Digital Audio System

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E-MU 0404 PCI Digital Audio System
E-MU 0404 Digital Audio System
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Table of Contents

Introduction... 5

Before you Begin..... 5 The Product Default Session.... 5 To Open PatchMix.... 5

Steinberg Cubase LE.. 6

1 - Setting up Cubase LE.... - Basic Multitrack Recording.... 7 Recording Path Block Diagram... 9 Recording Mono Inputs as Stereo... - Export Audio Mixdown to Stereo... - Running Proteus X LE VSTi from Cubase LE.. 12 To Record a MIDI Track... 14 To Record a MIDI Track on another MIDI Channel.. 14
Steinberg WaveLab Lite.. 15
1 - Setting up WaveLab Lite.... - Turning on the PatchMix WAVE Send.. - Recording.... 17

Cakewalk Sonar LE.. 19

1 - Setting up Sonar LE.... - Basic Multitrack Recording... 21 Record Path Block Diagram.... - Export Audio to Stereo... - Running Proteus X LE VSTi from Sonar LE... 26 To Record a MIDI Track... 29 To Record a MIDI Track on another MIDI Channel.. 29
Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU.. 30
1 - Setting up the Preferences... - Running Proteus X LE VSTi from Ableton Live Lite 4.. - Recording Audio into Ableton Live Lite 4... 38
Recording & Monitoring with Effects.. 39
The Order of Effects.... 39 About PatchMix DSP.... 40 About ASIO.... 40 IMPORTANT -> Activating ASIO... 40 An Example:... 40 ASIO Channels are STEREO!.... 40

Tutorials Introduction

Introduction
This guide contains step-by-step walk-throughs of basic recording operations using PatchMix DSP and a variety of popular software applications. We encourage you to perform the steps on your computer as you read so that you become familiar with the process. The rst tutorial only takes about half an hour to complete, by which time you should be comfortable with multitrack recording using your new Digital Audio System. Once youre up and recording, you can nd detailed information on all aspects of PatchMix DSP and your E-MU interface hardware in the pdf Owners Manual.
E Important Note: If you need additional help with the bundled applications, please see the Technical Support Information pdf located in the Creative Professional, Documents folder.

Before you Begin

You should have already installed the E-MU hardware and software on your computer according to the instructions in your printed Getting Started manual. You should hear the computer sounds coming out of the E-MU hardware and your speakers when you play a CD or an MP3 using Windows Media Player. If not, make sure your E-MU hardware is properly connected according to the diagrams in the Getting Started and Owners Manual. A source of audio should be connected to the inputs (instr./tape/cd/MP3 player).
The Product Default Session
Before we begin, you should verify that the Product Default session is selected. This session has everything connected for you. A Session is a stored connection/mixer setup. You can create your own custom Sessions later on if you wish.

To Open PatchMix

1. Left-click once on the E-MU

Open Session

Session Settings

Close PatchMix

icon on the Windows System Tray.
2. The PatchMix DSP mixer

window appears.

3. The Product Default session
contains two Aux 1 Sends as shown at right. If youre not sure the Product Default session is loaded, see the Comment box in the Session Settings.
4. If the Product Default

f Verify that both Aux 1

Insert slots are lled with Send Inserts as shown.
session is NOT selected, click once on the Open Session button and select Product Default from the list.
5. Close PatchMix by clicking
the X in the upper right corner.
6. OK, now were ready to Click Here to Open PatchMix

proceed!

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Tutorials Steinberg Cubase LE

Steinberg Cubase LE

Steinberg Cubase LE is a 24-bit/96kHz multi-track audio/MIDI recorder with highquality effects, automation, virtual instruments (VSTi) and many other professional features. The following step-by-step tutorials are designed to get you recording as quickly as possible. After you have nished the tutorial we encourage you to read the Cubase LE pdf manual in order to learn about the many features of this powerful program. We have provided a PatchMix DSP Session, as well as a special Cubase LE Project to go along with the following tutorials.

