Learn / Recording

Set up a track for recording

Choose an input for an audio track and arm it so it's ready to record. · 0:42

Step by step

  1. 01

    Choose Oxtave → Audio Settings… (⌘,), turn on Input, pick the Input device and click Apply.

  2. 02

    Add an audio track: click + on the arrange toolbar and choose Audio, or press ⌘T.

  3. 03

    The new track is selected; show the Inspector with ⌥I if it's hidden.

  4. 04

    In the Input section, choose the Source: a mono input such as Mono 1 or a stereo pair such as Stereo 1-2.

  5. 05

    Click the round record-enable button in the track header or on the mixer strip.

  6. 06

    Turn on Monitor (the ◖ button in the track header, or the headphones on the mixer strip) to hear the input through the track; leave it off if your interface already lets you hear yourself.

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