User guide
Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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The Markers Mode
The markers view (Fig. 3.2.7) allows you to manage and navigate
markers that you have created in your edit.
Markers are typically used to act as bookmarks for specic parts of a
song, or to provide synchronisation guidelines. Tracktion allows for up to
999 markers in an edit, and you can time align markers by either beats
and bars, or absolute timecode.
For example, if you were scoring music to a movie, you can use abso-
lute timecode markers to denote important events in the video, and beats
and bars markers to layout and bookmark your arrangement.
Each marker is shown as a list entry, sorted by song location. The
entry shows the marker name, number, and in the right-hand column, an icon that shows whether the
marker is synchronised by beats and bars, or by absolute timecode.
A button labelled “add” which is located at the bottom of the quick nd panel, can be used to add new
markers to an edit. You can also add new markers by clicking on the special marker track name, and
clicking one of the two add new marker buttons.
A third, and particularly convenient way of adding new markers is to simply type the marker number
followed by the enter key. So for example, to create a marker numbered 50, simply type 5, followed by
0, and nally followed by enter. As you type, the marker number will be shown in Tracktion’s titlebar,
just to the left of the minimize, maximize, and close buttons.
When a marker is selected, a delete button will also be visible. This second button can be used to
delete the selected marker.
Double-clicking on a marker in the list will jump the play-head cursor to that point in the edit.
Markers are explained in detail in Chapter Six.
The Clipboard Mode
The clipboard quick-nd (Fig. 3.2.8) view provides a convenient way
to manage the Tracktion clipboard. Its behaviour is broadly similar to the
clipboard view on the projects page.
Items currently held on the clipboard are shown in the list. It is possible
to drag items from the clipboard list into the arrangement area. This pro-
vides a very easy method to paste items at an exact song location.
If you right-click on an item in the list, you will be presented with a pop-
up menu containing the following options:
Remove Item From Clipboard: Use this option to remove a single item from the list.
Clear Clipboard: All clipboard contents will be cleared.
Figure 3.2.7
Figure 3.2.8