulation and Tuplet fields. You can also just type in a value
here as well to set a custom duration.
Note On and Off This sets the on and off velocities for the inserted notes. The on velocity
Velocities represents how hard the note is struck. The note off velocity is not used
by most synthesizers. If you are in Step Record mode, the on velocity will
be whatever was sent by your MIDI controller.
Snap to Grid Turns on and off whether or not inserted notes snap to the grid settings.
For example, if you have a Quarter note set in the Snap to Value field,
turning this on will force all notes to start on quarter note boundaries.
Display Grid Draws vertical lines representing the grid settings.
Grid Value This note value represents the width of the grid. Dotted notes can not be
selected here because the grid is then uneven and not useful. This value
is used by the Snap to Grid and Quantize Grid functions.
Insert Pitch and These displays give you feedback as to the precise position of your
Start Time mouse. While dragging they represent the final value of the note if you let
Displays go of the mouse.
S (Solo) Plays this track only when selected.
Track Selection Allows you to choose which track to display.
Zoom In/Out The + and – magnifying glass buttons on the scroll bars let you zoom in
Buttons and out of the view. If you have a range selected and press the ‘+’ button,
you will zoom in so that range is visible as big as possible.
Notation Display The Notation Display button opens and closes a pane where music
notation for the current track is displayed. To change the transcription
settings, right click on the notation pane. See Notation Window for a
discussion of the parameters available.
Controller Editor The Controller Editor opens and closes a pane where MIDI controller data
can be edited graphically.

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Selects what type of data you can edit. The menu displays some
commonly used parameters and then expands to show all available
Controller Type controllers. Items for which data already exists in the track are
Select checked off. Note velocities and the tempo of the song can also be
edited here.
Eraser Click and drag to delete controller data. Note velocities can only be
deleted by deleting the corresponding notes.
Pencil Draw in data free hand.
Arrow Select a range of data for clipboard operations
Line This tool lets you draw a straight line. Click at the starting position and
drag the line to where you want it to end before releasing.
Curve Works similar to the Line Mode but after releasing the mouse when
drawing a line, moving the mouse will change the shape of the curve
until you click and release again.
Fill Rate Specifies how dense the inserted MIDI data should be. Too many
values can mess up the timing of your song and doesn’t provide any
discernable difference in playback.
Controller Value These status displays show you the precise position of your mouse. If
and Insert Point you are trying to add very accurate points, you can drag the border
between the piano roll and controller panes to change the scale of the
window.
Draw Lines Displays each discrete value as a line.
Draw Blocks Fills in the time after the event with a block of color. This is particularly
useful when you have somewhat sparse controller changes as you
can still see the data in effect while the original message is scrolled
out of sight.

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EVENT LIST V IEW AND CONDUCTOR V IEW

The Conductor View and Event List
View are identical looking but allow
different types of data to be edited.
The Event List View displays all the
individual MIDI messages that make
up your track. Essentially, this is a
textual view of the Piano Roll and
Controller Editor displays.
The Conductor view allows you to
edit Tempo, Time Signature and Key
Signature events within your song.
These events affect all tracks in your
song.
This view can be used to fine tune
parameters or to quickly add very
precise events.
Insert… Displays a dialog which lets you add any event you wish.
Delete Removes the selected events.
Change… Edits the parameters of the selected events.
Filter… Allows you to specify which events you see.
Track Select Decide which track you wish to display.

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The Digital Audio View lets you edit a single track of audio.

Selected Track Allows you to choose which track to display.

Tuplet Numerator These controls let you select the “triplet” grid length. Normally, a triplet is
and Denominator 3 notes in the space of 2. With these controls you can easily insert any
values without a calculator. Need to add a quintuplet – just set the
numerator to 5 and the denominator to 4!
Cursor Position This display gives you feedback as to the precise position of your mouse.
(time) While dragging it represents the start time of the dropped selection if you
let go of the mouse.
Snap to Grid Turns on and off whether or not inserted notes snap to the grid settings.
For example, if you have a Quarter note set in the Snap to Value field,
turning this on will force all notes to start on quarter note boundaries.
Display Grid Draws vertical lines representing the grid settings.
Grid Value This note value represents the width of the grid. Dotted notes can not be
selected here because the grid is then uneven and not useful. This value
is used by the Snap to Grid and Quantize Grid functions.
S (Solo) Plays this track only when selected.
Zoom In/Out The + and – magnifying glass buttons on the scroll bars let you zoom in
Buttons and out of the view. If you have a range selected and press the ‘+’ button,
you will zoom in so that range is visible as big as possible.

