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The audio recording system Functions | Start/Stop recording output control Hauptwerk's built-in recording system, and are only available when a sample set is loaded and active:
The built-in recording system provides a simple means to record the sound output produced by Hauptwerk, whilst still allowing it to be heard as normal. When you start recording, Hauptwerk creates a WAV audio file with a unique generated filename in the HauptwerkRecordedOutput folder. The default installation location for the folder is /Hauptwerk/HauptwerkRecordedOutput on an Apple Mac or \Hauptwerk\HauptwerkRecordedOutput on a Windows PC. From that moment onwards, until you stop recording, all audio that is sent to your audio/sound card is also written to the file. You must not open the file until you have stopped Hauptwerk recording. Using the General settings | Audio outputs screen, you can select whether the files will be written with a 32-bit or 16-bit resolution, or whether output recording should be disabled for any given logical audio output:
32-bit gives significantly better quality but some CD writing and audio editing software cannot open 32-bit audio, so you should select 16-bit if you find your software falls into that category. The channel format will depend upon the configuration of the logical audio output (also defined on the General settings | Audio outputs screen). If you have more than one logical audio output defined for multi-channel audio output (Advanced Edition only), one file will be created for each logical output, provided that 'Recording disabled for this output' has not been selected as the recording format for the output. Once you have stopped recording, you can browse to the files using Finder (Mac OS X) or Windows Explorer (Windows PCs) and open them in a third-party audio editor or audio player program. You can also rename them to give them more meaningful filenames, or delete or move them as you wish. If you hear any audio glitches in Hauptwerk's output whilst it is recording, or find any glitches in the resulting audio file, try increasing the Audio output recording buffer size setting on the General settings | General options screen:
The setting determines the maximum amount of time Hauptwerk allows your hard-disk to write a chunk of streamed audio to disk before an audio glitch will be heard or recorded. The default setting should be fine for most modern hard-disks but if you have an old or slow disk or are recording a lot of audio outputs simultaneously then it might be necessary to increase this setting. Larger values use a little more memory. |
