when recording:
</p>
<table class="dl">
- <tr><th>Normal</th>
- <td>Tracks in <dfn>normal mode</dfn> will record non-destructively—new
- data is written to new files, and when overdubbing, new regions will be
+ <tr><th>Layered</th>
+ <td>Tracks in <dfn>layered mode</dfn> will record non-destructively —
+ new data is written to new files, and when overdubbing, new regions will be
layered on top of existing ones. This is the recommended mode for most
workflows.
</td></tr>
word material, especially in combination with
<a href="@@pushpull-trimming">push/pull trimming</a>.
</td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Sound on Sound</th>
+ <td>Tracks using <dfn>sound-on-sound mode</dfn> will record
+ non-destructively — new data is written to new files, but when
+ overdubbing, new regions will be layered on top of existing ones in non-opaque
+ mode which means both existing and new material will be played back after
+ the recording is over. This is convenient for a variety of use cases, such as
+ adding MIDI Control Change events on top of recorded live performance.
+ </td></tr>
</table>
+<p>
+ Results of recording in layered and non-layered modes are visually the same.
+ However, with the sound-on-sound mode lower layers are visible under upper
+ layers, because in that case new regions with overdubs are created with
+ disabled <em>Opaque</em> setting.
+</p>
+
<figure class="right">
- <img src="/images/a3_nonlayered_example.png" alt="Normal and non-layered overdubbing comparision">
+ <img src="/images/region-layering-modes-overlaid.png" alt="Layered, non-layered, and sound-on-sound modes" width="75%" >
<figcaption>
- Normal and non-layered overdubbing comparision
+ Layered, non-layered, and sound-on-sound modes in overlaid view
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
- The screenshot on the right shows the subtle difference between an overdub
- in <dfn>normal mode</dfn> (upper track) and one in <dfn>non-layered mode</dfn>
- (lower track). Both tracks were created using identical audio data.
-</p>
-<p>
- The upper track shows a new region which has been <dfn>layered on
- top</dfn> of the the existing (longer) region. It can be seen by the region
- name strips.
+ To illustrate the difference, here is the screenshot of the same tracks, but
+ this time — in <em>Stacked</em> track mode (rather than
+ <em>Overlaid</em> as on the screenshot above).
</p>
+
+<figure class="right">
+ <img src="/images/region-layering-modes-stacked.png" alt="Layered, non-layered, and sound-on-sound modes in stacked view" width="75%" >
+ <figcaption>
+ Layered, non-layered, and sound-on-sound modes in stacked view
+ </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
<p>
- The lower track has split the existing region in two, trimmed each new
- region to create space for the new overdub, and inserted the overdub region
- in between.
+ The overdub is an opaque region on top of the original content for the
+ <em>Layered</em> mode. For the <em>Non-Layered</em> mode, it completely
+ replaces the matching part of the original content. And for the
+ <em>Sound on Sound</em> mode, it's a transparent region on top of the original
+ content.
</p>
<p>
- The switch between normal and non-layered modes is a global setting available
- in the main toolbar.
+ The switch between layered, non-layered, and sound-on-sound modes is a global
+ setting available in the main toolbar right below the buttons enabling
+ Punch In and Punch Out.
</p>
-<figure class="right">
- <img src="/images/non-layered-track-mode-enabled.png" alt="Non-layered track mode enabled" width="50%">
+<figure class="left">
+ <img src="/images/layering-switch.png" alt="Layering switch" width="50%">
<figcaption>
- Non-layered track mode enabled
+ Layering switch
</figcaption>
</figure>