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SYSEX V IEW
SysEx is short for System
Exclusive Messages. This refers
to bulk data that can be
uploaded from and downloaded
to a synthesizer. These
messages are almost always
device specific. Each line on
the display refers to a single
SysEx bank.

Load Loads a SysEx bank from an external file. SysEx banks have an
extension of .syx. These are simply binary files containing the MIDI
data.
Edit Displays an editor where you can type in data manually.
Save Allows you to save a SysEx bank to an external file.
Send Sends the currently selected bank to the specified MIDI port.
Receive Displays a dialog allowing you to record SysEx data from an external
MIDI device. The input port should be the device connected to the
output of your MIDI synth or external device. See the online help for
more information.
Delete Deletes the currently selected SysEx bank.

SYSEX COLUMNS
Name A user friendly name for this bank. To send a SysEx bank in the middle
of a song, you can refer to this bank in the Event List View.
Port Specifies which MIDI device to output the SysEx bank to.
Length This value displays the size of the SysEx bank. Record Producer
calculates this value for you.
Auto Checking this column will cause the bank to automatically be sent when
the file is loaded.

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This view lets you display and print music notation transcribed from your MIDI data.

Transcribe Sets transcription options.

Refresh Updates notation after MIDI editing.
Print On any Windows printer.
Page Selects page of the score to view.
Zoom Sets notation display size.

T RANSCRIPTION SETTINGS
Track Name The track name assigned in the Track View for your reference.
Show Sets whether this track should be notated.
Clef Displays the clef to use when transcribing. You can choose from
Auto, Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor, Grand Staff (Piano), and Drums.
Split Specifies (when using a Grand Staff) where the split point between
the treble and bass clefs should be.
Voices Set whether the track contains 1 or 2 separate voices. A track, which
contains a single rhythm (perhaps in harmony), is a single voice.
Triplets Set whether or not the track contains triplets.
Transpose Set the transposition for this track. Note that this transposition
affects the display only, not the playback pitch. This is used for
transposing instruments such as a clarinet or trumpet.
Title, Author, Copyright Textual elements to display on the page.
Suppress Rests Because of phrasing, accents and other expressive playing, a direct
transcription of the notes does not always provide a readable piece
of notation. This option helps Record Producer interpret what was
meant by a phrase of music.
? Fill – Extends notes so that they always end at a beat boundary
if there is no other note. For example, three sixteenth notes
followed by an sixteenth rest will be notated as two sixteenth
notes and an eighth note.
? Normal – Suppresses some rests but not all.
? Off – No rest suppression is used.
Quantize Selects the smallest duration to be notated.

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MIDI MIXER VIEW

This view displays the same data as is on
the Track View Track Parameters Pane
in a graphical interface. Each column in
the mixer refers to a single MIDI
channel. If you are using multiple MIDI
devices you can change the current
device using the Port selection.

NOTEPAD V IEW
This view allows you to save any notes you might have
along with your file. Saving any patch settings or tuning
information can help you come back to the song later on.
Or you can just add your lyrics and other song information.

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SETTING UP YOUR AUDIO HARDWARE
Record Producer will interface with your audio hardware through two different methods. MIDI
devices are selected using Options ? MIDI Port Setup and digital audio devices are selected
using Options ? Digital Audio Port Setup.
When selecting audio ports you can almost always just select Primary Sound Driver for output
and Primary Sound Capture Driver for input. This corresponds to the audio device selected in
the Windows Control Panel Sound or Multimedia applet. For changing this setting see the
documentation for your version of Windows.
You can also select other audio ports directly. If any of the devices say “Emulated” at the end, it
is recommended that you use another device if available. This will probably only be the case if
you have older audio hardware.
When selecting MIDI ports, Windows provides a similar mechanism for MIDI Output. This is
displayed as the “Microsoft MIDI Mapper.” The corresponding MIDI device can be changed in
a similar manner to the Primary Sound Driver.
There are a few things to be aware of when selecting MIDI devices. On some versions of
Windows, using the Microsoft MIDI Mapper does not perform as efficiently as selecting that
driver directly. You also probably want to avoid using any software synthesizers. For example,
newer versions of Windows provide the “Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth.” Typically, this
synthesizer has a lag of about 100 milliseconds (1/10th of a second) from the time you start
playing a note until the time you hear it. This makes it not very useful for this type of application.

