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Recording
When you’ve figured out something to play, it’s time to record this. Re-
cording for a VST Instrument is done just like “normal” MIDI recording:
1.Click the record enable button for the MIDI Strings track.
In previous tutorials we recorded from the project cursor position – 
now we will start recording at the left locator, with a precount.
2.Pull down the Transport menu and make sure the “Start Record at 
Left Locator” setting is activated....

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8.When you’re done, click Stop.
A MIDI part has been created on the MIDI Strings track.
9.Play back to listen to your recording.
If you want to try again, select Undo from the Edit menu and proceed from step 3 above.
10.When you’re done, click the record enable button for the track to de-
activate it.
That concludes the VST Instrument tutorial! If you’re satisfied with 
what you recorded, you may want to save the project under a new 
name by selecting...

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Tutorial 6: Editing audio 

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About this tutorial
This chapter describes the basic procedures for editing audio in the 
Sample Editor and how to use the Process functions. For a full descrip-
tion of all settings, options and operations available, please refer to the 
chapters “The Sample Editor” and “Audio Processing and Functions” 
in the Operation Manual.
The Sample Editor
The Sample Editor allows you to edit audio, by cutting and pasting, 
removing, drawing or processing audio data....

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Editing audio in the Sample Editor – an example
This example describes how to remove a section of audio and insert it 
at another position, by using cut and paste in the Sample Editor:
1.Open the Sample Editor by double clicking an audio event in the 
Project window.
2.Select the Range Selection tool by clicking its icon on the toolbar.
3.To select a section of the clip, click and drag in the waveform display.
Click at the position where you wish the selection...

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5.Select “Cut” from the Edit menu.
The selection is removed from the clip and moved to the clipboard. The section to the 
right of the selection is moved to the left to fill out the gap.
Selecting “Paste” from the Edit menu will copy the data on the clip-
board into the clip according to the following rules:
• If there is a selection in the editor, the pasted data will replace it. 
• If there is no selection (if the selection length is “0”), the pasted data...

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Processing audio
The Process submenu on the Audio menu contains a number of audio 
processing functions. The functions can be applied to selected audio 
events or clips, or to a selected range. 
In this example, we will apply normalizing to a selected audio event. 
The Normalize function allows you to specify the desired maximum 
level of the audio. A common use for normalizing is to raise the level of 
audio that was recorded at too low an input level.
Proceed...

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Tutorial 7: Editing MIDI 

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About this tutorial
This chapter describes the basic operations for editing MIDI in the Key 
Editor. For a full description of MIDI editing please refer to the chapter 
“The MIDI Editors” in the Operation Manual.
This chapter assumes that you have read the instructions in the chap-
ter “Recording and playing back MIDI”, and have access to a recorded 
MIDI part.
Opening the Key Editor
By default, you open the Key Editor by double clicking a MIDI part in 
the...