Confidence recording and waveform preview

When you’re recording audio or MIDI data, Cakewalk gives you many visual cues that tracks are armed and that Cakewalk is recording data.

When one or more tracks are armed:

The Arm button in each armed track turns red.

The Clips pane next to each armed track gets a reddish hue.

The Arm / Disarm All Tracks button the Control Bar’s Mix module is lit.

While you’re recording, Cakewalk displays these cues:

Audio tracks display a waveform preview in the area in the Clips pane where you’re recording. This is actually a visual record of the record meter’s progress. When you stop recording, Cakewalk displays the actual waveform, which is slightly different from the preview. The preview is a snapshot taken at certain time intervals, while the actual waveform represents all the data that is recorded.

MIDI tracks display the actual data that they record, both in the Clips pane and the Piano Roll view (not the Staff view).

Automation envelopes and nodes are drawn in real time as the automation data is being recorded.

If you want to turn off the real-time display of audio clips, see the following procedure.

To turn off waveform preview for audio recording

Go to Edit > Preferences > Customization - Display and clear the Display Waveform Preview While Recording check box.

Now when you record audio tracks, a red swath appears in the Clips pane in the area you’re recording.