SELECTING A R ANGE
Almost all of the editing functions of Record Producer require a selected range to act on. These
steps apply to nearly all of the views in the application.
1. Click and hold the primary mouse button on the desired Start point, then drag to the desired
end point and release. The range you have selected will be highlighted.
2. Or click the primary mouse button at one point and then place mouse at the desired end
point. Hold the shift key and click. The area between the two mouse clicks will be selected.
3. To select all data in the current view, use Edit ? Select All.

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SETTING THE PLAYBACK POSITION

The following information applies to the Track View, Piano Roll View, and Digital Audio View.
To set the playback position, simply right click in the area of the measure numbers at the top of
the view. You will see a red triangle marking the current play position. In the Piano Roll, you can
drag this pointer to audition the notes below.
If you are moving back and forth between a few playback positions you may want to setup
markers at those locations. Simply drag the marker symbol from the top left-hand corner of
the view to the location in the song you would like it to be.
To edit the marker name, double click on the marker flag and you will open a window where you
can type in a name, fine tune the position of the marker, or remove the marker altogether.
Now, you can use the Next/Previous buttons as well as the Go To Marker button in the
transport to easily jump to various positions in your song.

USING THE NUMERICAL UP/DOWN CONTROLS

The number controls that are used throughout Record Producer have some
handy shortcuts and can be set using a number of different methods.
Just click inside the control and type the new value. Most of the multi-part numbers require only
that you type as many sections as you need and zero out the rest. For example, typing “27”,
“27:1” or “27:1:0” all set a Bar:Beat:Click control to the start of bar 27.
To select with your mouse, click up and down buttons increment by one (or +/- on your numeric
keypad). Shift-click will increment or decrement by a larger amount (* and / on your numeric
keypad). Control-shift-click moves to the minimum and maximum values (Home and End keys).
For the tempo controls, a regular click changes the whole numbers, to move by hundredths you
can use Ctrl-click (or Ctrl + and Ctrl – on your numeric keypad).

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Record Producer comes with plenty of music samples that you can use as a basis for your songs
or just add a little flourish. Since MIDI samples don’t take up a lot of disk space, they are
installed along with the application. You can find them in the Samples subfolder. You have the
option of using the audio samples directly from the CD or installing them to your hard drive. If
you have enough disk space, we recommend installing the samples so that they are always
available to you.
There are two ways to add a sample to your current file:
1. Select File ? Merge/Import and select the samples you would like to add.
2. Select the files in an Explorer window and drag them onto the application.
In either case, the samples will be added as new tracks at the end of your song. It is often easiest
(at least in the beginning stages of your composition) to keep each sample on its own track and
simply move and copy it to where you need it.
MIDI samples are more flexible. You can easily change the tempo, the pitch, the instrument or
rearrange the melodies and rhythms yourself. Audio samples on the other hand cannot be easily
changed. You will notice that MIDI samples are arranged only by style while the audio samples
are first arranged by tempo (in beats per minute). Although you can change the tempo and pitch
of audio samples in the Deluxe version of Record Producer, this is usually best left to making
only minor changes.
The Construction Kits section of the audio samples contains mostly complete instrumental
sections with some solo instruments and voices. These can be used to create music for your
website or a presentation within minutes.
The other audio and MIDI samples contain only single instruments and can be combined
together (and with parts of your own creation) in a virtually unlimited number of combinations.

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RECORDING MIDI
1. Once your MIDI Ports are properly set, you should be able to play your keyboard and hear
sounds play. If you don’t, check the online help for troubleshooting tips.
2. Select a track to record from the Track View. Click on the ‘R’ column.
3. Click on the type column until you see the round MIDI plug symbol.
4. While not absolutely required, it is usually best to select a MIDI channel and a patch
(instrument) to play.
5. Hit record and you should be ready to go!
6. Press the stop button to stop recording.

CLEANING UP MIDI RECORDINGS

After your recording is complete, you can perform a number of tasks.
1. First off, listen to your recording. If you are happy with it then move on!
2. If you’ve just missed a note or two, try opening the Piano Roll and moving the out of place
notes. You can easily find your spot by dragging the mouse with the right mouse button
down across the measure numbers at the top of the Piano Roll View. As you move the
mouse, the notes will play along at the speed you drag the cursor.
3. If you hit all the notes but the timing
was sloppy, select the area you would
like to update, and select Effects ?
MIDI ? Start Times ? Quantize
Note. Or, just hit the “Q” button at
the top right hand side of the
application!
4. Quantize will pull your notes closer to
the beats. The top row of controls
gives you control over where the
imaginary grid lies. For example, if you
select an eighth note (and leave Dotted
and Tuplet unselected) all the notes in
your track will be moved to the closest
eighth note boundary. Press the Help
button for more detailed explanation of all the controls in the dialog.

