DDClip for Recording

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Issue 4, November 2002

Naming Convention for Files

Understanding how DDClip deals with names is best illustrated by example.

• The name of the recording will be Aust.

  NOTE: It is important to keep the name to the 8.3 convention. An example of this convention is FILENAME.EXT. You use eight characters or less for the name and three characters for the extension. In practice this could be Aust1234.wav.

• When required to give a name in the section Preparing for Recording I will use the name Aust.

• As recording takes place DDClip will allocate automatically the following names to the Clips: Aust00.wav Aust01.wav Aust02.wav

  NOTE: DDClip doesn't allocate the name Aust.wav. DDClip starts allocating names adding a number at the end of the name. E.g. Aust00.wav. This feature of DDClip is very useful to us. You will see later in the example how we can use the name Aust.wav.

• If during a recording session the recording is not finished save the project. See the section on Saving a DDClip project.

• When you come back to do more recording open the project.

• When you click on the Record audio button you are required to enter a name. You can use the same name as was chosen at the beginning of the recording session. E.g. Aust.wav.

• DDClip will continue to automatically allocate the names of the Clips for you. Aust03.wav Aust04.wav Aust05.wav

• When the recording is finished you will have a number of Clips making up the recording session. These clips can be combined into one file ready for editing and programming.

• See the section Combining the Clips into one file.

• After pressing F12 you will be required to allocate a name for the file. It is at this point in the process that the name Aust.wav can be used. This will now become the name of the combined file. This is the file that you will open in FastEdit for editing.

Preparing for Recording

1. Open DDClip.

2. Click on the Record audio button.
   

3. If the Record Audio: window appears, click the Ask Name before run box. Click on the Browse button.
   

4. The File for recording window will appear. Select the drive/folder to store the recording. Give the recording a name. Click Save.
   

5. Set the Device to the appropriate setting for analog recording.
   

6. Set the Input Format to the required settings.
   

7. In the Misc section of the Record Audio: window make sure the Volume Control, Synchronize Playback and Adjust DC offset boxes are unticked. Tick the Always on top box. Set the Rec Delay to 0.
   

8. Drag the Record Audio window to a position on the screen that allows you to see the top track of the Project window.
   

9. Do a level test for the recording.

10. Click on the Record button. The computer is now recording.
    

11. When you finish recording and want to pause/stop, click on the Stop button. (DO NOT click OK or Close. If you do you will lose the recording.)
    

12. Click on the Insert button.
    

13. Place the recording in one of the tracks.
    

14. Click on the Clip you have just inserted. You can play this clip to check your recording.
    

15. Record the next section of your recording.

16. Click on the Insert button.

17. Press Ctrl End. This will take you to the end of the Audio Track window.

18. Place the new Clip.
    

19. Repeat this process until the recording is complete.

NOTE: If you don't need to listen to the recording you can start and stop the recording as many times as needed without inserting. IMPORTANT: You must Insert the recording before you click on the OK or Close buttons. If you fail to do this you will lose the recording.

If you don't want to continually press Ctrl End each time you insert a clip you can set the length of the recording. The following instructions show you how to set the time of the recording.

1. Click on the Set Size button.
   

2. In the Project Limits pane change the length of the recording to the desired time then click OK.
   

Saving a DDClip project

If the recording job is not finished the recording project can be saved to allow you to return to recording at another time.

1. Click on the Save project button.
   

2. In the Save in: box select the Drive/Folder in which you want to save the file.

3. Give the file a name and click the Save button.
   

4. The Save Clip Collection As window will appear. Click Save.

Continuing with a recording

You can continue to record in a previously unfinished recording.

1. Open DDClip.

2. Open the Project you wish to continue recording in.
   

3. Click on the Record audio button.
   

4. When required to give a name use the same name you gave to the original recording. See the section Naming Convention for Files.

NOTE: DDClip will continue naming the Clips automatically.

Combining the Clips into one file

After the recording is finished all the clips can be combined into one file and edited in FastEdit.

1. Make sure the Playback entire project button is clicked.
   

2. Make sure the Record Audio window is closed.
   

3. Press the F12 function key on the keyboard. The Export Wav window will appear.
   

4. Select the desired drive/folder to save the file. Give the file a name and click Save.

   NOTE: The original name for the recording can be used. See Naming Convention for Files.

5. The Clip will now be combined into one file.

6. Open FastEdit.

7. Open the file. The file can now be edited in the normal way.