User manual PROPELLERHEAD RECYCLE 2.0

[. . . ] , www. propellerheads. se Made in Sweden Version 2. 0 , Operation Manual Change the tempo of a groove without altering its pitch ­ and vice versa!, Total Loop Control Operation Manual by Synkron: Ludvig Carlson, Anders Nordmark and Roger Wiklander. The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Propellerhead Software AB. The software described herein is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to any other media expect as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. [. . . ] Close All on the Windows menu closes all windows. Using The Magnifying Glass Zooming in 1. The position you clicked at will be centred in the window. Zooming out Magnification, Song Position and Scrolling The Horizontal Magnification Indicator D Zooming out is done the same way as zooming in, except you also hold down the [Option] (MacOS) / [Alt] (Windows) key. The Zoom in and zoom out tools. Using a Zoom rectangle To select a certain area to zoom in on, proceed as follows: 1. Hold down [Command] (MacOS) / [Control] (Windows) and press and hold the mouse button in the waveform display. Release the mouse button. The selected area will now fill the entire window. If you click or drag in the horizontal magnification indicator, the amount of horizontal zoom changes. Furthermore, the indicator will always show the current magnification. The Vertical Magnification Indicator If you click or drag in the vertical magnification indicator, the amount of vertical zoom changes. The vertical scale is displayed in decibel, and the zoom factor changes in steps of 6 dB. Minimum zoom will show 0 dB as the top and bottom waveform amplitude boundaries in the window, the next factor will show -6, and so on. Zooming in on a certain area. THE RECYCLE WINDOW 44 Magnifying using the Thumbnail Overview D The method of making up a rectangle with the [Command] key (MacOS) / [Control] key (Windows), described above, can also be used in the thumbnail overview. This changes the zoom factor of the main waveform, not of the thumbnail itself. Waveform Display Options You can customize the look of the Waveform window by using the settings at the bottom of the Preferences dialog: Zooming in using the thumbnail. Scrolling using the Thumbnail When zoomed in on the waveform, the Thumbnail Overview will display a dark rectangular area indicating which part of the waveform is now shown in the main waveform display. This rectangle can be dragged sideways, which scrolls the waveform display. You can also click anywhere in the Thumbnail Overview to move the rectangle to that position. The "View stereo files as sum of L+R" Option Dragging the Thumbnail rectangle. The Scroll Bar The scroll bar can be used to scroll the view of the waveform. To make the size of stereo files in the ReCycle window more compact, the left and right channels of stereo files can be summed to one channel, instead of being stacked on top of each other. Note that this is a display option only, the actual audio material is not affected in any way. Waveform Look Use this pop-up menu to select one of three different waveform "looks"; Plain, 3D or Shaded. Plain displays the waveform with normal graphics, 3D adds a depth effect to the graphics and Shaded adds a progressive shade to the lower part of the waveform. Waveform Color Click this button to select a new color for the waveform. On the Macintosh, this brings up the standard Apple Color Picker, under Windows this brings up the standard Windows Color dialog. The color field to the right shows you the current color selection. Contrast Slider This slider sets the amount of contrast between the background display and the waveform. Moving the slider to the left progressively adds more of the chosen waveform color to the background display. THE RECYCLE WINDOW 45 The View Menu The View menu features the following items that relate to how the waveform is displayed: The Edit Menu The Edit menu features the following items: · You can use "Copy Loop" to copy the entire loop (i. e. all waveform data between the left and right locators) to the clipboard. · If the clipboard contains data, this can be pasted into a new (automatically created) document window by using the "Paste as New Document" menu item. · "Delete" can be used to delete selected slice markers. Select All and Invert Selection are explained on page 57. Magnify to Fit/Magnify to fit Loop If you select Magnify to Fit from the View menu, the display will zoom out so that the entire sample fits the window. If Magnify to Fit Loop is selected, the display will zoom in (or out) so that the area between the left and right locators will fit the window. Jump to Cursor If this is selected, the window will scroll to the current play position, maintaining the current magnification factor. Undo/Redo You may be able to Undo your last action by selecting this menu item or by pressing [Command] (MacOS)/[Ctrl] (Windows)-[Z] (the default key command for Undo). For example: If it says "Undo Delete Slice(s)" the last thing you did was deleting a slice. If you wish to "Undo the Undo", this is possible since after an Undo, this menu command changes to "Redo". [. . . ] You can copy another MIDI note in the sequencer later, or insert a new one "by hand". Set the Time Signature and length (Bars/Beats) to whatever the length of the loop. Make sure "Silence Selected" and "Transmit as One Sample" are not activated on the Process menu. D If you use Propellerhead's Reason, applying a groove to existing music is a piece of cake. [. . . ]