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1. Launch the Audio Mixer by selecting Windows ? Audio System Mixer. You will see tabs
for different functions of your mixer. Depending on your soundcard, you may see different
choices so check the documentation that came with your hardware if you aren’t sure. Select
the tab that says Record.
2. You will now typically see a list of input sources. These will usually be things like
Microphone, Line In, Stereo Mix. Select the source that you want. If you want to hear the
sound out of your speakers while you are recording, you may need to also adjust the level of
the same source on the Playback tab.
3. Open the Recording Meters by selecting Window ? Audio Record Levels. You should
now be able to talk into your microphone or other input and see the lights flash on the
meters. Adjust the recording tab sliders until the loudest sounds that you plan on recording
are near the top of the meters.
4. Press the Record button to begin recording.
5. When you are finished, press the Stop Button.
6. Click the Play button to hear what you've just recorded.
7. Save your recording!

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CLEANING UP AUDIO RECORDINGS

To ensure the highest quality of recording, there are a few things you should do after recording.
1. Save your recording!
2. Select the area you just recorded and choose Effects ? Digital Audio ? DC Offset from
the menu. For optimal results press Suggest and then OK after the ideal values are
calculated. Running this on just part of a recording can introduce clicks at the beginning and
ending of the selected region.
3. If your recording sounds a little too quiet, you have a few different options. You can select
Effects ? Digital Audio ? Normalize which will make certain that you have the hottest
possible signal. If you have a recording with numerous pauses though (such as a vocal track)
you may find that the noise levels increase along with your vocal. Other options are:

? Re-record the passage with your recording levels a little higher.

? Select Effects ? Digital Audio ? Compressor/Noise Gate to remove noise from
silent passages. (Available in Deluxe Edition only)
4. If the recording sounds uneven with some points much louder than others, select Effects ?
Digital Audio ? Compressor/Noise Gate and use the Compressor or Limiter functions
to smooth out your recording.
5. Finally, if your recording has a great deal of pauses and empty space, it is best to delete these
spaces. Record Producer will remember where the active sections are supposed to start and
end and display a silent line (at 0%) in a different color. This will allow your song to take up
much less hard disk space.
To delete these unnecessary spaces, either select the range and select Edit ? Delete, or you
can run the Noise Gate function (Effects ? Digital Audio ? Compressor/Noise Gate)
with very low settings to remove the pauses automatically.

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While the Record Producer file format is great for editing songs, it isn’t exactly very portable. It’s
not uncommon for a 3 minute song with four or five audio tracks to top well over 50MB of hard
disk space. Not exactly a file that too many people will be happy to get in an email.
That being the case, we need to produce a file that has all the existing tracks mixed down to a
stereo audio file that we can further process, burn to CD, or make an MP3 file.
Assuming that you have MIDI tracks as well as audio, the first step is to convert these to Digital
Audio.
1. Mute any existing Digital Audio Tracks temporarily.
2. Open the Record Level Meters (Window ? Audio Record Levels) and the Audio Mixer
(Window ? Audio System Mixer).
3. At this point, you want to configure your record settings so that you can record your MIDI
playback as a digital audio track. If you are using a soundcard you probably want to select
something named Stereo Mix or Loopback. If you are using an external synthesizer, you can
hook it up to your soundcard’s line input.
4. Press the play button and adjust your levels such that the meters display as close to the top
as possible without actually hitting the top. You may want to play a few different locations
in your song to check for possible volume increases.
5. Now select two tracks for audio recording. Click in the R column for the first and ctrl-click
to select a second track. This will allow you to record a stereo file so that all of your pan
settings will be recorded as well.
6. Press record and press stop when the song is over.
7. You should now be able to mute all of your MIDI tracks and un-mute any digital audio
tracks that you muted in step 1.
8. Playback the song to make sure all of your levels are OK.
9. Select File ? Create Audio Mixdown. This will ask you if you want to normalize the file
(which you usually should) and process the data. When it is complete, the stereo file will be
opened in the Advanced Audio Editor where you can save it as a wave file, an MP3 file, or
burn it to a CD.

