Operation Manual

Operation Manual Original Sequel Operation Manual by Steve Kostrey, Michael Baggley Revision and Quality Control for this version: Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publica- tion may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. All product and company names are ™ or ® trademarks of their respective owners. Windows XP is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows Vista is a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The Mac logo is a trademark used under license. Macintosh and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks. © Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, 2008. All rights reserved. Table of Contents 6 Introduction 38 The Pilot Zone 7 Welcome 39 Introduction 7 About this manual 39 The Sequel menu (Mac only) 7 Key command conventions 39 The File, Project and Edit menus 42 The Automation buttons 8 System requirements and installation 43 The Edit Remote Control Assignment button 9 About this chapter 43 Minimizing, maximizing and closing 9 Minimum requirements 43 The ruler 9 Installing Sequel 44 The Tuner 9 Activating Sequel 44 The Transport controls 10 Register your software 46 The Metronome 10 Read on… 46 Computer Usage 11 Tutorial 1: Recording 46 The Pilot Zone display 48 The Virtual Keyboard 12 The tutorials 12 Recording audio 49 The Arrange Zone 17 Recording instrument parts 50 Introduction 19 Tutorial 2: Editing 50 The Track list buttons 51 Resizing the Arrange Zone 20 Introduction 51 About tracks and track controls 20 Editing audio events 56 Timeline and grid 23 Editing instrument parts 56 Zooming in the Arrange Zone 26 Tutorial 3: Mixing 57 Working with the Smart Tool …