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7.3 Capture
To do this, first open the original Session. If you have not already done
so, rename each marker to the desired name for each song. Then, select
Export to Audio File from the Session menu. In the Export to Audio
File menu's Options section, select Export Tracks and Each Marker, and
set the Format to the desired file-format settings. Then click OK.
Capture will then automatically generate separate audio files for
each track in each song. The names and files will be based on the
name you specified in the Export to Audio File menu, the names
of the markers, and the track names in your Session (Export Name-
Track Name-Marker Name). You can then import the files for
each song into a new Capture Session, or into a different audio
recording application, to be mixed with the StudioLive mixer.
A few days after the original performance, you have
finished producing a ten-song live album for the band you
recorded, and they could not be more impressed.
The studio-recording process often appears very different from the live-
recording process. However, the StudioLive mixer and Capture are equally
at home in the studio and in concert. The following describes aspects of
the studio-recording workflow using the StudioLive mixer and Capture.
Overdubbing
In a studio-recording session, as opposed to recording live, you might
wish to record on only a few tracks, or on a single track at a time, and
then record more later. This process of adding to your recorded tracks
later is called "overdubbing." Using Capture and the StudioLive mixer,
you can play recorded audio on any tracks through the StudioLive
mixer and simultaneously record new audio to tracks in Capture.
To do this, it is a good idea to first establish a good mix to listen
to while recording. Just as when creating monitor mixes for a live
performance with the StudioLive mixer, you can create a number of
mixes to listen to. For instance, you might create a stereo mix of the
playback from Capture on Auxes 1 and 2 for a guitarist who is about
to overdub a lead guitar part. To accomplish this, do the following:
For all input channels on the StudioLive mixer on which you wish to
play tracks from Capture, engage the FireWire return by pressing each
channel's FireWire Input Select switch (near the top of the channel
strip) so that it illuminates. This will route the output of the tracks in
Capture to their respective input channels on the StudioLive mixer.
Start playback in Capture. The output from each track in Capture
will play through their respective input channels on the StudioLive
mixer (Capture Track 1 on StudioLive Channel 1, etc.).
At this point, link Aux 1 and 2 on the StudioLive mixer and create
a mix for the linked Aux1/2 by adjusting the level for each input
channel that has playback coming from Capture. This is a stereo
aux mix, so you can also access the pan for each input channel in
the mix by pressing the Mix/Pan button for Aux 2. (For details on
how to set aux mixes, see Section 2.7 of the StudioLive manual.)
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Now you can plug the guitar or guitar-amp mic into an input
channel on the StudioLive mixer and set the input level as you
normally would. Then add the guitar-input channel to the Aux
1/2 mix that the guitarist will listen to so he can hear himself.
If you record-enable the Audio Track that corresponds to the
guitar input channel in Capture, you should see that track's
level meter showing live input in the meter bridge.
With the Aux 1/2 mix set so that the guitarist can hear his live guitar-
playing and the tracks from Capture, you are ready to record the
lead guitar. You can position the playback cursor to any point in the
Timeline so that recording starts there or just start recording from the
beginning of the Session. Once you have the lead-guitar part recorded,
you might find a few things you would like to correct in the part. This
is where punching, as described in the next section, comes in handy.
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