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ADVANCED AUDIO EDITOR (Deluxe Edition only)

The Advanced Audio

Editor is a powerful
component of Record
Producer.
It can be used to
prepare new samples
for use in Record
Producer or to
perform “Post
Processing” on your
final Mixdown.
You can also use it as
a fully integrated part
of Record Producer
for those times that
you just need to get
down and edit a single
sample of audio. Just
select the audio in Record Producer and choose Edit ? Advanced Audio Editor.
Advanced Audio Editor is also the tool you will use to burn CDs and create MP3 files.

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Previous Moves the Play Position Pointer to the previous marker or to the
beginning of the file if there is no previous marker.
Next Moves the Play Position Pointer to the next marker or to the end of the
file if there is no next marker.
Stop Stops playback or recording.
Play Begins playback of the file from the current position.
Pause Temporarily stops recording or playback and leaves the play position
pointer in the current position. To resume, click the Pause button again.
Record Puts Advanced Audio Editor in Record Standby mode. In this mode, the
red light on the button blinks to indicate that your system is ready to
record. Press either the Pause or Play button to begin recording.
Current Position Displays the Current Play Position during recording and playback, in
minutes:seconds:hundredths of a second.
Level Meters Indicates the signal levels during recording and playback to help you
determine the best recording level.

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STATUS A REA

Selected Duration Displays the duration of the selected range.

File Duration Displays the length of the file.
Sample Rate Displays the sample rate, in Hertz, of the currently active file
Resolution Displays the bit resolution of the current file.
Mono/Stereo Displays whether the currently active file is stereo or mono.
Free Disk Space Displays the amount of free space on the hard drive used to record
audio files.

A DVANCED AUDIO EDITOR MENUS AND TOOLBARS

For detailed descriptions of each menu item, please see the Advanced Audio Editor Help File.
Many of these commands are also available on the toolbars. You can move the toolbars wherever
you like. Just click on the left
edge of the toolbar and drag it
to where you want it. If you
move the toolbar near an edge it will “dock” in place. Or you can let them float anywhere on the
screen. You can also turn toolbars on and off with the Tools ? Toolbars menu options.
To find out what a button does just move the mouse over the button and shortly a ‘tooltip’ will
popup telling you the name of the command and the keyboard shortcut assigned to it if
applicable. There will also be a longer description of the button at the bottom of the screen in
status area.

T O LOAD AND PLAY A DIGITAL A UDIO FILE

1. Choose File ? Open or click the ‘Open File’ button on the toolbar. Navigate to the
directory where your digital audio files are located and click a file name in the Files list.
2. Double-click the file name or highlight the file name you want to load and choose OK.
3. Click the Play button or press the Spacebar. The digital audio file plays.
NOTE: You can load multiple audio files at one time and select between them by using the
Window menu to select the file you wish to display.

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The overview display always shows a graphical view of your entire file. It cannot be scrolled or
zoomed. The part of your file currently visible in the Waveform Display below is shown using
the same colors as the Overview Display. As you zoom in and scroll your waveform display, the
highlighted region in the overview display will change along with the viewable region.
When the main Waveform Display is zoomed in, you can also use the overview display to scroll
the waveform. Simply click on the highlighted region and drag to move the selected area.
Above the graphical wave data is a “ruler” which shows the time at various points in the file. You
can change the format of these time markings by selecting Tools ? Preferences ? View. You
can select a range by clicking and dragging in the ruler area.

WAVEFORM DISPLAY
The Waveform Display is the main
“working area” in Advanced Audio
Editor. This graphical view of your audio
file is where you will perform all of your
edits. Most editing operations work on a
selected range of audio.

TO PLAY THE ENTIRE FILE

OR THE SELECTED R ANGE
1. With a range selected, press the
Spacebar or click the Play button.
Only the highlighted area of the
Range plays.
2. To play the entire file, click outside of the range to un-highlight it, press the Spacebar or
click the Play button. To place the Play Bar at the beginning of the file, press the Jump to
Beginning button in the transport.
3. To play from a specific point in the file, click on the point to position the play bar in the
waveform, press the Spacebar or click the Play button. Only the portion of the file to the
right of the play bar will play.

