Recording Your Performance - Steinberg HALION4 Mode D'emploi

Tempo and Time Signature
Below the song position display, the Tempo and Time Signature fields are located.
These fields provide HALion with tempo and time signature information. In standalone
mode, such information is not available via a host application. In this case, the tempo
and time signature settings are used by the scratch pad and the metronome. The
following options are available:
Option
Tempo Track/Fixed Set this to Track to follow the original tempo of the MIDI file. Set this
Tempo Value
Adjust Tempo
Sign (time
signature)

Recording Your Performance

1. Click the record symbol below the Record button to select a record mode.
The following options are available:
Option
Direct
MIDI
Count In 1
Count In 2
2. Click the Record button to start the recording.
3. When you are done recording, click the Stop button.
• Now you can save your performance as a MIDI file, see
page 222.
To indicate that the recording is running, the song position indicator moves from left to
right.
Activating the Metronome
To select the playback mode of the metronome, click the metronome icon. The
following options are available on the pop-up menu:
Option
Off
Count In
On
The volume control next to the metronome icon allows you to set the volume of the
metronome.
Volume
Use the volume control on the right to set the master volume of the outputs of the
standalone version of HALion. This includes the volume of the main outputs, the rear
outputs, and the output of the metronome.
Description
to Fixed to specify a tempo manually.
Determines the tempo of the MIDI file.
When the Tempo Track option is selected, an additional control is
displayed that allows you to scale the playback relatively to the
original tempo of the MIDI file.
Determines the time signature. You can enter the new signature as
fractions of beats.
Description
The recording starts immediately when you click the record button.
The recording starts with the first MIDI note.
The recording starts after a count-in of one bar.
The recording starts after a count-in of two bars.
Description
The metronome is switched off.
The metronome plays only during the count-in of a recording.
The metronome is always switched on.
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Using the HALion Standalone Version
The Scratch Pad
"Saving a MIDI File" on