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Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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Adding, Copying, Moving, And Deleting Filters
Tracktion’s lter section follows a logically intuitive insert approach. Each lter processes the signal it
receives in some manner then passes the processed signal on to the next lter in line. The arrow shape
of the icon helps to show the direction in which the signal is passing.
Adding another lter to a track is just a case of inserting it into the chain at a suitable location. What
is suitable? Well, you may want to add chorus to a guitar before compressing it, but want the delayed
sound to reect the post-compression guitar. In this case, you would simply line the lters up in the or-
der of: chorus, compression, delay.
To add a new lter, drag the icon labelled “new lter...” that
is located just above the lter section, and drop it where you
want the new lter to be placed. Figure 3.4.2 shows a lter
being added to track one. Notice that the area in front of the
volume / pan lter is glowing red; this is how you can tell
where the lter will be placed. If there is no illumination then
you are not currently over a valid target area.
Once the new lter... icon has been dropped, a list of avail-
able lters will appear. Choose from this list, a lter you wish
to add to the track.
A lter can be easily removed from a track by selecting it,
and pressing either the DELETE or BACKSPACE key.
You can alter the order of the lter list, or even move a lter to a different track, by a simple drag op-
eration.
Holding down the CTRL key (CMD for Mac users) while dragging a lter will create a copy of it. The
copy will be created with identical settings. This can very handy when creating stereo effects, as you
can have lters with slightly different settings for each stereo channel. This trick can, if used carefully,
pleasantly widen the stereo image of a sound.
The Right-Click Options
If you right-click on a lter, you will be presented
with a pop-up menu (Fig. 3.4.3) with the following op-
tions:
Disable: Use this option to toggle whether this lter is
active. Disabling a lter stops it from processing the
incoming signal. In addition, disabled lters typically
do not use CPU resources. This option is often useful
for making A/B comparisons.
Keyboard shortcut: F.
Disable all lters on this track: Use this option to
quickly disable all lters on the current track. This op-
tion is only available when right-clicking on lters that
are situated in the lter section.
Select all lters on this track: Use this option to quickly select all lters on the current track. This op-
tion is only available when right-clicking on lters that are situated in the lter section.
Select all other lters of the same type: Use this option to select all lters in the edit that are of the
same type as the current lter. It is useful to note that when an aux-send lter is selected, only other
aux-sends that share the same bus number will be selected. In this way you can select only your reverb
or chorus sends for example, leaving other sends unselected.
Figure 3.4.2
Figure 3.4.3