User guide
Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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Move up / down: These buttons allow you to adjust the order in which directories are searched. Direc-
tories at the top of the list are searched rst.
Scan for loops: Searching for loops can be a slow operation, so it is necessary to manually notify
Tracktion that it needs to update its loop library. If you have added new loops to your loop libraries, or if
you have added new search directories to loop directories list, click this button to refresh the library. You
will be prompted whether you wish to search only for new loops, or update all loops. Typically you will
want to choose the former option as it faster, but if changes have been made to loops that have been
previously indexed, you should choose the scan all option.
File types to add: You can specify which le types will be included in your loops library. This can be
useful if, for example, you have a large collection of wav samples that are not loops, as you could dese-
lect the wav le type and easily exclude those samples from the loop library. As another example, you
can also make your entire mp3 collection searchable from Tracktion.
New loops: If an audio le is given genre tags in the browsercomponent of the quick nd panel, Track-
tion will attempt to add it to the loop library. This option species what will happen if the le does not
exist in one of the current loop directories. There are three options:
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Import: The le will automatically be copied into the user loops directory.
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Add path: The directory that contains the le will be automatically added to the loop directories
list.
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Ask: The user will be prompted whether they wish to copy the le into the user loops directory, or
add the directory containing the le to the loop directories list.
You can create custom loops and have them added to Tracktion’s searchable loop library. Custom
loops are discussed in Chapter 4.7.