1 - Setting up Cubase LE

Follow these instructions carefully to ensure that Cubase LE runs smoothly the rst time. Cubase LE will remember these settings, so youll only have to do this once.
1. Open Cubase LE from the Start menu or by double-clicking the desktop icon. An
ASIO multimedia driver test dialog box will pop up to ask if you want to run the ASIO test. Choose No, because you wont be using the driver anyway.
2. Select Device Setup from the Devices menu. 3. Select VST Multitrack from the list and the following screen appears.
4. In the Setup section of the dialog box, select E-MU ASIO as the ASIO Driver. A pop
up dialog box asks, Do you want to switch the ASIO driver? Select Switch.
5. Click the Control Panel button. The pop-up dialog
box shown at right appears.
6. Set the ASIO Buffer Latency to 10 ms or less. A low
latency setting is important to assure fast MIDI response time and to minimize delay when monitoring through Cubase. Click OK.
7. Make sure the Direct Monitoring box is Unchecked. 8. Close the Device Setup screen by selecting OK. 9. Close Cubase LE by clicking the
button. (Close the application even if youre going to continue with the tutorials, in order to lock-in your Preference settings.)
2 - Basic Multitrack Recording
In this tutorial, well assume youre using a single input or pair of inputs. For more advanced recording, refer to the Cubase LE manual.
Select the Cubase LE Recording Template
1. Choose (0404) Cubase LE from the Start -> Programs menu. The path is:
(Program Files\Creative Professional\E-MU PatchMix DSP\VST\ Recording Templates). Cubase LE will launch and load the Project.
2. A pop-up dialog box will appear, asking
you to Select Directory. Choose a location on your hard disk where you wish to store your audio les, then click OK.
3. The Cubase LE Project window shown
f Tip: If you have two or more hard disks, its better to store audio les on a disk that isnt running your OS.
below appears. Five empty tracks are ready to record. Each track is already connected to an input in PatchMix.

To record into Cubase LE, you must have a PatchMix session containing these 4 basic components: a) a physical input strip for your input source. b) an ASIO Send on the physical input strip (so that Cubase can receive your input). c) an ASIO output strip for Cubase to output its audio back through PatchMix. d) an output assigned to any physical output (to your monitor speakers).
These diagrams may be helpful to visualize the signal routing path.
Recording Path Block Diagram
Mic or Line Input Monitor
Digital Audio System Hardware

Cubase LE VST Inputs

PatchMix Strip ASIO Out 31/32 PatchMix Main Mix Digital Audio System Hardware ASIO 31/32
PatchMix Input Strip ASIO Send 1/2

Mixer Track VST Outputs

PatchMix Main Mix

Monitor Speakers

Recording Mono Inputs as Stereo
Mono Input Mono Input Monitor
Pan Full Left Aux Send 1 Amount Full

Pan Full Right

Stereo

PatchMix Input Strip

Combined into Stereo
L R Aux Bus 1 ASIO Send 7/8

Aux Send 1 Amount Full

3 - Export Audio Mixdown to Stereo
At some point, youll want to mix down your multitrack project to stereo. Cubase LE has a special function (Audio Mixdown) that makes this job a breeze. The Cubase LE Project window below shows a short song with 4 stereo tracks recorded.
Locator Drag from here to here
1. Drag the Right Locator (little blue triangle) to the right. Keep dragging until the blue
Locator Bar encompasses the entire song or section you want to mix down. See above.

Mix your Song

2. From the Cubase LE Project window, select Mixer from the Devices menu (or press
F3). The Cubase LE Track Mixer appears.
3. Play your song and use the Faders to set the levels of each part. (Note: These moves
can be automated in Cubase LE. See the online documentation for details.)

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Export Audio
4. From the Cubase LE Project window, select Export from the File menu and choose

Audio Mixdown.

5. The following screen appears. First choose a location for your le.
6. Next choose the le type. Cubase LE can export as: WAVE (.wav), AIFF (.aif), MPEG
Layer 3 (.mp3), RealAudio G2 (.rm), or Windows Media Audio (.wma). WAVE is a good choice for a master le since it is an uncompressed format. Stereo Interleaved creates a single stereo le.
7. Select the desired Sample Rate and bit Resolution. 8. Press Save to process your Audio Mixdown. E-MU 0404 PCI Digital Audio System 11
4 - Running Proteus X LE VSTi from Cubase LE
These instructions explain how to start Proteus X LE from within Cubase LE. If you have a MIDI keyboard, you should connect it now using the setup diagrams and instructions that came with your E-MU Digital Audio System. Without a keyboard, you will only be able to play one note at a time using the mini keyboard on Proteus X LE.

