Waveform 8 User Guide (Beta Version)
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Waveform 8 User Guide (Beta Version) Tracktion Software Corporation Waveform 8 User Guide (Beta Version) Tracktion Software Corporation This book is for sale at http://leanpub.com/tracktiondawuserguide This version was published on 2017-03-28 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. © 2017 Tracktion Software Corporation Contents About This Book .......................................... i Waveform DAW User’s Manual BETA REVISION ...................... i DON’T PRINT WARNING! .................................. ii Chapter 1 - Introduction ..................................... 1 What’s New in Waveform Version 8 ............................. 1 What’s in the Book? ...................................... 1 Video Resources ........................................ 2 Setting Tracktion Keyboard Shortcuts ............................ 2 Modifier Keys Conventions .................................. 3 Assigning the Duplicate Command to the Keyboard .................... 4 Moving On ........................................... 5 Chapter 3 - Installing the Demo Projects ............................ 6 Establish a Waveform Projects Folder ............................ 6 Project Tab: Get Demo Songs ................................. 6 Moving On ........................................... 8 Chapter 4 - Audio Device Setup ................................. 9 Audio Device Setup Setup on OS X .............................. 9 Audio Device Setup in Windows ............................... 11 Choosing the Audio Interface ................................. 12 Setting the Sample Rate .................................... 13 Testing for Audio Playback .................................. 13 About Latency ......................................... 14 Managing Latency ....................................... 15 Calibrating Input Latency Compensation .......................... 16 Other Audio Device Settings ................................. 18 Resetting to the Defaults ................................... 20 Moving On ........................................... 20 Chapter 5 - Basic Navigation ................................... 21 Tabs and Menus ........................................ 21 Pop-up Help .......................................... 22 CONTENTS Roll-over Help ......................................... 23 Creating a Project ....................................... 23 Opening the Edit ........................................ 25 The Edit Tab .......................................... 25 Basic Navigation ........................................ 25 Zooming In and Out ...................................... 26 Positioning the Cursor ..................................... 26 Changing the Tempo ...................................... 27 Changing Tempo at a Specific Bar .............................. 29 Offsetting and Scaling the Tempo Curve ........................... 30 Moving On ........................................... 30 Chapter 6 - The Settings Tab ................................... 31 Audio Devices Page ...................................... 32 MIDI Devices Page ....................................... 32 Plugins Page .......................................... 32 General Behaviour Page .................................... 32 Other Settings ......................................... 34 Keyboard Shortcuts Page ................................... 35 Loop Database Page ...................................... 35 Control Surfaces Page ..................................... 35 Marketplace .......................................... 35 Moving On ........................................... 36 Chapter 7 - Getting Help ..................................... 37 Pop-up Help .......................................... 37 Roll-over Help ......................................... 37 Quick Start Guide ....................................... 37 Keyboard Shortcut List .................................... 37 Tracktion Videos ........................................ 38 Tracktion Forums ....................................... 39 Tracktion Support ....................................... 39 Moving On ........................................... 41 Chapter 8 - The Edit Tab ..................................... 42 The Parts of a Waveform Edit ................................. 42 The Browser .......................................... 43 The Arrangement ....................................... 45 Timeline ............................................ 46 The Track Section ....................................... 49 Clips .............................................. 50 The Mixer ........................................... 52 The Controls Panel ....................................... 53 CONTENTS The Menu Section ....................................... 54 Properties Section ....................................... 55 Master Section ......................................... 55 Master Section Buttons .................................... 57 Moving On ........................................... 58 Chapter 9 - The Browser ..................................... 59 Browser Files Tab ....................................... 59 Browser Presets Tab ...................................... 61 Using Presets .......................................... 63 Applying Presets ........................................ 64 Tracks Tab ........................................... 65 Search Tab ........................................... 67 Notifications Tab ........................................ 69 Markers Tab .......................................... 70 Clipboard Tab ......................................... 70 Moving On ........................................... 71 Chapter 10 - Using Markers ................................... 72 In-marker & Out-marker ................................... 73 Navigate Using the In-marker & Out-marker ........................ 74 Zooming to the In-marker/Out-marker ............................ 74 Looping Playback Over the Marked Region ......................... 74 Auto Punch and the Marked Region ............................. 74 The Marker Track ....................................... 75 Adding Markers ........................................ 76 Marker Clip Properties ..................................... 77 Navigating by Markers .................................... 79 The Browser Markers Tab ................................... 79 Renumbering Markers ..................................... 81 Adjust Markers (Wave File Markers) ............................. 81 Moving On ........................................... 82 Chapter 11 - Selecting and Snapping .............................. 83 Selecting a Clip ........................................ 83 Auditioning a Clip ....................................... 83 Selecting Multiple Clips .................................... 84 Shift Selecting Clips ...................................... 85 Deselecting Clips ........................................ 85 Using Snap-to-Grid ...................................... 85 Enable/Disable Snap-to-Grid ................................. 85 About Snap Resolution .................................... 86 Snapping Clips to the Grid .................................. 86 CONTENTS Snapping the Cursor to the Grid ............................... 87 Snapping Clips to Other Clips ................................. 87 Overriding Snap-to-Grid ................................... 88 Nudging Clips ......................................... 88 Nudging Notes ......................................... 88 Moving On ........................................... 89 Chapter 12 - Audio Clips and Editing Audio .......................... 90 Parts of an Audio Clip ..................................... 90 Moving Clips .......................................... 92 Deleting Clips ......................................... 93 Audio Clip Handles ...................................... 93 Splitting a Clip ......................................... 95 Duplicating Clips ....................................... 95 Fade-in/Fade-out ........................................ 96 Pitch Fade ........................................... 97 Crossfades ........................................... 97 Drag Crossfade ......................................... 98 Edge Fades ........................................... 98 Copy and Paste ......................................... 98 Clip Gain, Mute, & Pan .................................... 99 Reversing Audio Clips .....................................100 Merging Clips to One Clip ..................................100 Deleting a Section of Audio Removing Space . 101 Edit with Melodyne ......................................102 Moving On ...........................................104 Chapter 13 - Working With Loops ................................ 105 Getting Loops Into Waveform .................................105 Setting the Edit Tempo ....................................105 Dragging Loops to a Track ..................................106 Dragging in Multiple Clips from the Browser . 106 Looping the Loop .......................................106 Duplicating Clips .......................................107 Loop Properties ........................................108 Moving On ...........................................110 Chapter 14 - Keyboard Shortcuts ................................ 111