Real World Digital Audio

Stop when your set is done, and your whole set is recorded. Click

Export Song to save it as a WAV file and burn it to disc or convert it

with iTunes, Windows Media Player, or another program. (The MP3

converter in Kinetic costs extra, but you can convert your songs to MP3

or OGG for free in Audacity.)

Getting More Advanced with Kinetic

Kinetic may be an entry-level app, but as a groove station it integrates per-

fectly with other parts of a software studio. Here are some of the more

advanced features Kinetic offers:

• Make your own patterns: With a MIDI keyboard (or simply by

painting in notes or drum hits), you can create your own beats and

melodic materials for the patches. You can even paint or record right

over the top of the patterns we used in the preceding sections, because

the pattern loops as it plays. Just select a pattern and click Edit Pattern.

• Paint over the groove: Using the Auto (automation) tool (Figure 5.9)

in both the Part Editor and Sound Arranger, you can paint over your

patterns and grooves to automatically adjust volume, pan, MIDI con-

trollers (see Chapter 8), and even effect and instrument settings.

• Save as Template: By choosing Save as Template, you can build a cus-

tom groove toolkit for yourself for easy modification, so you don’t have

to repeat some of the steps we performed in this walkthrough.

• Export audio loops, work with Project5: Aside from exporting a

song as audio, you can also export a single groove (complete with

effects) for use in a program like Ableton Live (also included on the

DVD). In addition, you can save files as Project5 files for use with

Kinetic’s “pro” sibling. Project5 is a more extensive program that is

also based on hardware-style synth patches and pattern editing. Using

Project5, you can expand the possibilities of what you can do with

Kinetic alone.

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• ReWire Kinetic to other programs: Since Kinetic is essentially a

collection of virtual hardware plus some pattern editors, you can use

ReWire to incorporate Kinetic into other programs you’re using, like

SONAR, Live, and Cubase. ReWire will automatically route audio

from Kinetic into any of those programs, syncing to its tempo, a perfect

setup for live performance with Ableton Live or studio sessions with

other programs.

Figure 5.9 Record, paint, and

edit your own patterns, then

paint automation and MIDI

data over the top of them

using the Pattern Editor.

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