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114 Recording and Editing Software Instruments

5 Click the Catch button again to “catch” the playhead so that it displays on the screen.

The playhead will gradually work its way back to the middle of the tracks area while

always staying visible, with the regions scrolling beneath it. When you reach the last

measures of the song, the playhead moves toward the right until it reaches the end-of-

project marker.

6 Zoom out of the timeline until you can see all the regions in the tracks area again.

Now that you know how Catch mode works, you can make sure it is on when recording

in the timeline. That way, you can keep an eye on the recording in real time as it forms a

region in the timeline.

Single-Take Recording

A single-take recording begins on a selected track at the playhead position and continues

until you stop recording. This is an excellent recording method when you’re practicing or

just want to quickly record a musical riff, melody, or idea so you don’t forget it.

The result is a single region containing whatever notes were played while recording. This

method is similar to recording video or using a voice recorder: The hardest part is the

performance. Of course, with Software Instrument recordings every part of the recording

is editable, so no worries. Also, you’ll use keyboard shortcuts whenever possible to keep

your hands on your instrument (computer keyboard) rather than a mouse or trackpad.

In the next series of exercises you’ll create a single-take recording of the bass part for the

Dog Walk Ditty’s first verse. Let’s get started:

1 Select the Fingerstyle Bass track header. The region within that track is the Fingerstyle

Bass part that you will record.

2 Press Command-D to duplicate the selected track. An empty Fingerstyle Bass track

appears in the timeline below the original track.

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