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Chapter
When you finish playing the song, click the Play button to finish recording.
Let's check whether we got a good recording of the guitar part. Click the "Jump to Previous
Marker" button to return to the beginning of the song, and then click the Play button to listen to
the recording.
Let's record the vocals!
Now that we've recorded the guitar part, it's time
to record the vocals! The procedure is almost the
same as for the guitar.
Connect a microphone's cable to the CI1 2/R jack.
For this example, we're assuming that you're using
a dynamic microphone, so there's no need to press
the PHANTOM button.
Like with the guitar, on the "Edit" menu, click "Add
Track" to display the "Add New Track" dialog
box. Under "Category", select "Vocal", and under
"Name", select "Vox-Male Dance Lead". Next, click
"OK".
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The "Vox-Male Dance Lead" track is created, so
let's configure its input device settings as well.
For the guitar, we set this to "Steinberg CI1 - 1",
but the microphone is connected to 2/R, so select
"Steinberg CI1 - 2".
Check that recording is enabled, and then adjust
the volume level the same way that you did
before recording the guitar part. Speak into the
microphone, and adjust the CI1 INPUT 2 GAIN
knob.
You should notice that a reverb effect is being
applied to your voice so that it sounds good. It
should be such an amazing sound that it's hard to recognize as your own voice.
• What shall I sing?
It's unlikely that you'll be able to come up with lyrics right away, so just sing "Yaah!" or "Ahhh". As
we explained in the section for recording the guitar performance, the key of the song is A minor.
You'll be fine if you sing the notes that correspond to the white keys on a piano. Why don't you
try to adlib something?
Okay! Click the Record button to start recording! Just like when you recorded the guitar part,
listen to the metronome for two measures, and then start singing!
When you finish singing the song, click the Play
button to stop recording.
There you have it! You're original song is
complete!
Because the recording step is now complete, turn
the metronome off before you proceed to the next
parts.
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