1. From the Cubase LE Project window, select Add Track from the Project menu and
E These instructions also apply to Proteus X or Emulator X.

choose MIDI Track.

2. The Cubase Project Window should now look like this with one MIDI track.
Select ProteusXLE MIDI Track

Inspector Area

3. Click on the Devices menu pull-down and select VST Instruments (or press F11).
4. The VST Instruments window appears. Select ProteusXLE.
5. The VST Instruments window now looks like this.
f Tip: Unlike some VSTis, Proteus X LE is multitimbral, and able to play up to 16 MIDI channels at once.

Edit Button

Its far more CPU-efcient to have multiple MIDI channels playing on one instance of Proteus X LE, rather than to have multiple VSTis running.
Take a look at the Inspector area on the left side of the Cubase LE project window (diagram on following page). The input to the MIDI track is connected to E-DSP MIDI Port, but the Output is not yet connected to anything. Click on the Output and select ProteusXLE. Now youre ready to play.

7. Click the Edit button

of the VST Instruments window to open Proteus X LE. You can also click on the Edit button of the track Inspector to open Proteus X LE.
Load the Proteus X Composer Bank
8. Proteus X LE is now running, but you need to load a bank of sounds. 9. Choose Open from the File menu on Proteus X LE. Locate and load the Proteus X
Composer bank, which is located here: (Program Files/Creative Professional/ E-MU Sound Central) The bank takes a few seconds to load.
Play the Proteus X Composer Bank
10. Click on the mini keyboard at the bottom of the window. You should be hearing
sound. If not, close Cubase LE, and verify that you have the PatchMix DSP Product Default session loaded. Then close and restart Cubase LE.
11. Play your MIDI keyboard (if connected) and verify that it plays Proteus X LE. 12. Change the Preset using the preset inc/dec keys. 13. Feel free to play around for awhile and dont worry about losing anything. Nothing
is made permanent until you Save the bank, so have fun.

To Record a MIDI Track

14. Just hit Record on the Cubase LE Transport control and start playing. 15. Press Stop when youre nished recording the rst track and press the Return-to-

Zero button

16. Press Play on the Cubase Transport to play back your track.
To Record a MIDI Track on another MIDI Channel
Proteus X LE VSTi can play back up to 16 MIDI tracks at once. Its much better to use several channels on one VSTi than to use multiple VSTis with one channel each.
17. Select Add Track from the Project menu and choose MIDI Track. Notice that the
channel number in the Inspector section is now set to chn:2.
18. Select Proteus XLE as the Output destination in the Inspector section. 19. Click on the Edit button
of the track Inspector to open Proteus X.
f There are several ways to select presets. See the Proteus X LE Operation manual for details.
20. Select MIDI Channel 2 using the channel inc/dec keys
21. Select a Preset on Channel 2. Place the cursor in the preset number eld and use
the up/down arrow keys on your computer keyboard to scroll through the list.
22. When youre ready, hit Record on the Cubase LE Transport and start playing. 23. Press Stop when youre nished recording, then RTZ (return-to-zero), then Play.
Proteus X LE now plays both MIDI channels.

On Your Own

Cubase LE includes excellent online documentation and help les. Take the time to learn all the features of this powerful program, and most of all have fun.

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Tutorials Steinberg WaveLab Lite

Steinberg WaveLab Lite

Steinberg Wavelab Lite is an easy-to-use, stereo digital audio recorder and editor. You can use it to record and edit audio from the Digital Audio System or import tracks from CDs. Audio recorded in WaveLab can be saved in WAVE or AIFF formats. In this tutorial youll learn how to use WDM drivers (E-DSP WAVE) to transfer digital audio between the Digital Audio System and Wavelab Lite. WDM works well for stereo recordings, but ASIO is best for low-latency, multi-track recording. After you have nished the tutorial we encourage you to read the WaveLab Lite pdf manual in order to learn about all the features of this powerful program.
1 - Setting up WaveLab Lite
Follow these instructions carefully to ensure that Wavelab Lite runs smoothly the rst time. WaveLab Lite will remember these settings, so youll only have to do this once.

