CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO - Recording Audio

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When you click the keys with the mouse or play notes using your
computer keyboard, the Virtual Piano converts the information to MIDI
data and sends it to Pro Audio. For complete information about the
Virtual Piano, use the on-line help system.
Recording Audio
There are a couple of other important considerations when recording
audio. First, many popular audio cards that come with personal
computers are half-duplex sound cards. If you are recording audio with
a half-duplex sound card, you wonÕt be able to hear any existing audio
while recording additional audio. This is a limitation of the half-duplex
sound cardÑa half-duplex card can record audio or play back audio, but
it cannot do both at once.
If you have a half-duplex sound card and you Òdrop intoÓ overwrite
recording on the ßy, there may be some slight delay until existing
material is muted, due to buffering latency. To enable full-duplex
operation on a sound card that supports it, choose Options-Audio and
click Advanced, and select Simultaneous Record/Playback.
Before you record audio, you should check your input levels. If the levels
are too low, you may end up with too much hiss and background noise in
your recording. If the levels are too high, your recording will be
inaccurate or distorted. To check your audio levels, use the audio meters
To Install the Virtual Piano…
1. Place the Cakewalk CD in your CD-ROM drive.
2. Open the Virtual Piano folder on the root of the CD.
3. Double-click on the Installer icon to begin the installation process.
To Use the Virtual Piano…
1. Choose Options-MIDI Devices to display the MIDI Ports dialog
box.
2. Make sure that Virtual Piano is highlighted in the Input Ports box.
3. Click OK to close the MIDI Ports dialog box.
4. Choose
Tools-Virtual Piano to start the Virtual Piano.
5. To read the on-line documentation, choose
Help-Contents.