User guide
Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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Use MIDI driver for MIDI timing: Tracktion can optionally use a MIDI device’s driver for timing or your
computer’s internal MIDI clock. Generally speaking it is better to use the driver for timing, but if you are
experiencing jitter you can experiment with this setting.
MIDI Input Device Properties
When a MIDI input device is selected, its various conguration options will be displayed in the prop-
erties panel (Fig. 2.2.2).
Action: This option controls how the recorded MIDI material will be added to the edit. There are four
modes:
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Merge newly recorded MIDI into any existing clips: When this option is selected, MIDI data
will be added to existing clips. New clips will only be created if no clip is already present. This op-
tion can be particularly handy as it allows you to build up a complex MIDI performance that you
cannot play live in one pass. When looped playback mode is enabled, you could build up the clip
over a number of iterations. The various recording modes are described in detail in Chapter 5.3.
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Overlay new clips containing newly recorded MIDI: When this option is selected, new clips
will be created and placed on top of existing clips in the edit. When looped playback mode is
active, a loop clip, containing each loop pass as a separate take will be created. The various re-
cording modes are described in detail in Chapter 5.3.
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Replace existing clips with newly recorded clips: When this option is selected, any existing
clips will be deleted by newly recorded clips.
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End-to-end from this device but don’t actually record: Select this option if you do not wish
to record from this device, but wish it to be active whilst recording is in progress. For example, if
you are recording from one or more inputs, and wish to monitor signal on another input but don’t
want recordings to be made from it at the current time, you can use this option.
MIDI lter: MIDI data will be passed from the input (and recorded) for all enabled MIDI channels.
Disabling any of the 16 channel buttons will lter out those channels. MIDI data transmitted on these
disabled channels will be ignored by Tracktion, and will not be transmitted or recorded.
Channel: This option allows you to assign a default MIDI channel for any MIDI recorded through this
input.
Program: If you wish to assign a default program to recorded MIDI, you can choose the program here.
When this button is clicked, a pop-up menu is shown from which you can select a General MIDI (GM)
program name. You can also select how many banks should be shown.
Alias: If you have a number of input devices, it can sometimes be hard to keep track of them all. You
may therefore nd it helpful to enter a descriptive name in the alias box.
Set program: This option provides a convenient pop-up menu to set the “program” value. It has a sub-
menu item allowing you to set the number of banks of programs to use.
Quantise: Destructively quantises the incoming notes to the note size selected from the list.
Note: MIDI clips have a non-destructive quantise tool that you may wish to use instead of this.
Figure 2.2.2