Guide to Tracktion T7 the Only Book on the Tracktion T7 DAW!
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Guide to Tracktion T7 The Only Book on the Tracktion T7 DAW! Bill Edstrom This book is for sale at http://leanpub.com/guide_to_tracktion_t7 This version was published on 2016-11-06 This is a Leanpub book. Leanpub empowers authors and publishers with the Lean Publishing process. Lean Publishing is the act of publishing an in-progress ebook using lightweight tools and many iterations to get reader feedback, pivot until you have the right book and build traction once you do. © 2015 - 2016 Bill Edstrom Contents Thank You! ............................................. i About This Book .......................................... ii Tracktion DAW Second Edition ................................ ii DON’T PRINT WARNING! .................................. ii This Book is Self Published .................................. ii About Lean Publishing .................................... ii A Few Words About Tracktion ................................ iii Chapter 1 - Introduction ..................................... 1 What’s New in Tracktion T7 ................................. 1 What’s in the Book? ...................................... 2 What’s Not Covered in this Book? .............................. 2 Tracktion Videos ........................................ 3 Setting Tracktion Keyboard Shortcuts ............................ 4 Is Tracktion the Software or the Company? ......................... 6 Modifier Keys Conventions .................................. 6 Assigning the Duplicate Command to the Keyboard .................... 6 Moving On ........................................... 7 Chapter 2 - Installing Tracktion T7 ............................... 8 Your Tracktion Account .................................... 8 Should I Install 32-bit or 64-bit? ................................ 9 Mac OS X Installation ..................................... 10 Windows Installation ..................................... 10 Linux Installation ....................................... 10 Running Tracktion for the First Time ............................. 11 Pop-up Help .......................................... 11 Installing Melodyne Essential ................................. 12 Moving On ........................................... 12 Chapter 3 - Installing the Demo Projects ............................ 13 Establish a Tracktion Projects Folder ............................. 13 Project Tab - Get Demo Songs ................................ 13 CONTENTS Moving On ........................................... 15 Chapter 4 - Audio Device Setup ................................. 16 Audio Device Setup Setup on Mac .............................. 16 Audio Device Setup in Windows ............................... 18 Choosing the Audio Interface ................................. 19 Setting the Sample Rate .................................... 20 Testing for Audio Playback .................................. 20 About Latency ......................................... 21 Managing Latency ....................................... 22 Calibrating Input Latency Compensation .......................... 23 Other Audio Device Settings ................................. 25 Resetting to the Defaults ................................... 27 Moving On ........................................... 27 Chapter 5 - Basic Navigation ................................... 28 Tabs and Menus ........................................ 28 Pop-up Help .......................................... 29 Roll-over Help ......................................... 30 Creating a Project ....................................... 30 Opening the Edit ........................................ 31 The Edit Tab .......................................... 32 Basic Navigation ........................................ 32 Zooming In and Out ...................................... 33 Positioning the Cursor ..................................... 33 Changing the Tempo ...................................... 34 Changing Tempo at a Specific Bar .............................. 35 Offsetting and Scaling the Tempo Curve ........................... 36 Moving On ........................................... 37 Chapter 6 - The Settings Tab ................................... 38 Audio Devices Page ...................................... 39 MIDI Devices Page ....................................... 39 Plugins Page .......................................... 39 General Behaviour Page .................................... 39 Other Settings ......................................... 41 Keyboard Shortcuts Page ................................... 42 Loop Database Page ...................................... 42 Control Surfaces Page ..................................... 42 Marketplace .......................................... 42 Moving On ........................................... 43 Chapter 7 - Getting Help ..................................... 44 Pop-up Help .......................................... 44 CONTENTS Roll-over Help ......................................... 44 Quick Start Guide ....................................... 44 Keyboard Shortcut List .................................... 44 Tracktion Videos ........................................ 45 Tracktion Forums ....................................... 46 Tracktion Support ....................................... 46 Moving On ........................................... 48 Chapter 8 - The Edit Tab ..................................... 49 The Parts of a Tracktion Edit ................................. 49 The Browser .......................................... 50 The Arrangement ....................................... 52 Timeline ............................................ 53 The Track Section ....................................... 56 Clips .............................................. 57 The Mixer ........................................... 59 The Controls Panel ....................................... 60 The Menu Section ....................................... 61 Properties Section ....................................... 62 Master Section ......................................... 62 Master Section Buttons .................................... 64 Moving On ........................................... 65 Chapter 9 - The Browser ..................................... 66 Browser Files Tab ....................................... 66 Browser Presets Tab ...................................... 68 Using Presets .......................................... 70 Applying Presets ........................................ 71 Tracks Tab ........................................... 72 Search Tab ........................................... 74 Notifications Tab ........................................ 76 Markers Tab .......................................... 77 Clipboard Tab ......................................... 77 Moving On ........................................... 78 Chapter 10 - Using Markers ................................... 79 In-marker & Out-marker ................................... 80 Navigate Using the In-marker & Out-marker ........................ 81 Zooming to the In-marker/Out-marker ............................ 81 Looping Playback Over the Marked Region ......................... 81 Auto Punch and the Marked Region ............................. 81 The Marker Track ....................................... 82 Adding Markers ........................................ 83 CONTENTS Marker Clip Properties ..................................... 84 Navigating by Markers .................................... 86 The Browser Markers Tab ................................... 86 Renumbering Markers ..................................... 88 Adjust Markers (Wave File Markers) ............................. 88 Moving On ........................................... 89 Chapter 11 - Selecting and Snapping .............................. 90 Selecting a Clip ........................................ 90 Auditioning a Clip ....................................... 90 Selecting Multiple Clips .................................... 91 Shift Selecting Clips ...................................... 92 Deselecting Clips ........................................ 92 Using Snap-to-Grid ...................................... 92 Enable/Disable Snap-to-Grid ................................. 92 About Snap Resolution .................................... 93 Snapping Clips to the Grid .................................. 93 Snapping the Cursor to the Grid ............................... 94 Snapping Clips to Other Clips ................................. 94 Overriding Snap-to-Grid ................................... 95 Nudging Clips ......................................... 95 Nudging Notes ......................................... 95 Moving On ........................................... 96 Chapter 12 - Audio Clips and Editing Audio .......................... 97 Parts of an Audio Clip ..................................... 97 Moving Clips .......................................... 99 Deleting Clips .........................................100 Audio Clip Handles ......................................100 Splitting a Clip .........................................102 Duplicating Clips .......................................102 Fade-in/Fade-out ........................................103 Pitch Fade ...........................................104 Crossfades ...........................................104 Drag Crossfade .........................................105 Edge Fades ...........................................105 Copy and Paste .........................................106 Clip Gain,