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The music is recorded directly to tracks 1 and 2 of the project you are working on. At the
same time, you can see it is also placed in a library called RECORDINGS (it could be
called anything you like, however) and the recording is called MUSIC 1. In the GRID, the
recording is cut up into smaller sections and these you copy off to a library called MUSIC
where you have four clips called VERSE 1, CHORUS 1, MIDDLE and CHORUS 2. Also, in
the GRID itself, you can see VERSE 1 has been copied and repeated, lengthening the
whole cue. Some unwanted portions have also been removed.
You can also see that another project has been created and the clips you copied off to
the MUSIC library have been used to create an alternative version of this piece of music.
Also in the diagram, you have pasted the 'raw' recording into yet another project (this
time, pasting it in on tracks 7 and 8) and edited as appropriate to that project. So now, as
you can see, we have done many things with this basic stereo music recording:
1. We have edited the recording in its original project and also copied those edits off to a
library for future use.
2. We have used the edits from that library to make an alternative version of the music in
another project.
3. We have also used the original 'raw' recording in another project to make yet another
variation of it.
Of course, this procedure is not limited to music but could equally be used with dialogue,
sound effects, etc., in mono or stereo (or, in fact, multi-track).
A project, therefore, may be built up in two distinct ways. Of course, you can record audio
directly into the GRID at the timecode position you want it. That audio may subsequently
be edited, trimmed, etc., as appropriate for the project. You may also import audio into
the GRID from the libraries. In this case, it is assumed that you have built up a library of
sound effects, music cues, etc., for general purpose use and all you have to do is find the
place you want a specific sound effect to happen, find an appropriate audio clip and paste
or insert it directly onto a track (or tracks). This can subsequently be re-edited, synced,
slipped, nudged, trimmed, etc., as appropriate for the project.
Version 2.00 - March, 1996
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