Propellerhead ReCycle User manual

■Made in Sweden
,Operation Manual
,www.propellerheads.se
Change the tempo of a groove without altering its pitch – and vice versa! ,Change the feel of your grooves, or quantize them! ,Create endless variations and fills out of a single loop! ,Total Loop Control
Version
2.0

Operation Manual by Synkron:
Ludvig Carlson, Anders Nordmark and Roger Wiklander.
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and
does not represent a commitment on the part of Propellerhead Software AB.
The software described herein is subject to a License Agreement and may not
be copied to any other media expect as specifically allowed in the License
Agreement. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or
otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written
permission by Propellerhead Software AB.
© 2002 Propellerhead Software and its licensors. All specifications subject to
change without notice. ReCycle is a trademark of Propellerhead Software. All
other commercial symbols are protected trademarks and trade names of their
respective holders. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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5Introduction
6Welcome to ReCycle 2.0!
6What can I do with ReCycle?
6Copyright Issues
7About This Manual
9Macintosh Installation
10 Requirements
10 Setting Up The Computer
10 Turning on your system
10 Finding your way on the ReCycle CD-ROM
10 Installing the Acrobat Reader
10 Installing ReCycle
11 Setting Up The Sampler, MIDI and SCSI
11 Read the Read Me file!
11 Register your software!
11 Launching ReCycle
11 Setting up Audio
13 System Information
14 Memory setting and Audio files
14 Getting Help and Additional Info
15 Windows Installation
16 Requirements
16 Setting Up The Computer
16 Turning on your system
16 Finding your way on the ReCycle CD-ROM
16 Installing the Acrobat Reader
17 Installing ReCycle
17 Setting Up The Sampler, MIDI and SCSI
18 Read the Read Me file!
18 Register your software!
18 Launching ReCycle
19 Audio Settings
20 Getting Help and Additional Info
23 Quick Tour of ReCycle
24 How ReCycle Works
25 Using ReCycle - Step By Step
28 Exporting to File
29 Sampler Settings
30 The Sampler Settings dialog
35 Opening and Receiving Audio
36 About Sounds and Memory
36 Using Open
38 Using Drag and Drop
38 Launching from Files
38 Receiving Audio from the Sampler
39 If the “Do you want to move the left locator...” dialog
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41 The ReCycle Window
42 Window Overview
44 Handling Windows
44 Magnification, Song Position and Scrolling
45 Waveform Display Options
46 The View Menu
46 The Edit Menu
47 Context Menu Items
49 Playing Audio
50 Audio Quality
50 Playing the entire Loop
50 Auditioning Slices
51 Preview mode
53 Setting Slices And Loops
54 Using Sensitivity
54 Using the Hide tool
56 Using the Lock Tool
57 Selecting Slice Markers
57 Manual Slice Handling
59 How many Slices do I need?
59 Left and Right Locator — Setting the Loop
60 Tempo, Time Signature, Bars and Beats
61 Processing Audio
62 About the Effects
63 Effect Parameters
65 The Process Menu
66 Additional Processing Items
69 Transmit and Sampler Options
70 Selecting a Sampler to Transmit to
70 Transmit and Memory
70 Transmit Options
71 The Transmit dialog
75 Saving and Exporting
76 Saving ReCycle Documents
76 Exporting Files
81 Example Applications
82 Which Samples will work?
82 The Simple Trim
83 Slicing for Tempo Changes - Sampler and REX
83 Slicing for Tempo Changes - Exporting to Audio File
84 Slicing for Editing
84 Using Silence Selected
85 Extracting a Groove
85 Quantizing Audio
86 Extracting Sounds
86 Using Loops with unusual length or cutting
87 Index

