CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual page 58

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ItÕs almost as easy to listen to your performance on your MIDI
instrument. For instructions on how to play a track on a MIDI keyboard,
refer to tutorial 1.
The Piano Roll, Staff, and Event List views all show the same basic
informationÑthe notes in track 8. The Piano Roll view displays the track
as a player-piano roll. The Staff view shows notes in traditional music
notation. The Event List view lists all MIDI events for the track. When
you need to edit a track, you can work in any of these views. On different
occasions you may have reason to use different views. More information
about the Piano Roll, Staff, and Event List views can be found in later
chapters of the UserÕs Guide.
When you're ready to continue, close the Piano Roll, Staff, and Event
List views.
Recording Another Take
Maybe your Þrst attempt at recording resulted in a perfect performance,
but maybe not. If you'd like to remove your Þrst take and try again, do
the following:
1. Choose Edit-Undo Recording or press Ctrl-Z to undo your
recording.
2. Click Rewind , or press W. The track is still armed for
recording, so you don't need to re-arm it.
3. Click Record , or press R.
Alternatively, you could record your next attempt on a new track. That
way you can keep all the takes and select the best one later (or combine
the best parts of each!). If you record on a new track, be sure to arm the
new track for recording and to disarm the previous track. See ÒLoop
RecordingÓ on page 2-21 for more information.
Fine Tuning
After you've recorded a MIDI track, you can use Pro Audio to make
automatic adjustments to the timing of notes. For example, the
Quantize command rounds off the start times and durations of notes to
evenly spaced note boundaries (quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth
notes, and so on). Quantize lets you select full or partial rounding, and
it even lets you distort the timing into a ÒswingÓ beat. For more
information on Quantize and other related commands, see ÒChanging
the Timing of a RecordingÓ on page 6-15.