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When Auto Punch is enabled, the Time Ruler displays special markers that
indicate the punch in and punch out times. You can drag these markers to change
the punch in and punch out times.
Tutorial 3—Recording Digital Audio
To record digital audio, you need some sort of device hooked up to your sound
card's line or mic input—an electric guitar, a preamp, or a mixer, for example. If
nothing else, try playing or singing into a microphone!
If you have never connected an instrument to your sound card, see “To Connect an
Electric Guitar to Your Computer” on page 26.
This tutorial covers these procedures:
• Setting the sampling rate
• Setting the audio driver bit depth
• Setting the file bit depth
• Opening a new project
• Setting up an audio track
• Checking the input levels
• Recording digital audio
• Listening to the recording
• Recording another take
• Input monitoring
• Loop and punch-in recording
• Recording multiple channels
Punch OutPunch In