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Introduction

INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to ReCycle 2.0!
First of all we’d like to thank you for purchasing ReCycle 2.0! You are now in
possession of a unique tool which will be an enormous time saver and which will
add great creative possibilities to your music making.
Before ReCycle, using drum loops was very technical. Also, once you had com-
mitted yourself to a sample, you were stuck with its inherent tempo, its bass
drum pattern, its snare sound etc. A bit like painting by numbers.
With ReCycle all that has changed. This program puts you – the musician –
back in control, and lets you concentrate on what you do best. Which of course
is creating music.
What can I do with
ReCycle?
With ReCycle, you can perform a number of pretty amazing “tricks” on your
drum loops:
• Change the tempo without affecting pitch.
• Change the pitch without affecting tempo.
•Quantize drum loops (either to straighten up the timing or to change the feel,
for example by applying a “groove map”).
•Extract the timing (a groove map) from a drum loop. This can then be applied
to other sequenced parts or even to other loops!
• Replace individual sounds in a drum loop.
• Edit the actual playing in the drum loop without affecting the basic feel.
• Extract sounds from loops.
• Process the loops with various effects.
Copyright Issues
The raw material with which you feed ReCycle is drum loops, grooves, break-
beats, or whatever sampled weirdness you find appropriate. Included in this
package is a great selection to get started with. When you grow out of that you’ll
find a wealth of other sampling CDs and CD-ROMs out on the market to pick
from. However, please read the following text carefully:
Every published recording carries a warning, like this:
•"All rights of the producer and owner of the recorded work are protected by
law, unauthorized copying, public performance..."
The text above means it is illegal to use this recording in your own work, unless
you obtain permission (see below).
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Failing to observe a copyright warning may result in legal action
taken against you. Make absolutely sure any material you use in
your own recordings is cleared for use, or you may find yourself in
serious legal trouble!
Some CDs (and other media) are created specifically for sampling. Even then
you must ensure the result is properly cleared for use in your own recordings. If
you find a disclaimer text that goes something like the one below, beware:
•"Every effort has been made to ensure that this CD contains sounds you can
safely use in your music. However, the producers of this product can not ac-
cept responsibility for any direct or consequential loss..."
In this case, please contact the producer to find out exactly what applies. Again,
do not use any material from this medium without making sure it is properly
cleared for use.
Clearing
So, how do you go about obtaining permission to use a recording, often referred
to as “clearing a sample”?
The owner of a CD is listed on the CD, in conjunction with a “P” symbol and a
date. Contact the owner to obtain permission. If you can’t find the owner, con-
tact the company following the © symbol on the CD. If you can’t find that either,
contact the manufacturer or record label listed on the packaging. Please note
that there are several types of clearance, for different types of usage. Preferably
contact an attorney familiar with copyright law, for assistance.

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About This Manual
MacOS vs. Windows
The documentation is both for the MacOS and Windows versions of ReCycle
2.0. Most pictures show the Macintosh version but things are identically titled
and positioned in both versions.
Sometimes, a key command is different in the two versions. This is indicated like
this: Hold down [Option] (Mac) / [Alt] (Win) and...
Everything said in the manuals applies to both platforms, unless explicitly stated
otherwise.
On-Line Help (Windows only)
•ReCycle for Windows has on-line help with a Menu Reference, window help
and help for specific dialogs from within the program.

