User manual MACKIE TRACKTION 3 REFERENCE MANUAL

[. . . ] TRACKTION 3 MUSIC PRODUCTION SOFTWARE REFERENCE MANUAL TRACKTION 3 MUSIC PRODUCTION SOFTWARE Note: Tracktion originated in the mind of Julian Storer, an English programmer with a love of audio. Stateside Tracktioneers* will notice a distinctly British flavor to the user interface. To help you understand Tracktion better, the manual was written with a British accent (thank you to Adam Starkey). So sit back, imagine yourself watching the sunrise over Stonehenge (or sitting in an English pub if you prefer), and enjoy Tracktion! [. . . ] Throughout the remainder of this chapter you will learn more about these tools, how to use them. Reference Manual 89 4. : Working With Clips Adding New Clips To An Edit There are three approaches to adding clips to an edit: The first is to create an empty clip, and add some content to it; the second is to copy or import an existing clip or item; and the third is to record them. Recording clips is described in its own chapter (Chapter Five). This section will cover only the first two methods. You will probably find that you only choose the first approach when working with MIDI clips. For completeness however, both methods will be described for both audio and MIDI material. To create a new clip: · If you do not already have an edit open, first open an edit ready for editing. · Select the track upon which you wish to add a new clip. · Click the insert a new clip button. You will find this button in the properties panel (Fig. · From the pop-up menu, select the type of clip you wish to add: audio, or MIDI. Figure 4. 2. 1 If you opted to create a new audio clip, you will be prompted for an audio file to associate with this clip. Just navigate to the audio file this clip should reference, and OK the prompt. At that point you may be asked whether you want to copy the audio file into your project folder. Generally, it is a good idea to make local copies of audio media, as you can then safely make changes to the file without potentially impacting on other projects. However, if the audio file is part of a large, centralized sample library, making local copies of audio may just be wasteful of hard-drive space. Once the file is selected, your clip will be added to the selected track. Note: If you do not receive a prompt giving you the opportunity to copy the audio file into your project, you may at some point have disabled the prompt dialogue. To re-enable it, go to the user interface group on the settings page, and set the option audio clip import to ask if file should be copied. If you opted to create a new MIDI clip, you do not need to do anything further. Your clip will be ready and waiting for you on the selected track. Note that MIDI clips can be created quickly by using the keyboard shortcut: G. Creating clips from existing material can be achieved in a number of ways; principal amongst them however are dragging files into an edit from the quick find browser, and copying existing clips within the edit. To drag add material from the quick find browser: · If the quick find panel is hidden, first activate it by clicking the show / hide button (Fig. [. . . ] To create further sends, place a copy of this rack filter on the track, set the wet / dry values as shown in Figure 9. 4. 3 and set the left and right input level values to taste. 9. 5 : Working With Multiple Output VSTis The Track Spanning Approach We looked briefly at multiple-output VSTis in Chapter Four, but let's take a closer look at how they work with racks. In addition, we'll look at an alternative approach to working with multiple-output VSTis. The first method, as described in Chapter Four, uses the track spanning nature of rack filters to effectively place the VSTi on as many tracks as is needed. To get started, add your VSTi to a track as normal. [. . . ]