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3.2.
STEP
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UNLOCKING
LIVE
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Welcome to Live
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1.2.1 Remix Features
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1.2.5 Editing MIDI
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1.2.7 Resources
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1.2.9 Using Devices
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1.2.10 Miscellaneous
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First Steps
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2.1 Lear n About Live
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2.2 Setting up Preferences
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2.3 The Main Live Screen
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A View Selector
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A View Show/Hide
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2.3. THE MAIN LIVE SCREEN 11
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Unlocking Live
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The Products Tab in the
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Preferences
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Selecting the Unlock
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Button in the Products
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3.2 Step 2: Unlocking Live
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3.2.1 The Unlock Key
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3.2.2 The Challenge Code
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3.2.3 Unlocking Online
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3.2.4 Unlocking Ofine
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The Unlock Key Can Be
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Downloaded as a Text
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Manually Enter Your
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Unlock Key
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3.3 Copy Protection FAQs
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Click Here if You Are
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Interested in Buying
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Click Here to Hide a
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Product's Features
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3.3. COPY PROTECTION FAQS 23
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. They are happy to help!
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Live Basics
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4.2 Arrangement and Session
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4.3 Tracks
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A Track in the
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A Scene in the Session
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4.4 Audio and MIDI
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4.5 Audio Clips and Samples
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4.6 MIDI Clips and MIDI Files
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4.7 Devices and the Mixer
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The Live Mixer in the
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Arrangement View (Top)
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Live's Crossfader
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MIDI Effects, an
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Instrument and Audio
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Effects in a MIDI Track
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4.8 Presets and Device Groups
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4.9 Routing
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Track Routing Is Set up
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Using the In/Out Section
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(Top) or Session View
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4.10 Recording New Clips
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4.11 Automation Envelopes
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4.12 Clip Envelopes
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4.13 MIDI and Key Remote
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4.14 Saving and Exporting
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A Live Clip in the File
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Browser
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4.15 The Library
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4.15. THE LIBRARY 45
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Managing Files and Sets
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5.1.2 Searching for Files
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5.1.3 Previewing Files
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Dropping a Clip to
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Create a New Track
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5.2 Sample Files
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5.2.1 The Decoding Cache
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5.2.2 Analysis Files (.asd)
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5.2.3 File Pre-Analysis
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5.2.4 Exporting Audio
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5.3 MIDI Files
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5.4 Live Clips
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A Live Clip in the
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5.5 Live Sets
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5.5.3 Template Sets
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5.6 Ofine and Lost Files
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5.8 Live Packs
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6.1 Navigation
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6.2 Transport
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Using Locators to
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Launch Play in the
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Arrangement
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The Locator Controls
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6.4 The Arrangement Loop
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6.5 Moving and Resizing Clips
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6.6 Selecting Clips and Time
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6.7 Using the Editing Grid
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A Gap Between Clips
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Has Been Deleted by
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First Selecting it, Then
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Executing the Delete
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Time Command
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6.9 Splitting Clips
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6.10 Consolidating Clips
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Session View
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7.1 Session View Clips
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7.2 Tracks and Scenes
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A Session View Scene
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This Scene Will Change
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7.3 The Track Status Fields
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Dropping Multiple Clips
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7.4.1 Select on Launch
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7.4.3 Editing Scenes
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The Control Bar's Record
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The Arrangement
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The Stop All Clips
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Clip View
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Clicking a Session View
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Track Status Field Opens
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Creating a Clip
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Multi-Selection
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The Clip View for an
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Audio Clip
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8.1 The Clip Box
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8.1.3 Clip Signature
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8.1.4 Groove
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8.1.5 Clip Offset and Nudging
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8.1. THE CLIP BOX 95
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8.2 The Sample Box
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The Control Bar's Tempo
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Control
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The Clip Zoom/Scroll
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The Clip Overview
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The Follow Switch
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The Clip Start and End
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Markers
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Using Clip Start and End
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Controls to Change Clip
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The Clip Scrub Area
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The Clip Loop Controls
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Setting the Clip to Run
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Into a Loop
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8.2.3 Clip Pitch and Gain
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The Replace Sample
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The Save Default Clip
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The High Quality Switch
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8.2.9 Clip RAM Mode