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Macintosh Installation

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Requirements
To use ReCycle for Macintosh you need the following:
• Any Power Macintosh with a CD-ROM drive and 16-bit audio.
• 16 MB of RAM or more.
• System 8.6 or later.
For communication with your specific sampler, you might also need:
•AMIDI interface and cables, and/or...
•ASCSI interface and SCSI cables.
For SCSI communication, your computer must use SCSI Manager 4.3 (see
page 13).
Setting Up The Computer
Before proceeding, your computer should be set up and you should be reason-
ably familiar with its operation. You should also install all peripherals, such as a
MIDI interface etc.
Turning on your system
1. If you have any peripherals connected to the computer or sampler,
always turn these on first.
2. If you are using a sampler with the operating system on a floppy
disk or hard disk, make sure the operating system is loaded before
you turn on your computer.
3. Turn on the computer.
It should come alive, showing the desktop after a while. If it doesn’t, check
your SCSI setup.
4. Make sure Virtual Memory is Off, in the Memory Control Panel.
This is necessary for trouble-free audio playback. If Virtual Memory is On,
turn it off and restart the computer.
Finding your way on the
ReCycle CD-ROM
Once you have turned on your system, insert the ReCycle CD-ROM and open it
in the Finder. At the root of the CD-ROM, you will find a file called “Read Me”.
Double click this to get information about what is what on the CD-ROM.
Installing the Acrobat
Reader
To be able to read the online documentation, you must have the Acrobat Reader
application installed. If this isn’t already installed on your computer, you need to
install it from the ReCycle CD-ROM:
1. On the ReCycle CD-ROM, open the folder “Acrobat Reader” and
double click on the file “Reader Installer”.
2. Follow the instructions in the dialogs that appear.
3. At the end of the installation you may be required to restart your
computer again. Do so.
Installing ReCycle
1. On the CD-ROM, double click the icon named “Install ReCycle 2.0”.
2. Use the options in the dialog to select a destination and follow the
instructions on screen.
3. Click the “Install” button.
4. At the end of the installation you may be required to restart your
computer. Do so.
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Don’t launch ReCycle yet! You need to perform some additional
steps first:

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Setting Up The Sampler,
MIDI and SCSI
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If you don’t plan to use ReCycle with an external sampler connected
via SCSI or MIDI, you can skip this section.
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The newer Macintosh models do not have built in SCSI. These mod-
els require a separate SCSI card to communicate with samplers via
SCSI.
1. Open the Sampler and File Format Reference (a document in Acro-
bat format in the ReCycle folder), look up the chapter that describes
your specific sampler, and check the heading “Support and Re-
quirements”.
2. If the sampler connection requires MIDI, turn to the OMS chapter in
the same document and install OMS as described there.
3. Again, please look up the relevant sampler chapter, and install and
set up the sampler as described there.
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Please read the section about your specific sampler thoroughly! If
your sampler communicates with the computer via SCSI, please
note that improper SCSI connections may cause permanent dam-
age to the computer, sampler and other SCSI peripherals.
Read the Read Me file!
In the ReCycle folder that was created on your hard disk during installation you
will find a file called Read Me. This will contain any late-breaking updates that
didn’t make it into the manual. Please double click on it and read it before pro-
ceeding.
Register your software!
Please fill out and send in the registration card that comes in this package. Do-
ing so will make sure you are entitled to technical support and kept aware of up-
dates and other news regarding ReCycle.
Launching ReCycle
1. Locate your ReCycle program icon (in the new “ReCycle” folder on
the hard disk,
not
on the CD-ROM) and double click on it.
2. The program prompts you to insert the ReCycle CD-ROM (if not al-
ready in the drive).
This is only required the first time you run the program.
3. A dialog box appears, asking you to enter your name, company and
serial number. Do so, then click OK.
The serial number is printed on the Registration Card which is included in
the ReCycle package. Again, this procedure is only required the first time
you run the program.
4. Now, you will be asked whether the program should search for con-
nected samplers. If you have any samplers connected, click Yes; if
you plan to use ReCycle without samplers connected to the com-
puter, click No.
When ReCycle finds a properly connected sampler, it is automatically added
to the Sampler list. You can modify the Sampler list later if you wish to add,
remove or rename samplers. This is described on page 31.
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Not all samplers can be automatically found. Please check the Sam-
pler and File Format Reference for details of your specific model(s).
5. Finally, an Open dialog appears, asking you to locate an audio file
for opening.
This is the same dialog that appears when you select “Open” in the program
(see page 36). If you don’t want this to automatically open when you launch
ReCycle, you can turn this feature off in the Preferences dialog.
Setting up Audio
ReCycle can play back audio directly from your computer, using the built-in Ma-
cintosh Sound Manager driver. Alternatively, if you have a sound card with a
dedicated ASIO driver, this is usually the optimal configuration.
If you want to use the internal audio in your computer, we recommend that you
connect the audio output on the back to your sound system instead of using the
Macintosh built in speaker.