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TO ZOOM IN OR OUT ON A SELECTED RANGE

1. Select the range and click the Zoom In (or Zoom Out) button on the bottom right of the
screen (Labeled as + and -). The entire screen will represent the length of the highlighted
range.
NOTE: The Waveform Overview Display above the Graphic Display shows the entire
waveform in a smaller format, along with the range that is ‘zoomed’. You can click on the
range in the Waveform Overview Display and ‘drag it’ left or right to see other sections of
the waveform in the same zoom resolution.
2. Select a range in the zoomed view and repeat the procedure to produce successively higher
degrees of magnification.
NOTE: Clicking the zoom (+) button without having a range selected increases the
magnification by 2.

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Sometimes when you are
working with large files, it is
useful to split the screen to
show a different region of the
file. For example, when doing
voice-overs, rearranging
phrases is a snap. Or for
editing a large loop you can
zoom in on both end points
instead of just one.
When the Secondary
Waveform Display is visible,
the Overview Display shows
the location of each pane by
drawing in the appropriate
colors.
To show the Secondary Waveform Display:
1. Drag your mouse near the left edge of the waveform display.
2. When you see the double sided cursor, click and drag to the right to view the secondary
waveform display.
To Hide the Secondary Waveform Display, simply drag the border between the main waveform
and the secondary waveform all the way to the left and release the mouse.

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USING ADVANCED AUDIO EDITOR

RECORDING AUDIO
Advanced Audio Editor is able to record audio using two methods, a manual mode where you
have complete control over all of your settings or using the Record Wizard which walks you
through the process of recording. The Record Wizard also offers you the benefits of automatic
level adjustment and silence detection.
Using either method, the first step is to connect the audio source (microphone, CD player, tape
deck, etc.) to the appropriate input jack on your sound card. Refer to the sound card's hardware
documentation if you need help with this.
When the record button is pressed, Advanced Audio Editor gives you an option to use your
current mixer settings or the Record Wizard. This option can also be set from the General
Options section of the Preferences window. If you turn off the prompt, you can also run the
Record Wizard by selecting Tools ? Record Wizard.

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After the introduction screen, Record Wizard will give you options regarding what you want to
record.

RECORD SOURCE AND QUALITY

The recording device is typically your
sound card(s). However, some voice
modems may also show up as an
additional recording device. If you
are unsure of what to select, check
the documentation that came with
your audio hardware.
Once you have selected the recording
device, you must choose a recording
source from that device. Many
sound cards will support something
called ‘Stereo Mix’ or ‘Loopback’
which is a mix of all of your sound
card inputs as well as any source
played on your computer (like an
MP3 or MIDI file in AudioStation).
The Record Quality is also selected
on this screen. As noted earlier,
since digital audio data can
potentially take up a lot of disk space,
this is an important decision. If you
are doing multimedia type work, typically a 22k, 16bit, mono format will suffice. If you want to
record CD quality audio, choose 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo. At this format you’ll use approximately
10MB of disk space per minute of audio recording. The disk space consumption per minute of
recording time is displayed.

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SETTING RECORD LEVELS

Another important point of the
recording process is to get your
levels correctly set. The objective
is to record at the highest level
possible without introducing
distortion. If your recording
consistently goes into the ‘red,’
the levels should probably be
lowered.
There are three sliders to adjust
the levels.
1. The Record Level slider
controls the input level to
the recorder. This slider
should always be kept as
high as possible without
going into the red.
2. The Detect-Input
Sensitivity controls the threshold used in Detect Input record mode and the Insert Markers
on Song Breaks option set on the next screen. When the audio level is above this
threshold, recording will begin or a marker will be placed as appropriate.
3. The Volume slider controls the monitor/playback volume. In some cases, this affects the
recording volume but it usually is simply the volume for you to listen to what you are
recording.
These sliders can be set automatically using the Auto Adjust Gain button. When this button is
pressed, the Record Wizard will listen for signal and adjust the levels accordingly. While this
process is running, you should speak into your microphone or play your CD depending on what
source you are recording from. If you are recording a CD or an album, you may want to run the
Auto Adjust on several parts as levels can be drastically different from one section to another.

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The Record Wizard has two
recording modes:
? Normal mode
recording begins
immediately when
the Record button
is pressed.

? Detect Input mode

recording waits until
input is detected
above the threshold
level set in the
previous window,
using the ‘Detect-
Input Sensitivity’
slider. After the
level threshold is
reached recording
begins.
The Insert Markers at Song Breaks option allows markers to be automatically dropped in the
file at song start times. The marker positions may later be edited.
Record starts the recording or waits until input is detected depending on the recording mode. If
you have already made a recording you can either append or overwrite your previous recording.
Stop ends the recording or playback.
Listen plays back the data just recorded.
After recording, press the Finish button to load the file back in Advanced Audio Editor and save
your recording.

