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<HTML>
<BODY BACKGROUND="bgnd.jpg">
This page shows the music for the active track, selected in the <b>Mixer</b> page.
<br>
Since the track's <b>Type</b> is set to <b>Audio</b>, it shows the audio track's wave.
<br>
Initially, the entire track's wave is shown. To see the wave in more detail, zoom in by
scrolling the horizontal and vertical Zoom scroll bars.
<br><br>
Click the <b>Audio Quality</b> field to change quality and memory requirements of your recording.
One Mono track consumes memory at the following rates:
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<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=3 BGCOLOR=#CFCFCF>
<TR>
<TH ALIGN=LEFT>Quality</TH>
<TH>Bytes per second</TH>
<TH>Bytes per minute</TH>
<TH ALIGN=RIGHT>Sample</TH>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>CD</TD>
<TD>88,200</TD>
<TD>5.2 million</TD>
<TD>16 bit @ 44 kHz</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Video Game</TD>
<TD>44,100</TD>
<TD>2.6 million</TD>
<TD>8 bit @ 44 kHz</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Phonograph</TD>
<TD>44,100</TD>
<TD>2.6 million</TD>
<TD>16 bit @ 22 kHz</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>FM Radio</TD>
<TD>22,050</TD>
<TD>1.3 million</TD>
<TD>16 bit @ 11 kHz</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Radio</TD>
<TD>22,050</TD>
<TD>1.3 million</TD>
<TD>8 bit @ 22 kHz</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Phone</TD>
<TD>11,025</TD>
<TD>661,500</TD>
<TD>8 bit @ 11 kHz</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT>Old Radio</TD>
<TD>8,000</TD>
<TD>480,000</TD>
<TD>8 bit @ 8 kHz</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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Stereo tracks consume memory twice as fast as Mono tracks.
<br><br>
The <b>Mixer</b> page lets you record mono tracks to conserve memory and disk space, but still generate stereo audio output.
<br><br>
To begin recording to this track, press the record button <img align=center src="recbut.gif">,
and then press the stop button <img align=center src="stopbut.gif"> when you are ready to stop recording.
<br><br>
With the left mouse down, drag the mouse over the sound window to select part of it.
<br>
If nothing is selected, any of the following operations affect the entire track.
<br>
To hear only the selected sound,
press the <b>Play Selection</b> button.
<br>
To copy the contents of an audio (.WAV) file into this track,
select the <b>Import Audio from...</b> from the <b><u>F</u>ile</b> menu.
A private copy of the file is made, so that any changes you make will not
affect the imported file.
<br>
To copy the selected sound to the clipboard,
select <b>Copy</b> from the <b><u>E</u>dit</b> menu.
<br>
To paste the contents of the clipboard into the song, click the mouse where you want to insert the new sound, and
select one of the following from the <b><u>E</u>dit</b> menu:
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<li>
<b>Paste Over</b> if you want the audio in the clipboard to replace sound on the current track.
For example, if the clipboard contains 1 second of audio, and the song's current position is 0:10:00 (10 seconds), then
the current track from 0:10:00 to 0:11:00 is replaced with the contents of the clipboard.
<li>
<b>Paste Mix</b> if you want the clipboard to be mixed with the current track.
<li>
<b>Paste Insert</b> if you want the clipboard inserted into the current song.
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To delete the selected part of the track,
select <b>Delete</b> from the <b><u>E</u>dit</b> menu.
<br>
To set the selected part of the track to complete silence,
select <b>Silent</b> from the <b><u>E</u>dit</b> menu.
<br>
To replace the selected sound with the same sound played backward,
select <b>Reverse</b> from the <b><u>E</u>dit</b> menu
<br>
<br>
To filter the entire track, press the <b>Filter...</b> button. If you only want to filter part of
the track, select the desired time period with the mouse, and then press the Filter button.
<br>
To change the volume of the entire track, or a selected part of the track, press the <b>Volume...</b> button.
As a short-cut, you can make the track, or part of it, twice as loud by pressing the <b>Louder</b> button.
You can adjust the audio volume without modifying the audio signal by turning to the <b>Mixer</b> page.
<br>
To adjust the pitch of the entire track, or a selected part of the track, press the <b>Pitch...</b> button.
<br>
To help you synchronize with recorded MIDI instruments, vertical
<i>tempo</i>
lines are drawn at the start of each 16th note, quarter note, and measure.
<br><br>
If you make a mistake while recording Audio, you can <b><i>Punch In</i></b>, or re-record
over just the mistake, as follows.
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<li>Select that part of the wave you would like to re-record.
<li>Press the <b>Mix</b> button so that there will be no delay when the
<img align=center src="recbut.gif">
button is pressed.
<li>Press the <b>VU</b> button so the Sound Card is <i>warmed up</i>.
<li>Press the
<img align=center src="recbut.gif">
button.
<li>Recording will automatically stop when the end of the selection is reached.
</dir>
</body>
</HTML>