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! [. . . ] 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. · Select the browser option from the selection box to the right of the show / hide button. · Navigate to the directory that contains the file you wish to import. The file appears as a ghost outline when it is positioned over the arrangement area. This outline shows you where the clip will be located when it is dropped. Figure 4. 2. 2 90 Tracktion 3 · When your clip is correctly positioned, drop it to finish the drag operation. · As with the first method for creating clips, you may be prompted whether the file should be copied into the project folder, or referenced from its current location. To help you navigate your sample and MIDI libraries more efficiently, you can bookmark directories in the quick find browser. Chapter 3. 2 discusses this, and other aspects of the quick find panel. Copying clips from one part of your edit to another is extremely easy. Here are a few approaches to achieving the same goal: Copy / Paste: · Select one or more clips. · Click the clipboard button in the control section, and select copy. Alternatively you can use the keyboard shortcut : CTRL + C (CMD + C for Mac users). · Click the location on the track where you want the clips to be copied to. · Click the clipboard button in the control section, and select paste. Alternatively you can use the keyboard shortcut : CTRL + V (CMD + V for Mac users). · Hold the left mouse button down over the title-bar of one of the clips. Note how the clip(s) you are dragging are copies of the selected clip(s). This happens because you are holding down the CTRL (CMD) modifier key. Dragging clips without holding down this key will perform a standard move operation. Moving And Resizing Clips In An Edit A few moments ago, we briefly touched on moving clips by dragging them with the mouse. In addition to this, there are a few handy keyboard shortcuts for moving selected clips: When one or more clips are selected, holding down the CTRL key (CMD for Mac users) while pressing either the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW keys will nudge the selected clips along the time-line. [. . . ] Just click on track one's rack filter and set the dry amount to 0 dB, and the wet amount to ­INF (Fig. In other words the exact opposite of their default states. Reference Manual 179 Figure 9. 4. 3 If you play the edit now, you should hear the reverb clearly over the audio on track one. To adjust the send level of track one simply lower the left and right input level values as shown above. 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. [. . . ]