1. Open Wavelab Lite from the Start menu or by double-clicking the desktop icon. 2. Select Preferences from the Options menu. The Preferences window appears. 3. Select the Audio Card tab to display the following screen.
4. In the Playback and Recording selection boxes, select E-DSP Wave. 5. Save your settings and close the Preferences window by selecting OK.
2 - Turning on the PatchMix WAVE Send
WaveLab Lite interfaces with PatchMix DSP using WAVE audio instead of ASIO. A WAVE Send is included in the PatchMix Product Default session. You just have to turn it on. This is the setup youll use with any application that uses WAVE instead of ASIO.

Open PatchMix

icon on the Windows System Tray. The PatchMix
DSP mixer window appears.
2. Make sure that the Product Default session is loaded. This session is easily recog-
nized by the presence of TWO Sends in the Aux 1 section (yellow box below). If the Product Default session is NOT selected, click once on the Open Session button and select Product Default from the list.
f The TV screen shows the details of whichever insert you click on. In the example at left, the Insert Send highlighted in yellow is shown is the TV screen.

Supply Audio to PatchMix

3. Connect your audio source to either or both inputs on the Digital Audio System.
Verify that you have meter activity on the channel.
Turn up the Aux Send 1 Amounts
4. Turn up the Aux Send 1 Amount on the input channel(s) you are using. In the
screen above, signal is coming in on both I/O Card L and I/O Card R, and the Aux 1 amounts are turned up all the way to 0.0dB, as shown by the arrows.
5. Notice the Send highlighted above in yellow. The TV screen shows this to be a
WAVE Send. By turning up the Aux 1 Amount, you routed the signal to the Aux 1 bus and then out the WAVE Send.
This example shows how to use a stereo input the pan controls are panned hard left and right. If youre using a mono input, set the span control to center. Creative Professional
Using the Mono Inputs as a Stereo Pair
6. Notice that the mono input channels are panned hard left and hard right. This has

been done so that the two mono inputs can be used as a stereo pair. The two mono channels will be combined into one stereo signal in the Aux Bus.
7. If you wish to use the two mono inputs as a stereo pair, simply turn up the Aux 1
Sends for both mono channels. (To record in mono, just turn up one channel.)

3 - Recording

1. Click the red Record button on the
WaveLab Lite transport controls. The Record Window shown below appears.
2. You should see meter activity on these
meters when your input signal is being fed into the Digital Audio System.
Click here for: Audio File Format Properties
3. Click on the bar to open the Audio File Format properties. The dialog box shown

below appears.

4. Set the recording properties as desired, then click OK. E-MU 0404 PCI Digital Audio System 17
Important Note when using WDM
When using WAVE applications, avoid mismatched sample rates. The sample rate of your application MUST match the sample rate of the Digital Audio System. If the Windows WDM drivers detect different sample rates, they will automatically perform a sample rate conversion to correct the mismatch. You might not hear the difference, but you might as well go for the best possible audio quality.
5. Click the red Record button on the record dialog box. Recording begins. 6. Click the Stop button to stop recording. A new untitled window appears with your

recording.

Normalize?
7. Many people will Normalize the recording at this time. Normalization increases the
gain until the loudest peak reaches a preset level (usually 0dB). Normalization is located in the Process menu. (You have to select the audio region rst.)

Save your Audio File

8. Choose Save As from the File menu. Normally you will choose WAVE. The Save
dialog box allows you to save in either WAVE (.wav) or AIFF (.aif,.aiff,.snd) formats.
9. Name your new le and click Save.
Tutorials Cakewalk Sonar LE

Cakewalk Sonar LE

Sonar LE is a professional tool for authoring sound and music on your computer. Sonar supports Wave, AIFF, ASIO, MP3, ACIDized waves, WMA and other audio formats. The following step by step tutorials are designed to get you recording on Sonar LE. After you have nished the tutorial we encourage you to read the Sonar LE pdf manual in order to learn about the many features of this comprehensive program. We have provided a special PatchMix DSP Session, as well as a Sonar LE Recording Project to go along with the following tutorial.

1 - Setting up Sonar LE

Follow these instructions carefully to ensure that Sonar LE runs smoothly the rst time. Sonar LE will remember these settings, so youll only have to do this once.

Setup the Audio Options

1. Choose the (0404) Sonar LE session from the Start -> Programs menu. The path
E Note: A PatchMix Session containing ASIO Sends and Returns must be loaded BEFORE you launch Sonar LE.
is: (Program Files\Creative Professional\E-MU PatchMix DSP\VST\Recording Templates). Sonar LE will launch and load the Project.
2. Select Audio from the Options menu. The following dialog box appears.
1. Click on the Advanced Tab to access the next window.
2. Set the Driver Mode to ASIO.
3. Set the ASIO Buffer Latency. 3. Set the Audio Settings as shown in the dialog boxes above. Select E-MU ASIO. 4. In the General section of the dialog box, select ASIO Panel. The pop-up dialog box

shown at right appears.