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Although the built-in sound capabilities on a Macintosh computer
are of a high standard, there are professional samplers that are ca-
pable of even higher quality sound reproduction. This means that
when you are auditioning audio directly from your Mac, this won’t
necessarily reflect the final audio quality in the sampler.
Audio Card Driver
After launching ReCycle, you should open the Preferences dialog on the Edit
menu and check the Audio Card Driver settings at the top. If you click the pop-
up, all available drivers installed are shown. The Apple Sound Manager is always
available as the Default output. The Audio Preferences changes appearance ac-
cording to whether an ASIO driver or the Apple Sound Manager is selected.
Apple Sound Manager selected.
ASIO driver selected.
If you select an ASIO driver, some additional items will be available in the Audio
Preferences.
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If the card and its driver supports it, the “Clock Source” pop-up al-
lows you to set an external source to which the audio playback can
synchronize its sample rate.
Please refer to the documentation that came with your card for details.
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The ASIO Control Panel may contain settings specific to your audio
card.
Please refer to the documentation that came with your card for details.
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If you have an audio card with multiple outputs, you can select
which output pair you wish ReCycle to use by clicking the “Output
Channels...” button.
This item will not be selectable if you use a card with only a regular stereo
output, or if the default Sound Manager driver is used.
Sound Manager or Dedicated ASIO?
ReCycle can either use the built-in Macintosh Sound Manager or a dedicated
ASIO driver to play audio. Basically, the following simple rule can be used as a
guide:
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If you have a sound card with a dedicated ASIO driver, you should
select this. Otherwise, use Sound Manager.

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System Information
When ReCycle is running, you will find an additional item on the Apple menu,
called “System Information”. If you select this item, a dialog will open, displaying
information about your computer and the SCSI and OMS configurations:
General
This section contains info about your computer’s processor type, operating sys-
tem, physical memory and virtual memory.
Audio
This section shows information about all available audio card drivers.
OMS
This section contains information about the installed OMS version. By using the
pop-up menu, you can check which MIDI interfaces are available.
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It doesn’t matter which interface is “selected” on the pop-up menu.
The pop-up is only there for you to view the available interfaces.
SCSI
This section indicates whether SCSI Manager 4.3 is installed (required for SCSI
communication in ReCycle), and contains a pop-up menu where you can view the
available SCSI buses.
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Again, it doesn’t matter which SCSI bus is “selected” on the pop-up
menu. The pop-up is only there for you to view the available SCSI
buses.
Copy to Clipboard
Clicking this button copies the contents of the System Information dialog onto
the Macintosh clipboard. You can then paste this into a text file or an e-mail, e.g.
when contacting tech support.

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Memory setting and Audio
files
Every Macintosh program has a memory setting. This is used to tell the com-
puter how much RAM memory to reserve for a particular program. This setting
can be changed from the Finder as described below.
When ReCycle ships, you will be able to load 30 seconds worth of 44.1 kHz
stereo audio (or 60 seconds mono). This is a total figure which can be divided
by as many windows as you like.
In addition to this, more free memory is needed when you transmit samples to
your sampler.
If you find you need to increase the amount of memory dedicated to ReCycle,
proceed as follows:
1. If ReCycle is running, save the files you are working on.
2. Quit ReCycle.
3. Locate the ReCycle icon in the Finder and click on it once to select
it.
4. Select Get Info from the File menu.
Exactly what the dialog that appears looks like depends on what System
software version you are using. What you are looking for is the setting for the
maximum amount of memory that should be assigned to ReCycle.
5. Change the memory setting by clicking on it and typing in a new
value.
As a guideline, for each 100 kilobyte that you increase the setting with, you
will be able to load approximately one more second of mono audio.
6. Now, ReCycle will use this amount of memory, if it is available. If
there isn’t that much memory for it to “grab” (you might have other
programs running which already occupy some of your memory), it
will use as much as it can get. If the program can’t even find the
“minimum” amount of memory, it won’t start.
For more information about the memory settings in the Get Info dialog, see your
Macintosh manual.
Getting Help and
Additional Info
If you pull down the Contacts menu in ReCycle, you will find some menu items
that allow you to contact the manufacturers and get support:
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For these items to be useful, you need to have a working Internet
connection and an Internet browser installed on your computer.
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Go to the Propellerhead Homepage
This menu item brings you to the homepage of Propellerhead Software,
where you will find information about possible new ReCycle versions, etc.
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Download Drum Loops
This menu item brings you directly to the Drum Loop page on the Propeller-
head web site. Here you can download various drum loops for free.
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ReCycle Tech Info and Support
This menu item brings you directly to the ReCycle Support pages on the
Propellerhead web site. Use this option if you are having trouble with ReCy-
cle and need help!
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Order ReCycle Now
This takes you to the “Prop Shop” where you can place orders for all cool
Propellerhead products.
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Register ReCycle Now
This is where you register your copy of ReCycle. Registering means that you
get access to product updates (when available), tech support and more.