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8.2.10 Reversing Samples
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8.3 The Notes Box
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8.3.1 Tempo Controls
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8.3.2 Bank and Program Change
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8.3.3 MIDI Loop/Region
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Tempo Control and Warping
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9.1.2 Tapping the Tempo
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9.2 Time-Warping Samples
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9.2.1 Syncing Straight Loops
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9.2.2 Syncing Uncut Loops
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Setting the Warp
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Markers for a Badly Cut
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9.2.4 Manipulating Grooves
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9.2.5 Syncing Longer Pieces
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The Metronome Switch
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Using the Context Menu
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9.3.1 Beats Mode
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9.3.2 Tones Mode
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9.3.3 Texture Mode
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9.3.4 Re-Pitch Mode
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9.4 Deactivating Warping
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Chapter 10
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10.2 The MIDI Editor
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The Control Bar's Draw
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Mode Switch
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Previewing MIDI Notes
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Note Scale Position Is
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Shown Vertically and
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Beat-Time Horizontally
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MIDI Editor Navigation
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The Control Bar's Follow
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The MIDI Clip Scrub
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10.4 Editing MIDI
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10.4.3 Grid Snapping
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Quantizing MIDI Notes
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Copying (Above) and
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Pasting (Below) a Loop
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10.4.6 Changing Note Length
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10.4.7 Editing Velocities
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Changing Note Velocity
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10.4. EDITING MIDI 137
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10.4.8 Deactivating Notes
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Launching Clips
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11.2 Launch Modes
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11.3 Clip-Level Quantization
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11.4 Velocity
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11.5 Legato Mode
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11.6 Follow Actions
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Creating a Group With
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11.6.2 Creating Cycles
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Routing and I/O
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The Mixer's In/Out
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Section and Mixer
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Section Selectors
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12.1 Monitoring
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12.2 Exter nal Audio In/Out
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12.3 Exter nal MIDI In/Out
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Activating the Computer
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MIDI Keyboard
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12.3.4 MIDI In/Out Indicators
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12.4 Master and Cue Outs
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12.5 ReWire Slave Routing
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An Audio Track
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Receiving Audio From
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Sending MIDI to Reason
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12.6 Resampling
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12.7 Inter nal Routings
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12.7.1 Post-Effects Recording
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Recording the Output of
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Audio Tracks
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12.7.3 Creating Submixes
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MIDI Track Into an
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Existing MIDI Track to
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Reuse its Instrument
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Feeding an Additional
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The Instrument Has
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Dedicated Track
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Using Impulse's
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Individual Outs to
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Separately Process
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Sample Slots
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Tracks Feeding MIDI to
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From the Parts of a
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Multi-Timbral
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Instrument
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12.7.8 Layering Instruments
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12.7. INTERNAL ROUTINGS 168
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The Arrangement View
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The Session View Mixer
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The Mixer Section
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Selector
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The Mixer Controls
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13.2 Audio and MIDI Tracks
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Tracks are Represented
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The Send Controls and
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Pre/Post Toggle
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The Crossfader
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A Track's Crossfade
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Assign Buttons
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13.5 Soloing and Cueing
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The Cueing-Related
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Session Mixer Controls
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13.6 Track Delays
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Recording New Clips
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14.1 Choosing an Input
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Track Arm Buttons in the
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Session (Left) and
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Arrangement (Right)
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14.3 Recording
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Recording a New Clip
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Into the Session View
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14.4 Recording in Sync
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The Preview Volume
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14.6 Recording with Count-in
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14.7 Setting up File Types
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The Scene Up/Down
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Buttons
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A Track Launch Button
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Working with Instruments and
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Devices in the Track
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15.1 Using the Live Devices
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MIDI and Audio Track
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Arm Buttons
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A MIDI Track's Device
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Chain Can Contain All
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Three Device Types
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A Device Activator
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15.1.1 Live Device Presets
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The Browse Presets
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The Preset Save Button
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Opening Search Mode
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Exiting Search Mode
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15.1.2 Device Groups
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15.2 Using Plug-Ins
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The Plug-In Device
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Browser and Selector
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A VST Plug-In in the
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Track View
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The Plug-In Unfold
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The Plug-In Edit Button
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15.3 VST Plug-Ins
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Setting up VST Plug-In