5. Set the ASIO Buffer Latency to 10 ms or less. A low latency setting is important to
assure fast MIDI response time and to minimize delay when monitoring through Sonar. Click OK.
6. Close the Audio Options screen by selecting OK.
Note: If the Sonar LE application crashes for any reason, it is recommended that you reboot the computer

Setup the MIDI Options

7. Select MIDI Devices from the Options menu. The following screen appears.
8. Select the E-DSP MIDI Ports for inputs and outputs, then click OK to close the

window.

9. OK, thats all. Close Sonar LE by clicking the
button. (Do this even if youre
going to continue with the tutorials.)
E To Set the Location of your Audio Files: 1. Select Global from the Options menu, then

2. Select Audio Data.

In this tutorial, well assume youre using a single input or pair of inputs. For more advanced recording, refer to the Sonar LE manual.
Select the Sonar LE Recording Template
1. Choose (0404) Sonar LE from the Start -> Programs menu. The path is: (Program
Files\Creative Professional\E-MU PatchMix DSP/VST\Recording Templates). Sonar LE will launch and load the Project.
2. The Sonar LE Project window shown below appears. Five empty tracks are ready to
record. Each track is already connected to an input or pair of inputs in PatchMix.
3. Click the Zoom In Vertical button
repeatedly to enlarge the tracks as in the

Project Window below.

4. Select the Track which matches the input you want to use on the Digital Audio

System by clicking on it. Note that the selected track heading brightens as you select it. In the example below, we are using Track 1, fed from I/O Card L.
5. Change the input setting if you want to use the line inputs to record in mono. Click
on the little triangle on the right side of the track Input box to see the list of all the PatchMix DSP inputs.

The Sonar Project Window

Track Record Enable Track Input Meters
Output (Master is routed to ASIO 31/32)
Click the Vertical Zoom to Enlarge the Tracks
Tutorials Cakewalk Sonar LE 6. Press the Track Record Enable button
for the Track that you want to use. The track turns a dull red color to indicate that it is record-enabled. You should now see activity on the Track Input Meter when feeding a signal into the Digital Audio System. If you dont see meter activity on the track, try record enabling all the other tracks to see if any of the meters move (you may have record enabled the wrong track). If you still dont see meter activity, open PatchMix DSP to verify meter activity on the input channel. Next, make sure the input channel on PatchMix matches your Track Input in Sonar LE. source.
7. If your input signal is either too weak or too strong, adjust the level of your input
8. Press Record on the Sonar LE Transport control and start playing. Stop Record
9. Press Stop when youre nished recording the rst track. 10. Press the Return-to-Zero button

on the Sonar Transport.

11. Press Play on the Sonar LE Transport to play back your track. The audio from Sonar
comes back into PatchMix on the ASIO Out 31/32 Strip. (Go look and see.)
12. If you want to dump the track and start over, Right-click over the waveform display
in the track and choose Delete.
on the Sonar LE Transport.
14. Add another track by selecting Audio Track, from the Insert menu. A new audio
track is added to the bottom of the list.
15. The new track is very narrow because it is minimized. Click on the Restore Strip

Size icon

to make the track parameters visible.
16. Now you have to connect an input to the Track.
Click on the little triangle on the right side of the track Input box. (If you wish to record multiple tracks simultaneously, simply turn Record Enable on for each track you wish to record.)
17. Again, set up the track to be either mono or stereo, then choose the Track Input

open with two audio tracks and two MIDI tracks such as the one shown below. (If you have another set open select New Live Set (Ctrl+N) from the File menu.)

3. Drop Here

1. Click Here to open Plug-ins 2. Drag Proteus X LE
2. Click on the Plug-in Device Browser button
on the left side of the window. The list of Ableton Plug-ins appears at the left side of the window.
3. Select Proteus X LE from the Plug-ins list and drag it over the MIDI Track heading
as shown above. Wait a second or two, then youll see the Proteus X LE VSTi appear in the MIDI Track View area below the mixer.
Load the Proteus X LE Bank
4. Click on the wrench icon
on Proteus X LE in the MIDI

Track View area.

