User`s guide

User’s Guide
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Final Mix for Tracktion
Global Controls Block
Help Screen (?)
This button brings
up a handy quick
reference screen to
assist you in using
Final Mix. It offers
a signal path block
diagram, defi ni-
tions, and editing
tips. Toggle the
arrows to change
screens. Click the
"X" to close the
help screen.
Preset Toggle
Buttons
The arrow buttons
to the left of the
window, enable you
to scroll up or down through either the factory
or user presets.
Preset Title Window
This window displays the currently selected
preset. This window is located at the top of the
control bar. Click on it to access the pull-down
menu where you can choose between factory or
user presets. An asterisk appears next to the
preset name if you change a control or setting
after loading a preset
Memory A/Memory B
The Mem A and Mem B buttons temporarily
store Final Mix settings to allow comparative
referencing. You can also copy and paste set-
tings from one memory location to another
using commands found on the menu.
Menu
Pressing the MENU button opens a pull-down
menu that performs familiar functions:
About Final Mix: Opens a window that shows
the version number and copyright information.
Undo: Undo the previous action.
Redo: Redo the previous undo.
Load Final Mix: Loads a previously saved pre-
set fi le.
Save User Preset As...: Saves a Preset to the
hard drive with a new fi le name.
Save User Preset: Saves changes to the current
preset to the hard drive.
Reset Final Mix: Resets all the settings in Final
Mix to the current preset values.
Cut Final Mix: Copies all the settings to the clip-
board and resets them to their default values.
Copy: Copies all the settings to the clipboard,
leaving the settings as they are.
Paste Final Mix: Copies the settings from the
clipboard to the current Final Mix window.
Note: Cut/Copy/Paste are useful for changing
Mem A and B to identical settings.
L/R Input and Output Clip LEDs
The two small boxes at the top of the input and
output meters are the clip LEDs. The clip LEDs
light if the signal goes above 0 dB. Avoid light-
ing the Output clip LEDs. When rendering to
disk at either 24-bit or 16-bit, any clips will be
written to the fi le.
You can generally get rid of clipping by back-
ing off the input or output faders slightly, or by
engaging the Soft Clip button (see page 18).
Actually, because Final Mix uses 32-bit fl oating
point internal processing, the signal does not
clip internally within the plug-in. However, to
maintain a reasonable gain structure and avoid
clipping elsewhere in the signal chain, avoid
running the signal up above 0 dB.
Link
These buttons link the Left and Right input fad-
ers or the Left and Right output faders so they
can be moved simultaneously. If the faders have
an offset when link is engaged, they maintain
that offset.