User guide
Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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The main area of the edit page is called the track section, or arrangement area (Fig. 3.1.5). This
section, located more or less in the centre of the edit page, is where you will arrange your songs. It
comprises of a number of horizontal tracks, each of which typically will represent a single instrument, or
mixer channel.
Fundamentally the track section serves as a basis upon which to arrange clips, which themselves
can be thought of as the raw building blocks that go to make up an arrangement. You will learn how to
use the arrangement area in Section Three of this chapter, and also in Chapter Four, where we will look
at audio and MIDI clips.
To the right of the arrangement area you will nd the lter sec-
tion (Fig. 3.1.6).
The lter section is where effects, treatments, and even virtual
instruments, can be added to tracks.
At it’s most simple, you can think of the lter section as an input
strip on a mixer channel. As you will see throughout this, and later
chapters, however, there is a great deal more to Tracktion’s lter
section than just this.
For more information on working the lter section, see Section
Four of this chapter, and for some insight on how you can really
unlock the power of the lter section, consult Chapter Nine, which
deals with rack lters.
At the bottom left corner of the edit page you will nd the
control panel (Fig. 3.1.7). You may already be familiar with the
control panel, as we encountered it in Chapter One. As you can
see though, the range of options available to you in the control
panel is greatly increased when the edit page is showing.
Most of the options available from the section are detailed in
Section Five of this chapter. A few others are described in other
chapters, where their function is specic to a particular topic.
These are:
Import and Export: These buttons and their options are detailed
in Chapter Eight.
Timecode, Click Track, and Snapping: These buttons and their
options are detailed in Chapter Six.
Tracks: The options for this button are covered in Section Three of this chapter.
Automation: The options for this button are covered in Chapter Seven.
Figure 3.1.5
Figure 3.1.6
Figure 3.1.7