Mixtikl 5 User Guide

Microphone Recording & Options

Mic Recording Choose Cell Popup (Figure 1)


Mic Recording Choose Cell (Figure 2)


Mic Recording & Recordings List (Figure 3)


Mic Recording & Recordings List (Figure 4)


Copy to Clipboard (Figure 5)


Pasteboard or AudioCopy (Figure 6)


Microphone Recording Settings (Figure 7)

It is easy to make a mic recording of specified bar length, and attach it to a particular cell. You can do the same things with a mic recording as you can with any other loop (e.g. pitch shift/time stretch it if you change the mix tempo or root, or just stream it so that it never changes).

Large/long microphone recordings are best set to play as a "stream" meaning they can be played right off the storage media/hard drive and do not have to first be loaded into memory (which can take time which will also mean a mix can take a long time to load). Samples need to be first loaded into memory so it can be pitch shifted/time stretched as required).

Songwriter Note: The mic recording facility is designed for recording (and using in mixes) ambient sounds, speech etc. that do not require a precise "bar boundary" start. However, in the Content Cell Advanced Settings we do provide a "Stream Skip" setting that you can experiment with.

To make a mic recording:

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• Start:
  • Select the Mic Recording Button above from the Mixer Screen (see also Navigation).
  • You will see a pop up message asking you select a cell to which you want to record to (Figure 1).
  • Press OK and you are taken back to the mixer screen (Figure 2) where you will notice that the bottom Tool Button now has a red outline.
  • Select the desired cell to then see the Mic Recording screen.
  • In the Mic Recording screen (Figure 3) select the Recording button (orange dot) to start the recording.
  • The mic recording will now being made according to the bar length defined in Mic Recording Settings, unless you otherwise stop it.
• Stop:
  • In the mixer screen, press the black stop button (Figure 4), or wait for it to reach the bar length specified in Settings.

To Preview, Copy, Rename & Delete Mix Recordings:

Tip: You can quickly get to the Mix recordings screen from the Preview button on the Main Menu.

• Preview
  • Select an item in the recordings list (Figure 3)
  • Press the Preview button to start playback
  • Press the Preview button again to stop playback
• Copy to Clipboard
  • Select an item in the recordings list (Figure 3)
  • Press the Clipboard button, and then OK (Figure 5) and either select the Pasteboard button or the Sonoma AudioCopy button (Figure 6). If the latter, follow the Sonoma AudioCopy instructions.
• Rename
  • Select an item in the recordings list (Figure 3)
  • Press the Rename button to call up the text edit screen
  • Rename the file and press return to accept the change
• Delete
  • Select an item in the recordings list (Figure 3)
  • Press the Delete button to call up the text edit screen
  • Press OK if you want to delete the recording

Mic Recording Settings

• Select the Settings button (Figure 3) to show the Settings screen (Figure 7). Here you can define the settings for mic recording.
• File name preface
  • Allows the prefix to the recording (e.g. mic_*.wav) to be changed. This is particularly useful if you are making a series of mic recordings that you want to easily identify etc.
  • The name of the file recorded is as follows: prefix_mixfilename_barlength_date[Y/M/D]_time [H/M/S], e.g. mic_GenMix1-Demo_4_4b_20110223_143818.wav
• Bars Duration
  • The bar length of the mic recording, up to 99 bars.
  • Tap the control to display the pop up bar list, and select the value you want
  • Mic recording: 2 bars (default)
• Loop checkbox
  • Check (default) if you want the recording to be treated as a sample, or uncheck if you want it to stream.
  • See Content Cell Advanced Settings.
• Bars Count in
  • How many bars you want to count in before the recording starts, up to 3 bars.
  • Tap the control to display the pop up bar list, and select the value you want
  • Bars Count in: 0 bars (default)
• Quality
  • The different available output frequencies for mic recordings.
  • Tap the control to display the pop up list of audio qualities available, and select the value you want
  • Quality: 22Khz mono (default)
• Format
  • The file format for the mic recording.
  • Tap the control to display the pop up format list, and select the value you want
  • 16-bit Wav (default), 8-bit Wav, 16-bit AU, 8-bit AU.
• Input FX checkbox
  • Check (default) if you want the mic recording to have input FX applied (currently a compressor unit), or uncheck if you don't want it applied.
• FX Button
  • Press the button to launch the Compressor Unit so that you can customise the settings.