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Sampling from audio input

Use direct recording when you want to bring in a phone, synth, turntable chain, microphone, or any other live source.

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When to use it

  • you want original material instead of browsing files
  • you want to capture a phrase and turn it into pads or chops immediately
  • you be digging in the crates

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Before you start

  • choose the correct input device in Settings
  • confirm the input channel selection
  • check output playback first so you can review the result immediately

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Basic flow

1

Open the recording flow

Press Enter on an empty channel then r for audio record in.
2

Arm and capture the source

Start recording with a clean input signal and avoid clipping.
3

Review the take

Listen back before committing it to the session. Use Space to replay, and N to toggle normalization if the level needs a boost.
4

Keep or discard

Keep only takes you would actually use. The goal is fast iteration, not archiving everything.

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Trigger recording

Trigger mode is for capturing a live source the moment it gets loud enough to use. Set the threshold just above the room noise or device idle level, then arm the recorder. The take begins at the first audio frame that exceeds the threshold. Audio before that crossing is monitored only and is not saved into the recording. Use Trigger when you want sampler-style starts from a synth, turntable, phone, microphone, or any other source where pressing [SPACE] manually would catch too much lead-in.

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Normalizing during review

After stopping a recording, press N during the review phase to toggle peak normalization. This scales the entire sample so the loudest peak reaches -0.1 dB (0.99 linear), which is useful when:
  • the input was recorded at a conservative level
  • you want the sample at a consistent loudness before assigning it to a pad
  • you are comparing takes and want them at roughly the same volume
Press N again to revert to the original levels. The status bar shows the original peak in dB so you can see how much gain was applied. If the recording is near-silent, normalization is skipped and a “Signal too quiet to normalize” message appears. The normalized version is what gets saved when you press Enter to keep the take. If you turn normalization off before keeping, the original levels are preserved.

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Accessing recordings

If you need to load a previous recording, access an empty channel and press R for Recordings. The file browser will load at your recordings path; To see where that path is on your platform, see here.