Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 15)

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RECORDING AN AUDIO TRACK
Select a blank audio track in the Track List at the left side of the screen. Existing blank
audio tracks will already be named Audio Track and have a little speaker icon beneath
the name (we told you this would be easy!). If there aren’t any blank audio tracks in the
Track List, create new ones by clicking the +Track button at the top of the Track List
and selecting Insert Audio Track.
Click on the audio track you’d like to record on; the track will highlight in green. Now
choose the recording input source by clicking the down arrow to the right of the Arm
button. Depending on your audio hardware, this list may appear differently, but the
idea is to select the hardware input you’ll be plugging a mic or instrument into. In the
example below, we’ve chosen the left channel (i.e. input 1) of a two-channel audio device.
If you’re recording a mono signal, click the sound device followed by Left or Right
depending on where you’ve plugged into the audio device. If you’re recording in
stereo with simultaneous left and right inputs, select Stereo. Pay close attention to this
setting, because it’s easy to accidentally record mono input sources (e.g., lead vocals,
bass guitar, etc.) as a stereo file if you’ve set this incorrectly. It won’t hurt anything, but
you’ll unnecessarily waste hard drive space.
After selecting the input, click the track’s Arm button. The Arm button will turn red,
letting you know Mixcraft is ready to record. Now send some audio through the input
to verify that the correct input was chosen. You should see the meters moving on-
screen on the recording track.
When a track is armed, the volume slider turns into a red recording input level
adjuster. Move the slider to adjust the recording input level. If peaks send the meter
into the red, back off the level. Ideally, the input signal should nominally sit in the
green-to-yellow area.