Tutorials Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU 5. The Proteus X LE editor screen shown below appears.
Proteus X LE is now running, but you need to load a bank of sounds. Choose Open from the File menu on Proteus X LE. Locate and load the Proteus X Composer bank, which is located here: (Program Files/Creative Professional/E-MU Sound Central) The bank takes a few seconds to load.
Click on the mini keyboard at the bottom of the window. You should be hearing sound. If not, close Ableton Live Lite 4, and verify that you have the PatchMix DSP Product Default session loaded. Then close and restart Ableton Live Lite 4. Change the Preset using the preset inc/dec keys. about losing anything. Nothing is made permanent until you Save the bank.
10. Feel free to play around for awhileturn some knobs, change presets. Dont worry 11. When youre ready to move on, select preset, P0004 A KuStq, then close the Proteus
X LE editor by clicking on the close box

Play MIDI Clips

12. Locate MIDI Loops by Keyfax in the Factory Content section of the Ableton Live

Lite 4 Browser.

13. Click on the folder to open it. Youll see a bunch of other folders.
Tutorials Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU 14. The rst folder, BRK_120 contains a nice bass riff. Open it, then open the next
folder BRK-Bass.mid. Now, youll see a MIDI le named BRK-Bass.
15. Click and drag BRK-Bass over one of the clip slots in the 3 MIDI strip as shown

below.

the bottom of the window.
30. Select the Show/Hide Notes Box
located in the lower left corner of the Clip View window. The Notes box appears in the Clip View section. selecting until you nd one you like. Hint: Use the Up/Down Arrow keys to select Programs. Use Sub-Bank to select presets higher than 128.
31. Select a Program number. Youll hear the Proteus X LE sound change. Keep
32. As an added bonus, the program (sound) you selected is now associated with the
MIDI clip. Whenever you select this MIDI clip, the sound will also be selected.
33. Select another clip and assign a different program number. Notice that the Preset
changes when you switch back and forth between clips.

Save the Set

34. Save your work by selecting Save Live Set As from the File menu. The next time
you load the set, the Proteus X LE bank will automatically load as well.

Select Preset

Setup to Record a MIDI Track
Now lets record a MIDI track using a USB keyboard such as the E-MU X Board or an external MIDI keyboard. Connect your MIDI keyboard now if it isnt already connected. If youre using a USB keyboard and it isnt connected, youll have to quit Ableton Live Lite 4, connect the USB keyboard, then restart Ableton Live Lite 4 before continuing.
35. You can use the MIDI Track you set up on MIDI channel 2. Make sure there is at
least one empty slot in the MIDI track. (Select and hit backspace to delete a clip.)
Tutorials Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU 36. Click on the Show/Hide In/Out Section button 37. Set up the MIDI track as shown at right.
if its not already selected. The Input/Output options now appear in the track strips. a. Select either E-DSP MIDI for a MIDI keyboard or USB Device for a USB keyboard. b. Set the input to listen to MIDI channel 2. c. Monitor should be On (for now). d. This routes the MIDI data to track 3 (which contains Proteus X LE). e. Set the output to MIDI channel 2. f. Turn record On (red).

a b c d e

38. Set your keyboard to transmit on MIDI channel 2. 39. Play the keyboard. You should hear Proteus X LE playing the last sound you
selected on channel 2. Go ahead and change the sound if you wish. (Double-click the top of Track 3, then click the Wrench icon on the Device Title Bar. Make sure youre changing the sound on channel 2.)

Ready to Record

40. Start up the bass line on track 3 MIDI and practice playing along with it. 41. Optional: You can set the Global Quantization value to time correct your playing.
Set it to anything other than None.
Quantize 42. Click on any of the MIDI Clip Record buttons to begin recording. 43. Click the Clip Launch button, the Clip Stop button, or the Spacebar to stop

Now youve had a taste of what Proteus X LE and Ableton Live Lite 4 can do. But dont stop now! Read the Proteus X LE Operation Manual pdf to learn all about this exceptional instrument. Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU includes several excellent hands-on tutorials to help you learn all the features of this ground breaking music application. Note: The Assignable X-Y Controls are not enabled in this version of Proteus X LE.
3 - Recording Audio into Ableton Live Lite 4
These instructions explain how to record your own audio loops into Ableton Live Lite 4.

