Takes by Tracks

Tracks 3,4, and 5 are three consecutively recorded takes in ACID. 

Before you record the next take, make sure you click the Mute button on the last take to silence it (as shown in Fig. 5.5). 

By muting and unmuting the various takes (tracks), you can preview them against the main project to choose the best one. 

The whole purpose of recording takes is to get the best possible performances into the song. You don t need to select the single best media file or track but, instead, can split up the events that make up the various takes, choose the best parts of each, and create a composite performance of 

Events are easily split by positioning the timeline cursor on an event where you want a split to occur and then pressing the S key on your keyboard. Since you will probably want only one take at any particular time, you can split all of the takes at the same time and at the same position by selecting all of the events. Looping the playback one section at a time and then soloing one take at a time will allow you to audit the best version. 

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