Re: Recording to Midi accompaniment

Brett Clark <[email protected]> writes:

>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:11 AM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> suppose I take a preexisting Midi accompaniment starting on the beat
>>> and I want to record reasonably.  Then I'd likely want a count-in,
>>> but starting recording on the beat just is too late.
>>>
>>> How should I best rig this?  Of course I can produce a Midi with some
>>> count-in noises and cut them off afterwards but this is for a talk I am
>>> going to hold and it would be good _not_ to have to change the way the
>>> Midi is produced.
>>>
>>> Here is the result of what I had so far: <https://youtu.be/6nU_thq2wUw>
>>> and it's obvious that exploding on the beat is not really nice for the
>>> bass voice (the alto comes a few bars later, no problem there).
>>>
>>> So how should I best be rigging this instead?
>
>
> Im not at my computer right now, but i think i recall seeing an option
> under the Transport menu for a click-in.  Is that what you're looking
> for?

No:

>>> Then I'd likely want a count-in, but starting recording on the beat
>>> just is too late.

Basically, some recording pre-roll is needed in addition to a count-in.
It won't do to start recording on the beat.  That's what I already have.

-- 
David Kastrup

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