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Table of contents

Cakewalk Power - Table Of Contents

Chapter 1. Understanding MIDI and Digital Audio
—What is MIDI?
—What is Digital Audio?
—File Formats

Chapter 2. Getting Started with Pro Audio
—What Version of Pro Audio Do You Have?
—Get the Latest Product Update
—Register Your Software
—A Quick Tour of Pro Audio 9
—The Differences Between Pro Audio, Guitar Studio, and Home Studio Setup
—Your System for Better Performance
—Find Help When You Need It

Chapter 3. Customizing Pro Audio
—Organize Your Files
—The Workspace - Colors, Toolbars, Window Layouts, Key Bindings
—MIDI Settings
—Optimal Audio Settings

Chapter 4. Working with Projects
—Opening Projects
—Predefined Projects
—Make Your Own Templates
—Saving Your Projects
—Closing Projects

Chapter 5. Getting Around in Pro Audio
—The Now Time
—The Go Menu
—Using Search
—Markers, Oh My

Chapter 6. Recording and Playback
—Track View or Console View?
—The Metronome
—Recording and Playing MIDI
—Recording and Playing Audio
—Recording Multiple Tracks at Once

Chapter 7. Editing Basics
—Tracks and Clips
—The Event List
—The Piano
—Roll The Audio Editor

Chapter 8. Exploring the Editing Tools
—The Edit Menu
—Cut, Copy, Paste
—Basic Quantizing
—Advanced Quantizing
—Audio Tools

Chapter 9. Effects - The Really Cool Stuff
—MIDI Effects
—Audio Effects
—Offline Processing
—Real-time Processing

Chapter 10. Mixing it Down
—Setting up the Console View
—The Module Manager
—Taking a Snapshot
—Grouping
—Recording Automation
—Editing Automation
—Audio Envelopes
—The Mixdown Audio Function

Chapter 11. Making Sheet Music
—The Staff View
—Changing the Layout
—Editing Techniques
—Lyrics, Chords, Tablature, and Expressions
—Printing Your Music

Chapter 12. Studio Control with StudioWare and SysEx
—The SysEx View
—Intro to StudioWare
—Taking a SnapShot
—Recording Widget Movements

Chapter 13. Advanced StudioWare Techniques
—Designing Panels
—The Widgets
—Widget Properties
—A Step-By-Step Panel Project

Chapter 14. CAL 101
—What is CAL?
—Running a Script
—The CAL View

Chapter 15. Advanced CAL Techniques
—Automating Cakewalk with CAL
—Using CAL with StudioWare
—Intro to CAL Programming
—CAL Data Types
—CAL Function Reference

Chapter 16. Take Your Pro Audio Project to CD

Appendix A: Sample Project Roadmap - From Recording to Mixdown
Appendix B: Backing up Your Project Files
Appendix C: Composing for Multimedia and the Web
Appendix D: Cakewalk Resources on the Web Book Outline