User guide

Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1 : Navigating This Manual ...........................................................5
2 : Digital Audio, Some Key Concepts ..........................................
6
3 : MIDI Basics ..............................................................................
9
Chapter 1: The Projects Page
1.1 : An Overview ..........................................................................12
1.2 : The Projects List, And Project Properties ..............................
16
1.3 : The Items List ........................................................................
19
1.4 : The Control Panel ..................................................................
20
1.5 : The Clipboard Panel ..............................................................
23
1.6 : The Search Tool .....................................................................
24
1.7 : Template Projects ..................................................................
25
1.8 : Edit Properties .......................................................................
26
1.9 : Audio Item Properties ............................................................
28
1.10 : MIDI Item Properties ..............................................................
32
1.11 : Movie Item Properties ............................................................
33
Chapter 2: The Settings Page
2.1 : Audio I/O ................................................................................35
2.2 : MIDI I/O .................................................................................
41
2.3 : User Interface ........................................................................
44
2.4 : Plug-Ins ..................................................................................
49
2.5 : Loop Settings .........................................................................
50
2.6 : File Settings ...........................................................................
52
2.7 : Key-Mappings ........................................................................
53
2.8 : Control Surfaces ....................................................................
54
Chapter 3: The Edit Page
3.1 : An Overview ..........................................................................60
3.2 : The Quick Find Panel ............................................................
64
3.3 : Working With Tracks ..............................................................
68
3.4 : The Filter Section ...................................................................
76
3.5 : The Control Section ...............................................................
88
3.6 : The Transport Section ...........................................................
91
Chapter 4: Working With Clips
4.1 : An Overview Clips .................................................................96
4.2 : Working With Clips ................................................................
98
4.3 : MIDI and MIDI Clips .............................................................
101
4.4 : The MIDI Editor ....................................................................
110
4.5 : Quantising And Groove Templates ......................................
115
4.6 : Audio Clips ...........................................................................
117
4.7 : Looping Clips .......................................................................
122