Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 19)

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and MIDI keyboard are really far away from each other, choosing 1 bar should give
you plenty of time to get those fingers poised. Hit OK when you’re done. Once you’ve
configured when the metronome plays, you can quickly toggle it on and off by pressing
the M key on the computer keyboard.
We’re almost there! Let Mixcraft know where to begin recording by positioning the
Caret in the grid. This can be done by either clicking in the timeline at the top of the
main window, or by clicking anywhere in the Main Grid. We recommend positioning
the Caret exactly on a number (e.g., 1, 2, 3). To simplify positioning the Caret, make
sure Snap To Grid is selected in the Snap To menu at the top of the screen.
Make sure the track is armed for recording – if it’s not red, click on it. Now click the
red Record button in the transport (that’s the one with the red dot), wait four clicks for
recording to begin, and lay down the rock. When you’re done, click the Record button
again to stop (you’ll notice the red circle turns into a square while recording), or just
hit your computer’s space bar. You should have something like this:
To create more MIDI tracks, select empty tracks in the Track List on the left of the
screen and add more instruments as described above.
ADDING AN EFFECT TO AN AUDIO CLIP
OR VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT TRACK
Mixcraft includes a large suite of real-time audio effects that can be applied to audio
clips or virtual instruments. These are usually referred to as “plug-ins.”
To add a plug-in effect, click on an Audio Track or Virtual Instrument track (if it’s an
audio track, make sure it has associated audio clips in the grid). Now click the track’s
fx button.
The fx button will turn green and following dialog window opens. Click
<Select An Effect>. A drop-down menu will display a whole gaggle of effects;
choose one that sounds fun. For this example, we’lI choose Acoustica Delay.