User guide
Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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2.6 : File Settings
Various le related settings can be managed from the le settings group on the settings page (Fig.
2.6.1).
Temp directory: This option controls where Tracktion stores its temporary les. Typically the only time
you should need to change this path is if you want to move your settings directory to another hard-
drive. Changing this setting can be dangerous as Tracktion can delete the content of this directory
when it closes, so do not set the path to be somewhere that contains important les.
LAME location: If you want to be able to export MP3 les from Tracktion, you will need to download
the LAME codec, and enter the path to it in this box. Typically you should never need to do this by
hand, as the rst time you try to import or export an MP3, you will be presented with a dialogue box
through which you can download the LAME codec (http://lame.sourceforge.net) and set this path.
Auto-save edits: From this option, you can specify how regularly (if at all) Tracktion will save your
work.
Undo levels: This controls how many stages of undo/redo are available for the edit page. Increasing
this value will allow you to backtrack through more changes, but uses correspondingly more of your
computer’s memory to store the change history. The default size is generally a good compromise.
Cache size: You can adjust how much of your computer’s main memory (RAM) is used to cache au-
dio les. Caching helps audio tracks play back without glitches or drop-outs, but reduces the amount
of memory available to other applications and plug-ins. Making this value too large will also be coun-
ter-productive because computers become greatly less efcient once main memory is depleted. The
default setting of 64MB is usually ne, but you may want to increase it if you have lots of RAM installed
on your computer.
Figure 2.6.1