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Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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Renaming a clip in an edit also renames its source item: When enabled, renaming clips in the edit
page will cause the corresponding entry in the items list to be renamed.
Rename mode: This option controls how the source les are renamed when their item names are
changed. There are three options:
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Always rename source le: Changing the name of an item will always rename the source le,
irrespective of where the le is located on your hard-drive. This can be dangerous, because if
two or more projects make use of the le, a simple clip rename in one project will cause the other
projects to lose the le.
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Only rename source le if it is in project folder: Changing the name of an item will only re-
name the source le if it is located in the project folder.
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Never rename source le: Renaming a clip will never rename the le that contains the source
material.
Meter response: This setting controls how quickly level meters decay. You can choose between slowly,
quickly, and instantly.
Peak hold: Here you can set for how long the peak level indicator is held.
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Level meter peaks drop after two seconds: When this option is selected, level meters will
show the highest level attained within the last two seconds.
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Level meter peaks drop after ten seconds: When this option is selected, level meters will
show the highest level attained within the last two seconds.
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Level meter peaks never drop: When this option is selected, the peak level will be shown until
playback is restarted.
Solo Behaviour: You can adjust the behaviour of the solo buttons to one of two options:
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Cumulative solo: When cumulative solo is selected as the solo behaviour, multiple tracks can
be soloed by simply clicking their solo buttons. This mode mimics the behaviour of a hardware
mixer.
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Exclusive solo: When exclusive solo is selected, each time a track is soloed, all other tracks are
unsoloed. This mode can be useful if you tend to focus on one track at a time.
The solo behaviour can be temporarily overridden by holding down the CTRL key (CMD for Macs)
when clicking the solo button.
Filter selection: This option controls the way your lter list is displayed when adding new lters to
tracks. There are two modes:
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Popup menu: When this mode is selected, the lter list is shown as a pop-up menu. Each folder
in your lter list will be shown as menu entry, and its contents as a sub-menu. The pop-up menu
will be located at the point where you are inserting the new lter. This option is typically the bet-
ter of the two, since it reduces the need to move the mouse away from the lter, and then back
again to edit it.
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Popup tree: When this mode is selected, a treeview list is shown. As with the popup menu,
lters are organized in folders according to plug-in directory layout. Unlike the pop-up menu
though, the contents of these folders are just shown as part of the tree. This option may be pref-
erable if your lters are organized in a very deeply nested hierarchy, as it can reduce the need to
drill down through sub-menus.