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Sources for Windows
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Sources for Mac OS X
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15.3.2 VST Programs and Banks
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15.4 Audio Units Plug-Ins
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Activating Audio Units
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Plug-Ins
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Opening an Audio Units
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Plug-In Window
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Chapter 16
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16.2 Deleting Automation
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16.3 Overriding Automation
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The Back to
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Arrangement Button
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An Automation
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Envelope in the
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Arrangement View
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16.4.1 Drawing Envelopes
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16.4.2 Editing Breakpoints
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16.4.3 Locking Envelopes
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16.4.4 Edit Menu Commands
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The Tempo Envelope
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Clip Envelopes
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17.1 The Clip Envelope Editor
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17.2 Audio Clip Envelopes
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The Transposition
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Envelope with Steps
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(Top) and Ramps
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(Bottom)
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17.2.4 Scrambling Beats
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Repeating Steps and
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Slowing Time with the
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Sample Offset Envelope
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17.3.2 Modulating Pan
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A MIDI-Controller Clip
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Envelope
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Using a Clip Envelope to
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Create a Fade-Out Over
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Several Repetitions of a
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The Sample (Left) and
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Envelope (Right) Start
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17.5.4 Clip Envelopes as LFOs
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Live Audio Effect Reference
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18.1 Auto Filter
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controls dene the
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18.2 Auto Pan
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18.3 Beat Repeat
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18.4 Chorus
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18.5 Compressor I
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18.6 Compressor II
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18.7 EQ Three
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18.8 EQ Four
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18.9 Erosion
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18.10 Filter Delay
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18.11 Flanger
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18.12 Gate
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18.13 Grain Delay
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18.14 Phaser
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18.15 Ping Pong Delay
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18.16 Saturator
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18.17 Simple Delay
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18.18 Vinyl Distortion
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18.19 Redux
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18.20 Resonators
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18.21 Reverb
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18.21.2 Early Reections
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18.21.3 Global Settings
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18.21.4 Diffusion Network
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18.21.5 Output
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18.22 Utility
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18.22. UTILITY 271
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Live MIDI Effect Reference
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19.1 Arpeggiator
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19.1. ARPEGGIATOR 274
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19.2 Chord
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19.3 Pitch
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19.4 Random
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19.5 Scale
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19.6 Velocity
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Live Instrument Reference
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20.1 Impulse
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20.1.3 Filter
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20.1.4 Saturator and Envelope
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20.1.5 Pan and Volume
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20.2 Simpler
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20.2.1 Sample View
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20.2.2 Sample Controls
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20.2.3 Zoom
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20.2.4 Envelope
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20.2.5 Filter
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20.2.6 LFO
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20.2.8 Glide and Spread
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20.3 Operator
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Operator Folded
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Operator's Global
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Display
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Oscillator D's Display
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20.3.3 LFO Section
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20.3.4 Envelopes
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20.3.5 Filter Section
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20.3.6 Global Controls
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20.3.7 Glide and Spread
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20.3.9 Finally
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MIDI and Key Remote Control
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21.1 Keyboard Remote Control
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21.2 MIDI Remote Control
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Selecting a MIDI Device
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The MIDI Map Mode
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21.2.3 Mapping to MIDI Notes
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and Twos
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The Relative Session
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Mapping Strip
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Mackie Control
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22.1 Channel Strips
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The V-Pots and
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Assignment Switches
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Bank, Channel, Flip and
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Return Buttons
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22.4 Transport
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The Software-Specic
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Controls
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Synchronization and ReWire
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Choosing a MIDI Slave
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23.1.3 MIDI Timecode Options
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23.2 Connecting via ReWire
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23.2.3 More on ReWire
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Computer Audio Resources and
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Strategies
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The CPU Load Meter
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24.1.3 Track Freeze
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24.2 Managing the Disk Load
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The Disk Overload
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Indicator
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Live Keyboard Shortcuts
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25.2 Accessing Menus
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25.3 Adjusting Values
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25.4 Browsing
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25.5 Transport
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25.6 Editing
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25.8 Session View Commands
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25.10 Commands for Tracks
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25.15 Clip View MIDI Editor
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25.17 Global Quantization
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25.20 Using the Context Menu
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Chapter 26
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