Turtle Beach Deluxe manual Recording Digital Audio Tracks, Recording Drums on Track

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4.Click on the Record button in the transport control area. Before the recording begins, a metronome sound will give you a four beat count-in in the meter and tempo you’ve chosen. The red indicator on the Record button lights up to show you that you are recording.

5.On the fifth beat, begin recording your performance.

As you play your MIDI keyboard, notice that you’ll hear the new notes only on the selected instrument sound for the track you’ve enabled.

6.When you’ve finished recording the track, click on the Stop button. Your last performance was recorded only to the track that was enabled.

7.Rewind, select another track and instrument, and record as before. You will hear the tracks you’ve already recorded as you play new tracks. If you make a mistake, you can re-record from any point in the file.

To re-record:

1.Click on the Fast Forward or Rewind buttons until you arrive at the point where you wish to re-record.

2.Click on the Record button in the transport control area. Instead of a four beat metronome count-in, you will hear four beats of the music that precedes the point you selected in the previous step.

3.On the fifth beat, begin playing. Any material you’ve already recorded on that track from the starting point on forward will be replaced by the new material.

Recording Drums on Track 10

When you are ready to record the drum part, you will be working a little bit differently. You don’t need to choose an instrument. You simply record on the drum channel, which is always track 10.

With melodic instruments, each key on the MIDI keyboard triggers a different pitch. When you record on the drum track, each key triggers a different drum instrument from the General MIDI list—a snare drum, a cymbal, and so on (after all, pitch doesn’t matter with these instruments).

To record drums:

1.Select track 10 for recording.

2.Record as described above.

3.Tap each key to “hit” the drum instrument assigned to that key.

Recording Digital Audio Tracks

Digital audio tracks let you add vocals, guitar, or any other source to your recording session. You can add up to two digital audio tracks. Be sure that you are happy with the MIDI tracks before you add digital audio. If you slowed the tempo to make it easier to record MIDI tracks adjust the tempo to the correct speed for playback before you record digital audio.

To record a vocal digital audio (DA) track:

1.Make sure your microphone is connected to your sound card and working.

2.Click on the Record Mode button for one of the Digital Audio sliders.

3.Click on the Record button in the transport controls to begin the one measure metronome lead in.

4.Record by singing or speaking into the microphone.

5.When you have finished, click on the Stop button. You can record the track over again (which replaces the current recording), or record another track on the other slider.

To record an electric guitar (or any line source) DA track:

1.Connect the output from the source (guitar, radio, etc.) to the microphone input jack on your sound card.

2.Repeat steps 2 through 5 above.

This makes it very easy to add that “live” sound to your musical creations. Discrete use of these two digital audio tracks can really make your song shine.

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Contents Teach Me Piano Deluxe Teach Me Piano Deluxe Introduction WelcomeProgram Overview Progress Report shows you how you’re doing … Music Games test your music skills… Helpful Tips… Online help is always available…Please register your software with us To install the softwareGetting Started What you’ll need to run the programsSetting-Up Your Midi Keyboard Checking your Midi keyboard connectionPiano Room Screen Keyboard Shortcut KeysKeyboard Lessons LessonsTo sign in as a new user Preparing to PlayEnter and Sign In, Please To run Keyboard Lessons after you’ve signedKeyboard Lessons’ Contents Screen As a New UserAdjusting the Volume in Keyboard Lessons Keyboard Lessons ScreensInformation Screen Video Screen Trainer ScreenPracticing Rhythm Getting the Beats Right Practicing Rhythm & Pitch Getting Beats and Notes Right Performance ScreenPracticing Pitch Getting the Notes Right To perform a pieceUsing Note Names and Finger Numbers Performance OptionsEvaluation Screen To practice an area from the Evaluation ScreenSelecting a Range Chapter Review Screen Progress ScreenChanging the Setup in the Keyboard Lessons Base and Extended Level SynthesizersSongbook Organizing Songs in the SongbookDeleting a Song from the Songbook When Importing Midi FilesImporting a Midi Song into the Song Book To import a songTrack-split Option To use the Track Split optionFrom the Performance Screen you can Printing a Song To print a songMusician’s Reference Keyboard Tour Understanding Midi and Synthesis What You Can Do With Recording Station Using Recording Station’s sample Midi filesRecording Station Working with songs you’ve learned in Music LessonsDownloading Midi songs from the Web Using Jammin’ Keys to create background tracksRecording Tracks Recording your own songsRecording Digital Audio Tracks Recording Drums on TrackSaving and Loading Recording Sessions Loading a File from Jammin’ KeysMidi Track Controls Lyrics, Exit, Setup, and Help Transport Controls and DisplaysTempo and Key Signature Controls Recording Station Exercises Exercise 1 Load, play, and modify a Blues songExercise 2 Record Piano and Vocals on America The Beautiful Teach Me Piano Deluxe Jammin’ Keys What You Can Do With Jammin’ KeysImprovise over the virtual band, with different instruments Accompaniment Zone Exit, Setup and HelpKeyboard Zones Auto Riffs ZoneRed and Green Lights Jam GridImprovising Zone To turn on Auto JamChanging Instrument Sounds Selecting Effects Pad SoundsSelecting a Lead Instrument Fills Styles and VariationsFills, Breaks, and Intro/End BreaksTo start or end a jam session with the Intro/End button MixerTempo and Key Signature To change the key signature or tempoTransport Controls Transport DisplayRecording, Saving and Loading Jam Sessions To record a session in Jammin’ KeysTo save a recorded jam session To load a previously recorded Jam SessionJammin’ Keys Exercises Exercise 1 Play a rock jamExercise 2 Import a jam into Recording Station Teach Me Piano Deluxe Music Games Overview of Music GamesTroubleshooting Tips Sound CheckCheck your Sound Card and Connections Midi Input Test Troubleshooting Midi problemsMidi Thru Setting Midi Output TestTroubleshooting Digital Audio Problems Checking Digital Recording and PlaybackDigital Audio and the Windows Temp file
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