Note: When set to values lower than 50%, the Video Window is disabled, but the audio continues at the extreme slow tempo. If you want slower than that, you can select values as low as 12%, which is an 8X slow down (1 second would take 8 seconds), and still has good quality. The quality of the audio at slower tempos is great - better than most video player programs. Play, Stop or Move to a position in the video using the Transport toolbar.Īs the song plays, you can slow down the video, and the audio will slow down and stay in sync.
There is a screen button to make the video full screen, and the key will go out of the full screen mode. Once you open a video, the Video Window will open. To play a video, either use the toolbar button and select Open File from the menu or press the Views - button which launches the Video Window with its own toolbar which has an button. The audio is extracted from the video to the audio track, and you can slow down video and audio to help with learning and transcription, with Hi-Quality audio preserved at extreme tempo slowdowns. You can load videos that you have already downloaded from YouTube or elsewhere into the RealBand Video Window. The Mixer chapter has full instructions for creating audio subgroups. A subgroup is a bus or signal path that gives you the ability to control several tracks as a group.
When this checkbox is enabled in the Audio Preferences dialog, any audio output ports that do not currently have a driver port assigned to them will function as subgroups. Creating Audio Subgroups in the Mixer Unassigned Outputs Work As Subgroups Therefore, MIDI tracks have reverb, chorus, modulation and expression controls in place of the Aux sends, and there is no button. Note: This mixer is a combination mixer that controls audio and MIDI data in one integrated console. This special button also lets you record mixer moves onto an audio track without the audio being silent during recording. There is a special “Record Mixer Moves” button in the mixer that will let you record ONLY mixer moves. Mixer moves can be recorded as the song is playing. The Ctrl+M and Ctrl+U hot keys are a convenient way to mute or unmute any track within the Bars or Mixer window.
The button will automatically insert mixer events (volume, reverb, pan, chorus) into the song’s non-blank tracks. The button in the mixer will automatically delete all mixer events (volume, reverb, pan, chorus) that are currently embedded within the song's selected tracks. The vertical splitter bar between the track strips and the bus strips can be moved right or left to make a custom mixer view. Select a track view range from the combo list, or use the Mixer window left/right scroll bar directly above to scroll horizontally across the mixer layout. Here, you can change things such as track levels and panning to the left or right speaker as the song is playing. To adjust track volume level and panning controls, open the Mixer window by selecting the Window | Mixer menu item or by clicking the Mixer button on the toolbar palette. You can solo any track or combination of tracks by pressing the buttons. Note: If you wanted to add MIDI data to this project you would select one of the empty tracks and press the record button. When the button is red the track is muted. To mute any track, click on button to the right of the track name. What you’re hearing are four discrete tracks of digital audio. You should now be hearing the demo song playing through your computer’s sound system.
Here’s how the Tracks window looks when the audio file is loaded. In the “Samples” folder choose the file q. Use the “Open a File” button or the menu command File | Open to go to the RealBand directory. SEQ (sequence) file extension and open in the same way as a MIDI file. Let’s load an audio wave file and explore the audio features of RealBand.
These files can be loaded directly with the File | Open menu option, or they can be imported to an exact location in a specific track with the File | Audio | Insert Wave File command ( Ctrl+F3). Click on the track icon to set the track type.
CDA files to be inserted into audio tracks, and you can also process audio tracks with the professional effects included with RealBand.Īny track can be designated as an audio track - mono or stereo. You can edit audio data by cutting and pasting in the Bars window or the Audio Edit window, you can import. They are also used for RealTracks and RealDrums since these parts are created from live audio recordings of studio musicians. Chapter 7: Digital Audio Features OverviewĪudio tracks are great for recording live performances they work much like tracks on a tape recorder.