User manual GAMES PC MUSIC 2000

[. . . ] TM © 2000 Jester Interactive and The Codemasters Software Company Limited and Codemasters Limited ("Codemasters") All Rights Reserved. "Codemasters"® is a registered trademark of Codemasters Limited. "MUSIC 2000TM" is a trademark of Codemasters. All rights of the producer and of the owner of the compositions reproduced in MUSIC 2000TM are reserved. [. . . ] Click the `Record' button when you want to record, and then click again to stop. The recorded sample will be placed into your sample palette. ready to sing with your microphone!As soon as you reach the point that you want to start sampling, click on the `record' icon. You will see the bottom counter start to increase, which shows you how much you have recorded. When you want to finish sampling, click on the `stop' icon. Using the sample editor The sample editor allows you to edit any sample, whether from Music 2000TM, or from an audio CD. To enter the sample editor, you need to be in the sample palette screen. Highlight the sample that you wish to edit, press the menu button and choose the `Edit sample' option. You will see a graphical representation of your sample. There are two ways to record samples in Music 2000TM. You can use the CD player to record samples from audio CDs, and you can record within the riff editor, which takes input from the audio mixer. Use this to record from your soundcard microphone and line inputs, as well as from other PC software. The audio mixer can be brought up by clicking on the audio mixer icon on the icon bar. This will list all the audio inputs on your PC. 19 Audio Recorder When you are in the riff editor, right click to get the menu up, and select `Record from PC audio'. You will then see the sample editor screen. Click the red record icon when you are ready to record and then click the mouse again to stop recording. You can then edit the recorded sample using the sample editor (discussed elsewhere in this manual). Firstly, start the audio source playing or get Placing a sample into a riff Go back into the song track screen, and create a new blank riff using the Riff Editor. Instead of going into the sample library, go into the sample palette via the menu. You will see at the bottom of the sample list a new sample called `Sample 0001', which will contain the sound you just recorded. You can use this just like a normal instrument sample, and place it in your riff. Everything that you can do with a normal sample, you can do with one you have created yourself. See section 3, p13 for more information. Here you can edit your sample in a number of ways. ··· ··· 20 The three markers There are three pairs of markers. [. . . ] To do this, go to Windows Control Panel\Multimedia and select Record control. Q A In Music Jam mode there seem to be more buttons to press than I have fingers If you press the SHIFT key and then press an F key with a Riff assigned to it, Music 2000TM will hold that button down for you, leaving fingers free to Jam. To stop Music 2000TM from playing the Riff, simply press SHIFT and the button again. Q A Q A Q Q A I've recorded a Drumloop from CD but can't seem to get it to loop correctly. When you have recorded your sample you may have parts that you don't need. Use the Edit Sample option (from the Riff Editor\ Sample palette menu), trim off the unwanted sound and then paste the A 35 ··········· ··········· 36 Here you have a choice of devices to record from, so if it's CD Audio you want to record then make sure it is selected on this screen. CODEMASTERS TECHNICAL SUPPORT Tel: 01926 816044 Fax: 01926 817595 Lines are open between 0900-1730 Monday, 0800-2000 Tuesday to Friday, 1000-1600 Saturday. [. . . ]