PRESONUS StudioLive24.4.2 Owner's Manual page 109

Owner's Manual
Insert Markers While Recording
SOFTWARE: Universal Control, Capture, and Studio One Artist
blows up during the live show, your live mix will be completely
unaffected. You can mix and record a live performance using the
StudioLive mixer and Capture with complete confidence.
It is highly recommended that markers be inserted during
the recording of a live performance, as the markers will make
the rest of the production process much easier. Each of the
examples that follow begins with the same scenario:
You are mixing and recording a live show using the StudioLive
mixer and Capture. You start recording before the start of the
actual performance, and you will not stop recording until the end
of the performance. During the performance, you insert a marker
during the break between each song of the ten-song set. At the
end of the set, you stop recording and save the Session. You are
then ready to shut down your system. (Remember to shut down
in the proper sequence: first turn the master level down on the
StudioLive mixer, then turn off power amps and speakers, shut down
the computer, and power down the StudioLive, in that order.)
Basic Example
The band you recorded the previous night comes over the next day to
check out the recordings. You launch Capture, open the Session, and
begin playback through the StudioLive mixer. After half a minute of
tense silence while the band wonders what went wrong, you realize
that the band did not start the actual performance until 20 minutes
after you started recording because the lead singer took so long to
get on stage. (It is, of course, traditional to blame the lead singer!)
You click on the Next Marker button in the Capture Transport to
quickly advance to the next marker, which is the first song of the
set, and the band perks up. The band thinks they played terribly
during the first song, and they want to skip to the next song to
see if they did any better. You click on the Next Marker button
again, and the next song starts immediately. The band listens to a
bit of each song, and you skip through the whole set within a few
minutes as if you were skipping through finished tracks on a CD.
The band is so impressed with the quality of the recording and your
production skills that they hire you on the spot to mix the show and turn
it into a live-performance album they can release to their adoring fans.
Advanced Example
The day after the gig, you prepare to mix the previous night's live
recording in your personal studio. You realize that each song will
probably be mixed in a different way. Wouldn't it be convenient if
you could break up the original, continuous recording of the entire
set of ten songs so you could work on one song at a time? With
Capture, you can use the markers you inserted between each song to
automatically generate all the multitrack files for each individual song.
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