This section shows you how to transfer audio from a Project in Cakewalk to Revoice Pro using the ARA link plug-in. 


The picture below shows the layout of the example project.

(You can download the example  "Cakewalk  - Song and audio" from the tutorials section of Synchro Arts' download page)





Once you have loaded (or created) your project, select the audio clips in Cakewalk that you want to capture, that is transfer to Revoice Pro. In this example we've selected the vocal audio from the first two tracks (see below). 



 

Note: It is possible to select all the audio  in a project at once. To keep this example simple, only the first two tracks will be used.







Next, from Cakewalk's Region FX Menu, select Revoice Pro Link->Create Region Fx. This will add the RevoicePro Link plug-in to all the selected audio events. In this example Cakewalk will add one plug-in to the first track and one plug-in to the second track.


(Similarly, selecting Remove Region FX from the Region FX->RevoicePro Link Menu will remove Revoice Pro Link from all selected Audio Events.) 












Each Audio Event in Cakewalk will show a small RFX symbol in its upper right corner and show "<Revoice Pro Link>" next to the audio's name. Note: clicking the clip's RFX symbol gives you quick access to its Region Fx menu.  












Once you have added Revoice Pro Link to an Audio Event  Cubase will display each plug-in in its lower editor window. If Revoice Pro is not running, you will see the message "Press the Start button to run Revoice Pro" at the bottom of the plug-in's window. 


If Revoice Pro is not running, press in the plug-in's window.



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When Revoice Pro is running the Start button becomes a Show button. Press Show in the plug-in to bring Revoice Pro to the foreground on your screen.


The plug-in will also show ARA 2 in its lower left corner to confirm that it has been configured as an ARA plug-in.



As soon as Revoice Pro is running, Cakewalk will open a new session in Revoice Pro, create any new tracks (if needed)  and copy the Audio Clip(s) to Revoice Pro.  The new session in Revoice Pro will have the same name as the linked project in Cakewalk. Each track in Revoice Pro will have the same name (and colour) as the corresponding track in Cakewalk.





Once Cakewalk has opened a session in Revoice Pro, the Link icon in each plug-in's window will glow green. This indicates that Revoice Pro will try to mirror the position  and audio content of all linked audio clips (LEAD VOX1 and LEAD VOX2 in this example). In other words if you change the Audio Event LEAD VOX 2 in Cakewalk, any changes will be transferred across to the session in Revoice Pro. 

 


Any tracks that Cakewalk has created in Revoice Pro are automatically locked. The red padlock    in the track's status area indicates this. Although you cannot edit any of the linked audio directly in Revoice Pro (as the track is locked), the ARA interface will synchronize each audio segment in Revoice Pro with its linked Audio Event in Cakewalk.









For example, moving the audio clip LEAD VOX 2 of the second track  a few seconds earlier...










   






...results in the linked audio segment (LEAD VOX 2) in Revoice Pro also being moved to the new time.











Notes:


  1. To unlock a track, it is necessary to remove the Revoice Pro Link plug-in from all the Audio Events in the corresponding track in Cakewalk. For example, if you need to unlock track Audio 1 in Revoice Pro, in Cakewalk you will need to remove the Revoice Pro Link plug-in fromaudio clip LEAD VOX 1.


In Cakewalk, use the menu function Region FX->RevoicePro Link->Remove Region FX to remove the link plug-ins from selected audio clips  efficiently.

  1. You may want to stop a track in Revoice Pro from automatically following changes in Cakewalk. To stop the automatic updating in Revoice Pro, click the Link icon , in the  plug-in's window. The icon will turn grey and the corresponding track in Revoice Pro will no longer follow any changes that you make in Cakewalk.



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