Steinberg Sequel 3 Operation Manual

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Activating the Metronome Click
To align your recording with the bars and beats displayed in the ruler, you can activate 
a click or metronome.
•Activate the Metronome button in the Pilot Zone.
•Adjust the metronome volume using the slider.
The metronome is automatically set to add a two-bar precount before recording starts.
You can now specify the project tempo in the Tempo field, see “The Tempo (TEMPO)” 
on page 64 for more information. This affects the speed of the metronome...

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5.Make sure the Preview button is activated and step through the list on the right 
until you find a suitable loop.
6.Drag the selected drum loop into the Arrange Zone and line it up with bar 1, just 
below the guitar track.
7.Click in the middle of the right edge of the event and drag to the right up to the 
beginning of bar 5 to make the loop 4 bars long.
8.Rename the track “Drums”.
Setting Levels
In this example, a guitar plays through an amplifier with a microphone in...

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Tuning your Instrument
Sequel features a built-in tuner for tuning guitar or bass, for example.
1.Make sure the guitar track is selected and the Record Ready button is activated so 
that you hear the input.
2.Activate the Tuner in the Pilot Zone.
3.Pluck a string on your guitar or bass.
The Tuner automatically detects which string you are hitting as long as it is in fairly 
close proximity to the right tuning. The tuning indicator moves left or right. If it moves 
to the left,...

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Playback
To listen to what you have just recorded, you have to play it back.
•Load the project “Playback” found in the “Sequel Tutorial 1” folder.
Starting Playback
To start playback, you have the following possibilities:
•Click the Play button.
•Press [Space] on your computer keyboard.
This toggles between start and stop.
•Press [Enter] on the numeric keypad.
•Double-click in the lower half of the ruler.
Stopping Playback
To stop playback, you have the following...

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Recording Multiple Takes of your Audio
Sequel offers the possibility to record multiple takes of your performance. This allows 
for recording a section multiple times and then selecting the best take, or assembling 
a perfect take from the different takes. Proceed as follows:
1.Draw in a cycle region from bar 3 to 4, and set the project cursor to the beginning 
of the cycle. 
2.Activate the Cycle button.
3.Make sure that the “Record Ready” button for the track is activated,...

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Recording Instrument Parts
In this section, you will learn how to record instrument parts on instrument tracks.
•Load the project called “Recording MIDI” found in the “Sequel Tutorial 1” folder.
Creating an Instrument Track
1.Click the “Add Track” button below the track list.
The Add Track dialog opens.
2.Select the Instrument option.
3.Use the Category filter and select a sound for your project, for example a Synth 
Pad sound.
4.Rename the track according to the...

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4.Click the Record button to start recording.
5.Record 4 bars.
6.Press [Space].
7.Deactivate “Record Ready” so that you do not hear the input any more.
Congratulations! You have just recorded your first instrument part in Sequel.
8.Load the project “MIDI Playback” found in the “Sequel Tutorial 1” folder.
9.Set the project cursor to bar 1 and press [Space] to listen back.
Recording Multiple Takes of an Instrument Part
Basically, recording multiple takes of an...

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Editing
Introduction
In this chapter, the basic editing methods are described.
•The following sections make reference to tutorial projects, located in the default 
Sequel project folder.
Importing
You can import audio files, instrument sounds, pattern banks, or MIDI loops by simply 
dragging them from the MediaBay or your desktop and dropping them in the Arrange 
Zone.
Common Editing Functions
In this section, you will learn how to edit audio events. This includes renaming, resizing, 
splitting,...

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Resizing
In the bottom left and right corners of an event, the resize handles are shown. Click 
and hold either one of them and drag left or right to lengthen or shorten the event.
For this example, resize the Guitar and Synth events.
•Position the mouse pointer over one of the triangles at the lower left or right of the 
event. Click and adjust the Guitar and Synth events. 
When you resize an event, the tooltip beside the mouse pointer displays the bar 
position and...

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5.Undo your actions by selecting “Undo Split” from the Edit menu.
Splitting with Snap to Grid
Having “Snap to Grid” activated allows you to split with precision, directly on bars or 
beats.
1.Make sure that “Snap to Grid” is activated.
2.Split the Drums event on the third beat of every bar.
If you cannot see beats in the grid, zoom in using the [H] key on your keyboard until 
you can see them.
3.Cut on bar 1 beat 3, bar 2 beat 3, bar 3 beat 3, and bar 4 beat 3.
4.Undo...