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Windows Installation

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Requirements
To use ReCycle for Windows you need the following:
• An Intel Pentium computer running at 66 MHz or faster.
•A800x600, 256 color monitor or better.
•ACD-ROM drive.
• 16 MByte RAM or more.
•AWindows compatible, 16-bit audio card.
• Microsoft Windows 98 or NT 4.0 or later.
For communication with your specific sampler, you might also need:
•AWindows compatible MIDI Interface and cables, and/or...
•A100% Windows compatible SCSI interface and cables.
Setting Up The Computer
Before proceeding, your computer should be set up and you should be reason-
ably familiar with its operation. You should also have the audio card installed and
working properly.
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To check whether your audio card works properly, try playing back
audio with the Media Player application (included with Windows).
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The quality of the sound during direct playback from ReCycle de-
pends fully on the audio card. If you have a not-so-good audio card,
this may mean that the sound quality during direct playback from
the computer isn’t immaculate. However, this does not reflect the fi-
nal audio in the sampler or in exported files, since this always main-
tains highest possible quality.
Depending on whether you plan to use a sampler, and the model of the sam-
pler(s), you may also need to install MIDI and/or SCSI interfaces. See page 17.
Turning on your system
1. If you have any peripherals connected to the computer or sampler,
always turn these on first.
2. If you are using a sampler with the operating system on a floppy
disk or hard disk, make sure the operating system is loaded before
you turn on your computer.
Finding your way on the
ReCycle CD-ROM
Once you have turned on your system, insert the ReCycle CD-ROM and open it.
At the root of the CD-ROM, you will find a file called “Read Me”. Double click
this to get information about what is what on the CD-ROM.
Installing the Acrobat
Reader
To be able to read the online documentation, you must have the Acrobat Reader
application installed. If this isn’t already installed on your computer, you need to
install it from the ReCycle CD-ROM:
1. Insert the ReCycle CD-ROM.
2. On the CD-ROM, open the folder “Acrobat Reader” and double click
on the application file “rsxxx.exe” (where “xxx” is the version of the
Acrobat Reader, e.g. “4.05”).
3. Follow the instructions in the dialogs that appear.