Clean the Slate

1. Choose New Live Set (Ctrl+N) from the Ableton Live Lite 4 File menu.
Setup Ableton Live Lite 4
2. Click on the Show/Hide In/Out Section button
shown on page 35. The Input/
Output options now appear in the track strips
3. Set up the 1 Audio Track as shown at right with Ext In, the ASIO input selected and

Monitor On.

4. You should now see meter activity and hear audio when you feed a signal into
1. Ext. In 2. Select input 3. Monitor On
PatchMix DSP. If not, you may have the wrong input channels selected (#2 in the diagram at right). If you still dont have audio, verify meter activity on PatchMix DSP and make sure ASIO Send on PatchMix DSP matches the Ableton Input select. (Ableton inputs are selected on the Preferences menu. See Setup the Channel Conguration on page 30.
5. Click the Record button to record-enable the track.
The record button and the channel meters turn red.
6. When youre ready to record, click the circle on the
clip you want to record into. Recording begins immediately. The circle turns into a green triangle.
7. To stop recording, press the spacebar, and turn
Step 6 Click here to begin recording.
off the red Record-Enable button.
8. Set the Monitor to Auto to and click the triangle on
the clip playback the audio you recorded.
9. If youre not happy with the recording, select the
clip, then hit the Backspace button to dump it.
10. Double-click on the clip to display the sample
parameters below the mixer.
11. If you need to edit your loop, Ableton provides a
host of loop editing features. See the pdf manual and Lessons.
12. Depending on how accurately you pressed recod
and stop buttons, you might have to trim the start and end points of the loop with an editor. The Edit button in the Sample parameters calls the selected wave editor (normally WaveLab Lite).

MIDI Channels, using multiple 14, 29, 36 MIDI Clips adding in Ableton Live Lite 36 playing in Ableton Live Lite 34 MIDI Connection Cubase LE 13 Sonar LE 27 MIDI Devices, Sonar LE 20 MIDI Track adding in Ableton Live Lite 35 recording in Cubase LE 14 recording in Sonar LE 29 Mixdown to Stereo Cubase LE 10 Sonar LE 24 Monitor Button, Cubase LE 7 Monitor with Effects 39 Mono Inputs, recording as stereo 17 Multitrack Recording Cubase LE 7 Sonar LE 21
Basic Recording Components 8, 23 Block Diagram Cubase LE record path 9 recording mono inputs as stereo 9 Sonar LE record path 23
Control Panel 6 Cubase LE project window 7 recording template 7 running Proteus X LE in 12 setting up 6 tutorial 6

Normalize 18

Device Setup, Cubase LE 6 Devices 12 menu, Cubase LE 6
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Options Menu Ableton Live Lite 30 Sonar LE 19 Order of Effects 39
Track Input Meter, Cubase LE 7 Track Record Enable Button Ableton Live Lite 38 Sonar LE 22
PatchMix, opening 5 Preferences Ableton Live Lite WaveLab Lite 15 Preset Changes, Ableton Live Lite 36 Product Default Session 5 Project Window, Cubase LE 7 Proteus X Composer Bank, loading 14, 28, 34 Proteus X LE editor screen 28 using with Ableton Live Lite 33 using with Cubase LE 12 using with Sonar LE 26
VST Instruments 12 VST Multitrack 6 VST Plug-ins, locating in Ableton Live Lite 31
WAV Export Cubase LE 11 Sonar LE 25 WAVE Send, enabling in PatchMix 16 WaveLab Lite 15 normalizing 18 recording 17 setting up 15 WDM Drivers 15 WDM, important note 18
Record a Track Cubase LE 8 Sonar LE 22 Record Window, WaveLab Lite 17 Recording into Ableton Live Lite 38 into Cubase LE 7 into Sonar LE 21 into WaveLab Lite 18 Recording Effects or Recording Dry 39 Recording Mono Inputs as Stereo Cubase LE 9 WaveLab Lite 17
Save Audio File, WaveLab Lite 18 Save Live Set, Ableton Live Lite 36 Save Project Cubase LE 8 Sonar LE 23 Select Directory 7 Sonar LE 19 multitrack recording 21 project window 21 record path diagram 23 running Proteus X LE in 26 setting up 19 Sub-Bank, Ableton Live Lite 36