Lexicon Alpha Owner's Manual page 24

Recording Using the Microphone/Line Input
5. Turn the Alpha Studio™ Output Level knob to adjust the listening volume, and
To overdub a second track:
1. Click the Project menu and select Add Track > Audio. When the Add Audio Track
2. Click anywhere in the gray area (not on the buttons) of the Audio 02 window
3. In the Inspector, click on the Left - Stereo In box and select Stereo In > Right
4. In the Audio 02 window, the Record Enable button
5. In the Audio 02 window, click the Input Monitoring button
To set monitor levels for a comfortable listening level:
1. On the front of the Alpha Studio hardware, locate the Monitor Mix knob.
2. While playing back the recording, adjust the Monitor Mix knob to balance the
3. Click on Record and record the second (overdubbed) track.
Rewind and Play Buttons
make sure the Monitor Mix knob is somewhere in the middle between Direct and
Playback.
dialog appears, make sure the Configuration option is set to Mono and click OK.
you just added.
for the track input source. (Stereo In - Left relates to Line 1/Inst, Stereo In -
Right relates to Line 2/Mic inputs.)
If it isn't, click it so that it turns red.
lit.
Input Louder Playback Louder
Playback Softer Input Softer
Monitor Mix
levels between direct input signal and recording playback. To make the direct
input louder than the recording playback in the headphones, turn the Monitor
Mix knob towards the Direct side. To make the recorded track louder, turn the
Monitor Mix knob towards the Playback side.
NOTE: Changing the Monitor Mix does not affect the recording level, only what
you hear while recording. You can also adjust the playback level and pan position
of the original track in your monitor by adjusting the controls for Track 1 within
Cubase ® LE 4's Mixer window.
2
should already be red.
so that it is not