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About This Booklet The connection jacks for a mic, instrument, or other device can be found in In addition to being a potent synth, SonicCell can act as a “front end” the INPUT area of SonicCell’s rear panel. for a DAW. You can send SonicCell’s synth sounds and audio from a mic,...
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When you’re using the To Input FX setting, make sure to turn off software monitoring within the DAW, or turn the USB Audio screen’s As we noted in the Using SonicCell with a DAW Workshop booklet, you Audio Level parameter all the way down to avoid feedback.
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This setting sends your live audio into the computer also relate to your incoming live audio input signals. without effects, or “dry. ” It also sends the dry signal to SonicCell’s outputs for listening, or “monitoring, ” purposes. When you want to record audio Setting Input Signal Levels into a DAW without adding any effects in SonicCell, you’ll use this...
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The process of sending a signal where you want it to go—into an effect, to desired input effect, or THRU to pass your live your computer, etc.—is called “routing. ” SonicCell provides lots of options, audio through the input effect dry.
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DAW. In Performance mode, this is MFX3; in performance and system settings in the SonicCell Owner’s Manual. Patch mode, it’s just “MFX. ” This allows you to add any of SonicCell’s built-in killer effects to a live signal before recording it into your DAW.
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In the following sections, we’ll present instructions for the various ways you Turn on Phantom Power if you’re using a condenser mic that requires can record audio into your DAW from SonicCell. You can use any of these methods, so just find the one that suits your current needs.
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SonicCell’s input effect provides tools for refining a live signal’s sound before We still want it to go through it, though, since we can then send the sending it to a DAW for recording.
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Turn the CURSOR/VALUE dial to select the TO COM switch, and press the dial to display the To Computer screen. See the SonicCell Owner’s Manual to learn about editing reverb and Set Type to Input Effect, and then press EFFECTS.
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If you plan on adding an effect to your signal once it’s inside your DAW, it can be helpful to hear that effect as you record. SonicCell can allow you to do this, though there are two things to keep in mind: •...
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Press EFFECTS to return to the In/Out Routing screen. Turn the CURSOR/VALUE dial counter-clockwise to select the Input If you like, you can record audio that takes advantage of SonicCell’s reverb, FX Output switch, and then press the dial to show the Input FX chorusing, or mastering effects in your DAW.
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Turn the CURSOR/VALUE dial to select the TO COM switch, and press stick, its other USB port becomes unavailable for use with a DAW. the dial to display the To Computer screen. To play back songs, use SonicCell’s SMF/Audio File Player as described in the Set Type to MIX.
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Set Reverb Send Level and Chorus Send Level to add the desired amount of reverb or chorus, respectively. See the SonicCell Owner’s Manual to learn how to customize the reverb and chorus, and how to enable and set up the mastering effect.
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