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RECORDING AUDIO MANUALLY

1. Select Tools ? Mixer to launch either the Record Producer Mixer or the one bundled with
your sound card. (You can configure the mixer application to launch by selecting Tools ?
Preferences ? General .) Then enable the desired source for recording.
2. From the File menu select New (Ctrl-N) and select the audio quality to record.
3. If you're recording from a CD-ROM drive, CD Player or tape deck, cue up the material as
needed.
4. Click the Record button. The Record and Pause buttons begin to blink indicating that
Advanced Audio Editor is in Record Standby mode. Adjust the recording level while
playing the source material or speaking into the microphone.
5. Click the Pause button or the Play button to start recording. The red light stops blinking and
remains lit; indicating that Advanced Audio Editor is recording.
6. Speak into the microphone or play the material you prepared earlier. To temporarily halt
recording without losing already recorded material, click the Pause button. Click the Pause
button again to resume.
7. Click the Stop button to stop recording. Advanced Audio Editor will process the recorded
data and when completed, a waveform will be displayed.
8. Click the Play button to hear what you've just recorded.
9. Save your recording!

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To ensure the highest quality of recording, there are a few things you should do after recording.
1. Save your recording!
2. Run Remove DC Offset from the Effects menu. This should be run on the entire recording
as running it on just part of a recording can introduce clicks at the beginning and ending of
the selected region.
3. Run Normalize from the Effects menu. This will make certain that you have the hottest
possible signal and will keep multiple recordings at a consistent volume.
4. If your signal was from a noisy source such as an LP or cassette you may want to run Audio
Restoration from the Effects menu or one of the individual effects.

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RECORDING LP PHONOGRAPH RECORDS AND ANALOG TAPES

Record Producer lets you record music from external sources, such as a cassette deck, LP
turntable, or a stereo receiver, so you can convert your collection of albums and cassettes into
digital music files.
Once converted and stored on your computer’s hard disk, the converted music files can be used
with MP3 players or as Audio CDs
Recording from an external source requires that you connect a ‘line level’ signal to the line input
on your PC sound card. The output of a turntable must be amplified to bring it to ‘line level’,
which requires either a phono preamplifier or a stereo receiver with a phono input and line level
output (which is usually the Tape Monitor output.)
Connect the Tape Monitor outputs of your stereo receiver, integrated amplifier or phonograph
preamplifier to the stereo Line In on your sound card. Place your LP on the turntable and set
your stereo’s input selector to PHONO.
NOTE: You may need an adapter cable that runs from your output source (stereo
receiver, tape deck, etc.) to the PC’s sound card input. On the sound card side, this will
usually be a stereo 1/8” mini-plug and on the output source it is usually a dual RCA
jack. An RCA-to-miniplug adapter cable can be purchased directly from the Voyetra
website (www.voyetra.com).
Record using either the Record Wizard or Manual Record method described earlier. If you are
using the Record Wizard, it is recommended that you select Insert Markers at song breaks. If
you are using the manual method, you can select Markers ? Find Gaps when the recording is
complete. Then follow the steps in the section on “Cleaning Up Your Recording.”
At this time you can:

? Split your file into multiple MP3, Windows Media, or WAVE files if you like. See the
section on “Using Markers” for more details.

? Burn your recording to CD. See “Creating an Audio CD.”

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BLENDING SOUNDS WITH MIX PASTE
Sections of audio can be blended to create a composite file from different audio clips. For
example, you can record a voice-over segment, then record a separate musical segment. Using the
Mix Paste command these clips can be blended together to create an audio track for a multimedia
presentation or a radio commercial. You can also cross fade between songs to put together your
own DJ style mixes!
1. With two WAV files open, Cut or Copy the data from file “A” into the clipboard. You can
hear this clip by clicking on the Play Clipboard button.
2. Now, in file “B”, select the location where you want to paste the data from the clipboard.
3. Select Edit ? Mix Paste to bring
up the Mix Paste options dialog.
There are three parameters which
you can set:
Fade In – The time for the volume
changes to take effect. For creating
voice-overs this will typically be
rather short – just long enough to
avoid a drastic change in volume.
Fade Out -- The time to restore
the previous volumes. For DJ
mixes you probably want to set this
to zero so that you can Mix Paste
another song at the end.
Mix – The volume of the pasted material. At 100% you will hear none of file “A” and all of
file “B.” For voice-overs you probably want a setting between 50 and 75%. For DJ mixes,
100% would be the norm.
4. Press OK to perform the operation.
5. Click the Play button to hear the results. If you are not happy with the mix simply select
Undo and perform the operation again with different parameters.

