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9 <section id="sn-basic-recording">
10 <title>Basic Recording</title>
12 Recording audio is theoretically a very simple process. You have to make
13 essentially 2 decisions: what are you going to record, and how many
14 channels will you be recording, then press a couple of buttons and
19 Unfortunately, most recording also requires monitoring—providing
20 some way to hear what you are recording as you record it, possibly with
21 existing recorded material as well. Monitoring in Ardour is very
22 flexible, but with flexibility comes complexity. If you want to try to
23 skip ahead and record without reading about monitoring, you are welcome
24 to do so. Ardour attempts to use reasonable defaults for monitoring, but
25 the variety of hardware setups make it impossible to pick one default
26 that will work for everyone.
30 For this reason, you are strongly recommended to spend a few minutes
31 understanding <xref linkend="sn-monitoring"/>, because otherwise you're
32 going to get very confused and possibly irritated.
35 <section id="recording-a-single-track">
36 <title>Recording a single audio track</title>
38 These steps can all be taken directly within the Editor window,
39 although most of them can also be done via Mixer window if you prefer.
43 <section id="setting-up-a-new-track-for-recording">
44 <title>Setting up a new track for recording</title>
48 Choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Add
49 Track/Bus</guisubmenu> </menuchoice>. This will popup a dialog
50 allowing you to choose how many tracks to add, and what basic I/O
51 configuration the track will have (mono, stereo, etc.). You can
52 change I/O configurations for tracks at any time.
57 Make the editor's dedicated mixer strip visible by clicking on the
58 <guibutton>Editor Mixer</guibutton> button located at the left end
62 In Ardour2, there is no <guibutton>Editor Mixer</guibutton>
63 button, but you can make the mixer strip visible by selecting
64 <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Show Editor
65 Mixer</guisubmenu> </menuchoice>, or by pressing
66 <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>
73 <section id="selecting-record-source">
74 <title>Selecting the source to record</title>
78 Check the input configuration for the new track. Click on its
79 control area. A mixer strip appears in the editor for this
80 track. Click on the <guibutton>Input</guibutton> button near the
81 top of the strip, and select <guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem>
82 from the menu. The standard I/O dialog pops up to let you
83 connect the track to whichever JACK port you want to record
89 Rename the track. This is an important step in helping you make
90 sense of your session, because track names are used when naming
91 newly created regions.
96 Click on the track's record-enable button to record enable the
97 track. You can use the <guibutton>r</guibutton> button in the
98 track control area or the <guibutton>record</guibutton> button
99 of the mixer strip. The button will turn pink.
104 Adjust the output level of the sound source to the a level where
105 the loudest input drives the meter in the mixer strip close to,
106 but not over, 0dB. The mixer strip will show the incoming signal
107 level, along with peak indicators
112 If you are using software monitoring, adjust the output volume
113 and possibly panning if desired. These settings do not affect
114 the recorded material.
119 Check the output configuration for the new track. Click on the
120 <guibutton>Output</guibutton> button near the bottom of the strip,
121 and select <guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem> from the menu. Make sure
122 the track's output is connected as you intend.
127 by default (and when not using a session template that works
128 otherwise) mono tracks have mono outputs, meaning that you cannot
135 <section id="to-record-to-the-new-audio-track">
136 <title>To record to the new audio track</title>
140 If necessary, setup the session's default meter and tempo by on
141 the initial meter and tempo markers.
146 If desired, enable the click track in the transport bar.
151 Click on the <guimenuitem>Record</guimenuitem> button of the
152 transport window, which will start to flash.
157 When you are ready to record, click the
158 <guibutton>Play</guibutton> button in the transport window.
163 When you have finished recording, click the
164 <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> button in the transport window.
169 If desired, click the track's record-enable button to disengage
170 record-enable for this track.
175 The audio you recorded will be written to a new audio file stored on
176 one of your disks. In the editor, a new region will appear in the
177 track display area and also in the region list display.
181 <section id="to-playback-the-new-audio-track">
182 <title>To play back the new audio track</title>
186 Press the <keycap>Home</keycap> key (or
187 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>) to
188 return the playhead to the start of the track
193 In the transport bar click on the <guibutton>Play</guibutton>
194 button, or press the <keycap>spacebar</keycap>.
199 Adjust the track's volume as necessary, using either the mixer
200 strip in the editor, or the corresponding strip in the mixer
207 <section id="cancelling-a-take">
208 <title>Cancelling a take</title>
212 <section id="recording-multiple-tracks">
213 <title>Recording multiple tracks</title>
215 Multiple tracks can easily be recorded simultaneously by
216 record-enabling each track you would like to record.
220 <section id="recording-additional-takes">
221 <title>Recording additional takes</title>
225 <section id="appending-new-material">
226 <title>Appending new material</title>
230 <section id="recording-into-a-new-playlist">
231 <title>Recording into a new playlist</title>
233 There is a <guibutton>p</guibutton> button in the track controls. If
234 you press it and select <guimenuitem>new playlist</guimenuitem>, the
235 contents will be cleared, allowing you to construct a new arrangement
236 of recordings. You can recall your playlist later by using the same
237 button and selecting <guimenuitem>select...</guimenuitem>. This will
238 open a window displaying all the playlists you have recorded on that
239 track. Select the one you want and proceed. Playlists from other
240 tracks can also be selected.. in fact you can have the same playlist
241 on two different tracks if you feel it necessary.
245 <section id="punch-recording">
246 <title>Punch Recording</title>
248 You can automate the portion of a track to be recorded using the punch
249 functions. This is most often implemented when a portion of a
250 particular take is problematic but an adjacent portion is good. In
251 order to punch record, the punch range must be set.
255 <section id="loop-recording">
256 <title>Loop Recording</title>
260 <section id="setting-punch-loop-points">
261 <title>Setting Punch/Loop Points</title>
265 <section id="using-pre-and-post-roll">
266 <title>Using Pre- and Post-Roll</title>
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