User guide

Tracktion 4 Reference Manual

You may also be interested in reading Chapter Eight, where you will nd more information on export-

ing and importing edits.

Find referenced material: This option lists all of the items that this edit requires. It is effectively the in-

verse of the nd orphaned clips function for projects.

Import external les...: It is possible for material to be used in more than one project. If one of these

projects does not have an entry in its item list for the shared material, Tracktion regards the other proj-

ect as being the material’s owner. If the project that owns the material is later closed, the current edit

will no longer have access to the material.

This option creates an items list entry for such les, thus making the current project an owner of the

material.

Create new edit: This option creates a new empty edit in the current project.

Import material: Use this option to associate audio or MIDI les with this edit, or to import tracks from

an audio CD. When this option is clicked, a pop-up menu (Fig. 1.8.3) will be shown.

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Import an audio or MIDI le...: This option allows you to add material on your hard-drive or

a data CD to the project. Files located on CDs are automatically copied into the project folder,

whereas you will be prompted to select whether les stored on a hard-drive should be copied

into the project folder, or referenced from their source location.

Keyboard shortcut: A.

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Import all les in a directory...: This option works much like the “import an audio or MIDI le...”

option above. The difference is that this option imports all suitable les in the selected directory

(folder).

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Unpack an archive and add it to this project..: This option adds the items from an archive into

the current project. The pop-up menu that is displayed when right-clicking on a project-list entry

also provides this option. Importing archives is discussed in Chapter Eight.

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Import tracks from an audio CD...: This option copies tracks from an audio CD into Tracktion.

The imported tracks are saved as audio les in the project folder and added to the edit as stan-

dard audio clips. The dialogue-box that is displayed when this option is selected is explained in

Chapter Eight. This option is not available on Macs. Instead, use the import an audio or MIDI

le option.

Open for editing: Clicking this button opens the edit, and switches to the edit page. The edit page is

where your arrangements are actually created, and it is there where you will do most of your work. You

can also open an edit by double-clicking on the edit item.

Figure 1.8.3