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USING MARKERS
One of the most powerful
features of Record Producer is
its ability to place markers.
With markers in place you can
easily jump to positions in your
file using the Next and
Previous buttons. Double
clicking will select the region
between two markers making
editing a snap. Markers are also
used for placing track indexes
for creating CDs and for easily
breaking a large file into smaller
files using the Markers ?
Split Markers Into Files
command.

ADDING MARKERS
Markers can be placed automatically using the Record Wizard or the Markers ? Find Gaps
command, or manually. To manually drop a marker, click on the place you want the marker and
choose Markers ? Add Marker. You can even drop markers while you are playing back.
Listen for the spot you want and choose add marker (the keyboard short-cut (F3) or toolbar
buttons work great here). Don’t worry about getting it precisely in the right spot in this case, you
can adjust the positions later.

ADJUSTING MARKERS
Just click on the marker flag and drag it to where you would like it. If you right-click on a marker
you can change the name of the marker or remove it. Naming markers is essential when splitting
into multiple files as this will control the filenames used.

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USING THE LOOP EDITOR
The looping features of Record Producer can be used to create samples for a synthesizer or just
to easily play back a section of your song.
You can position the Start and End points at the beginning and end of the currently selected
range (as illustrated below) by right clicking in the range and selecting Set Loop To Selected
Range. If no loop points are set, the points appear at the beginning and end of the waveform.
Clicking outside of the range will
un-highlight the range, but the
loop points still show where it
was originally positioned.
Selecting Loop ? Play Loop
will play the portion of the
waveform between the markers.
Loop ? Play Loop with
Attack will play the file from the
beginning and then repeat the
loop, as it would in a sampler
keyboard.
Typically, a selected range will
pop at the loop point each time
playback cycles around, due to a
level offset at the beginning and
end of the loop. To remove this
offset, use the Loop ? Adjust Loop Start/End ? Previous/Next Zero Crossing commands.
This will locate the nearest point where the waveform crosses the zero amplitude mark. Once the
start and end points are set to zero, the pop should disappear.

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CREATING AN AUDIO CD
Record Producer supports a wide variety of CD-R drives. If you are having problems recording
CDs, please check our web site at www.Voyetra.com to determine if your CD-R drive is
compatible with Record Producer.

Record Producer can burn a CD using two methods:

Track at once – A single file is written to the CD as a separate audio CD track. Use this method
if you have a lot of short files that you would like to write to the CD. Make sure to uncheck
“Close Session” for all except the last file added. If you do not close the CD Session after the
last file, the disc may not be playable in many standard CD players – but once you close the
session, the CD will no longer be writable.
Disk at once – Here you have complete control over the space between songs. The disc will play
exactly as it does in Record Producer. Checking “New Track at Markers” will add a track index
that you can seek to on a standard CD player but there will be no space between the tracks. You
cannot add more files to the CD after burning the disc. If you want to create a master for
commercial CD duplication, you must use this method.

T O RECORD (BURN) AN A UDIO CD-R

1. Load the file you would like to burn to CD-R.
2. Place a blank CD-R disk in the CD-R drive and close the tray.
3. Select Tools ? Create CD. The Create CD dialog will come up.
4. From here you can select your CDR device and make decisions on CD-R speed and cache
settings and whether or not to run a test before writing your CD.
? Tip! You should run a test before burning your first CD or after you’ve made any
significant changes to your system (i.e. installed new hardware or applications).
5. Press “Start Recording” to start burning the CD (or to test the CD burn if you are in test
mode).
NOTE: If you press “Cancel” during the CD burn process, the CD will be only partially
“burned” and will probably be useless.

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RECORD PRODUCER OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES:

TURTLE BEACH USB MIDI CABLE

Whether its to add a second MIDI port to your existing desktop system or to finally get
MIDI onto your laptop, the Turtle Beach USB MIDI Cable is the perfect solution. Just
plug it into any USB port on any system and you can start making music.

MUSICWRITE™ MUSIC
NOTATION SOFTWARE
MusicWrite allows you to edit music notation
directly. Control every nuance of your printed
sheet music. Add lyrics and chord symbols or
even guitar tablature. A demo version of
MusicWrite Maestro is on your Record
Producer CD.

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