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Installing ReCycle
1. On the CD-ROM, double click the icon named "Install ReCycle".
2. Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear.
3. At the end of the installation you may be required to restart your
computer. Do so.
!
Don’t launch ReCycle yet! You need to perform some additional
steps first:
Setting Up The Sampler,
MIDI and SCSI
!
If you don’t plan to use ReCycle with an external sampler, you can
skip this section.
1. Open the Sampler Supplement (a document in Acrobat format in
the ReCycle folder), look up the Appendix that describes your spe-
cific sampler, and check the heading “Support and Requirements”.
2. If the sampler connection requires MIDI, you need to have a MIDI in-
terface installed and working.
To install a MIDI interface, follow the instructions in the manual that came
with it. Make sure to install the latest driver for the interface.
3. If the sampler connection requires SCSI, you need to have a SCSI
interface installed and working (see “Installing SCSI” below).
4. Again, please look up the relevant sampler Appendix, and install
and set up the sampler as described there.
!
Please read the section about your specific sampler thoroughly! If
your sampler communicates with the computer via SCSI, please
note that improper SCSI connections may cause permanent dam-
age to the computer, sampler and other SCSI peripherals.
Installing SCSI
ReCycle works with any SCSI host adapter that is 100% Windows compatible.
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Do not connect anything to the SCSI card until you have finished in-
stallation of the card and its drivers. Also read the section in the on-
line Sampler Supplement document about your specific sampler
thoroughly before making any SCSI connections.
About SCSI IDs
The SCSI host adapter itself normally has its SCSI ID set to 7. This means that
no other device can be set to SCSI ID 7.
Verifying SCSI Communication with the Sampler
The SCSI communication between the computer and the sampler can be
viewed as two different links: the communication between the SCSI host
adapter and the sampler, and the communication between Windows and the
SCSI host adapter. Both these links need to be verified.
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If any of the verifications below fail, you need to check your SCSI
connections and settings and try again. Again, make sure you have
read the section about your sampler in the online Samplers docu-
mentation.
Verifying that the SCSI Host Adapter “sees” the Sampler
When you turn on your computer after having connected and booted the sam-
pler, look at the initial BIOS information displayed on screen (before Windows is
started). When the BIOS of your SCSI host adapter starts, you will note that it
scans the SCSI bus for connected units. If your sampler is properly connected
and running, the SCSI host adapter should find it and display its name briefly.

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Verifying that the Sampler is registered by Windows
When Windows starts you should get an alert saying that “Windows has found
new unknown hardware”. This indicates that Windows has found your sampler.
The “Add New Hardware Wizard” will then appear, asking you to install device
drivers for the hardware. Proceed as follows:
1. On the first page of the Wizard, just click “Next”.
2. Next, select the option “Search for the best driver for your device”
and click “Next”.
The Wizard will now display a page with options for where Windows should
look for the new driver (floppy disk, CD-ROM, etc.).
3. Make sure none of these options are selected, click “Next” and then
“Next” again.
The Wizard will now inform you that Windows hasn’t installed a driver for the
device, which is precisely what we want.
4. Click “Finish”.
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Depending on the type of sampler, the “Unknown Hardware” alert
may be shown again and you may have to perform the steps above
several times. This is perfectly normal - just go through with it. You
will only have to do this the first time you start the computer with
the sampler connected.
Read the Read Me file!
In the ReCycle folder that was created on your hard disk during installation, you
will find a file called Read Me. This will contain any late-breaking updates that
didn’t make it into the manual. Please double click on it and read it before pro-
ceeding.
Register your software!
Please fill out and send in the registration card that comes in this package. Do-
ing so will make sure you are entitled to technical support and kept aware of up-
dates and other news regarding ReCycle.
Launching ReCycle
1. Locate the ReCycle entry on the Start menu and select it.
2. The program prompts you to insert the ReCycle CD-ROM (if not al-
ready in the drive).
This is only required the first time you run the program.
3. A dialog box appears, asking you to enter your name, company and
serial number. Do so, and click OK.
The serial number is printed on the Registration Card which is included in
the ReCycle package. Again, this procedure is only required the first time
you run the program.
4. Now, you will be asked whether the program should search for con-
nected samplers. If you have any samplers connected, click Yes; if
you plan to use ReCycle without external samplers, click No.
When ReCycle finds a properly connected sampler, it is automatically added
to the Sampler list. You can modify the Sampler list later if you wish to add,
remove or rename samplers. This is described on page 32.
5. Finally, an Open dialog appears, asking you to locate an audio file
for opening.
This is the same dialog that appears when you select “Open” in the program
(see page 36). If you don’t want this to automatically open when you launch
ReCycle, you can turn this feature off in the Preferences dialog.
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