How to record while tapping the beat

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Recording while tapping the beat is great if you don't want to stick to a rigid tempo as you record. You won't want to hear the metronome or any other music for that matter as you record while tapping the beat, because the metronome and the music will proceed in real time and you will not.

Select the Metronome dialog by clicking on the Option menu item and choosing Metronome. You want to make sure the metronome doesn't play when recording so remove the check mark in the box beside Metronome on Record by clicking on it. Click on OK.

Now select Record Options from the Options menu. Click on Tap Beat in the top left-hand part of the dialog. Put a check in the Listen to MIDI box at the bottom of the dialog by clicking on it. Now press the lowest note on your MIDI keyboard. The Listen to MIDI button will clear and the number of the note you pressed will appear in the Value list box. Click on OK. Click on the record button in the main control area. Now you are ready to record.

There is no hurry about entering notes. Remember to tap the beat with the left hand on the lowest note on your keyboard as you play with the right hand. When you're finished, press the SPACE BAR. Answer Yes to the question "Keep this take?" if you like what you did.

Remember it doesn't make sense to record while tapping the beat with your music playing. If you want to record while tapping the beat into a track with music either on this track or on tracks above or below it, it is best to mute the tracks. Do this by selecting the Track Sheet and removing the circles in the Play field for these tracks.

How To

Setup

Play, record and synchronize

Open, save and print files and create tracks

Enter music

Edit Music

Format Music

Audio

Miscelaneous

Setup

Set MIDI input and output

Set the metronome

Change the sound for a track

Set the names for your instrument's patches (or programs)

Change the play/mute/solo status of a track

Set MIDI thru for your system

Open, save and print files and create tracks

Open a file

Save a file

Print a score

Print parts

Export a score

Enter a new track

Delete a track

Enter music

Enter notes with the mouse

Enter notes in step time

Enter triplets

Enter text

Enter lyrics

Enter a slur

Enter a crescendo

Enter a key signature

Enter a time signature

Enter a clef

Enter grace notes

Enter cue notes

Enter rests

Enter a chord symbol

Enter a tablature chord symbol

Enter a tied note

Enter a wave event

Enter a rehearsal mark

Enter titles

Enter track names

Enter different types of barlines

Enter drum tracks

Enter guitar tablature

Edit music

Change a note's pitch by semitones

Change the duration of a note

Change the enharmonic spelling of a note

Edit notes

Edit text

Edit lyrics

Edit a slur

Edit a crescendo

Insert empty space

Delete empty space

Copy sections of music

Quantize notes

Transpose notes

Change tempo

Change volume

Change note velocity

Format music

Space music

Space lyrics vertically

Space staves

Create a pickup measure

Display quarter note triplets

Make sure notes display with their entered durations

Split a track onto a treble and bass clef

Put notes in a split track on either the treble or the bass staff

Create cross-staff beaming

Change the vertical position of tablature chords

Change how barlines are connected in a score

Set braces and brackets

Change fonts for titles, lyrics, text or symbols

Change the display of bar numbering

Change the display of page numbering

Set bars of rest

Change the beat

Change the quantization with which music is displayed

Transpose the display of notes in a track

Change the way notes are grouped together

Change the number of bars per line

Change the number of staves per page

Change the way rests are displayed

Change the way ties are displayed

Change the direction of stems and beams

Display independent voices in a bar on the same staff

Change the display of drum notes

Play, record and synchronize

Play

Record

Record from another sequencer

Record with the MIDI mixer

Do punch recording

Record in step time

Record while tapping the beat

Synchronize with another sequencer as slave

Synchronize with another sequencer as master

Synchronize with a tape device

Audio

Record audio

Create a Wave file

Create an MP3 file

Create an audio CD

Add your score to a video or file soundtrack

Publish your score on the web

Use VST instruments

Use VST effects

Use ReWire

Use audio automation

Export an audio file using the Audio Mixer

Miscelaneous

Create a lead sheet

Create and print score paper

Select a sound bank on a GS Standard instrument

Check whether notes are within an instrument's range

See what events are in your tracks

Add composer notes to your composition

Create a score template

Load a score template

Create a new patch list

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