Guide to Tracktion T6
Guide to Tracktion T6
Learn T6 Fast!
About the Book
"Guide to Tracktion T6" is a completely new book covering the essential workflows of the T6 DAW. The book has 37 chapters covering the essential workflows in Tracktion. While it’s not an official manual, I worked closely with the Tracktion developers while researching and writing the book.
I think there is valuable information in this book that you won’t find anywhere else!
CHAPTERS:
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Installing Tracktion
Chapter 3 - Installing the Demo Projects
Chapter 4 - Audio Device Setup
Chapter 5 - Basic Navigation
Chapter 6 - The Settings Tab
Chapter 7 - Getting Help
Chapter 8 - The Edit Tab
Chapter 9 - The Browser
Chapter 10 - Using Markers
Chapter 11 - Selecting and Snapping
Chapter 12 - Audio Clips and Editing Audio
Chapter 13 - Working With Loops
Chapter 14 - Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 15 - Recording Audio
Chapter 16 - Recording Overdubs
Chapter 17 - Clean-up Editing
Chapter 18 - Warp Time
Chapter 19 - Loop Recording
Chapter 20 - Comping
Chapter 21 - Using an Amp Simulator Plugin
Chapter 22 - MIDI Setup
Chapter 23 - MIDI Recording
Chapter 24 - MIDI Loop Recording
Chapter 25 - MIDI Editing
Chapter 26 - Quantizing MIDI Notes
Chapter 27 - Step Clips
Chapter 28 - Scanning Plugins
Chapter 29 - Using Plugins
Chapter 30 - Built-in Effects Plugins
Chapter 31 - Effects Bus Tracks
Chapter 32 - Clip Effects
Chapter 33 – Folder Tracks
Chapter 34 – Submix Tracks
Chapter 35 - Automation
Chapter 36 - Mixing Down
Chapter 37 - Keyboard Macros
About the Author
Table of Contents
- Thank You!
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About This Book
- This Book is Self Published
- About Lean Publishing
- A Few Words About Tracktion
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Chapter 1 - Introduction
- What’s in the Book?
- What’s Not Covered in this Book?
- Tracktion Videos
- Setting Tracktion Keyboard Shortcuts
- Is Tracktion the Software or the Company?
- Modifier Keys Conventions
- Assigning the Duplicate Command to the Keyboard
- Moving On
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Chapter 2 - Installing Tracktion T6
- Your Tracktion Account
- Should I Install 32-bit or 64-bit?
- Mac OS X Installation
- Windows Installation
- Linux Installation
- Running Tracktion for the First Time
- Pop-up Help
- Installing Melodyne Essential
- Moving On
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Chapter 3 - Installing the Demo Projects
- Establish a Tracktion Projects Folder
- Download the Demos
- Unpack the Demo Archive Files
- Moving On
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Chapter 4 - Audio Device Setup
- Audio Device Setup Setup on Mac
- Audio Device Setup in Windows
- Choosing the Audio Interface
- Setting the Sample Rate
- Testing for Audio Playback
- About Latency
- Managing Latency
- Calibrating Input Latency Compensation
- Other Audio Device Settings
- Resetting to the Defaults
- Moving On
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Chapter 5 - Basic Navigation
- Tabs and Menus
- Pop-up Help
- Roll-over Help
- Creating a Project
- Opening the Edit
- The Edit Tab
- Basic Navigation
- Zooming In and Out
- Positioning the Cursor
- Changing the Tempo
- Changing Tempo at a Specific Bar
- Offsetting and Scaling the Tempo Curve
- Moving On
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Chapter 6 - The Settings Tab
- Audio Devices Page
- MIDI Devices Page
- Plugins Page
- General Behaviour Page
- Other Settings
- Keyboard Shortcuts Page
- Loop Database Page
- Control Surfaces Page
- Marketplace
- Moving On
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Chapter 7 - Getting Help
- Pop-up Help
- Roll-over Help
- Keyboard Shortcut List
- Tracktion Videos
- Tracktion Forums
- Tracktion Support
- Moving On
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Chapter 8 - The Edit Tab
- The Parts of a Tracktion Edit
- The Browser
- The Arrangement
- Timeline
- The Track Section
- Clips
- The Mixer
- The Controls Panel
- The Menu Section
- Properties Section
- Master Section
- Master Section Buttons
- Moving On
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Chapter 9 - The Browser
- Browser Files Tab
- Browser Presets Tab
- Using Presets
- Applying Presets
- Tracks Tab
- Search Tab
- Notifications Tab
- Markers Tab
- Clipboard Tab
- Moving On
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Chapter 10 - Using Markers
- In-marker & Out-marker
- Navigate Using the In-marker & Out-marker
- Zooming to the In-marker/Out-marker
- Looping Playback Over the marked region
- Auto Punch and the marked region
- The Marker Track
- Adding Markers
- Marker Clip Properties
- Navigating by Markers
- The Browser Markers Tab
- Renumbering Markers
- Adjust Markers (Wave File Markers)
- Moving On
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Chapter 11 - Selecting and Snapping
- Selecting a Clip
- Auditioning a Clip
- Selecting Multiple Clips
- Shift-Selecting Clips
- Deselecting Clips
- Using Snap-to-Grid
- Enable/Disable Snap-to-Grid
- About Snap Resolution
- Snapping Clips to the Grid
- Snapping the Cursor to the Grid
- Snapping Clips to Other Clips
- Overriding Snap-to-Grid
- Nudging Clips
- Nudging Notes
- Moving On
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Chapter 12 - Audio Clips and Editing Audio
- Parts of an Audio Clip
- Moving Clips
- Deleting Clips
- Audio Clip Handles
- Splitting a Clip
- Duplicating Clips
- Fade-in/Fade-out
- Pitch Fade
- Crossfades
- Drag Crossfade
- Edge Fades
- Copy and Paste
- Clip Gain, Mute, & Pan
- Reversing Audio Clips
- Merging Clips to One Clip
- Deleting a Section of Audio Removing Space
- Moving On
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Chapter 13 - Working With Loops
- Getting Loops Into Tracktion
- Setting the Edit Tempo
- Dragging Loops to a Track
- Dragging in Multiple Clips from the Browser
- Looping the Loop
- Duplicating Clips
- Loop Properties
- Moving On
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Chapter 14 - Keyboard Shortcuts
- Keyboard Shortcuts Page
- Setting a Keyboard Shortcut
- Changing a Keyboard Shortcut
- Saving Keyboard Shortcuts to a File
- Loading Keyboard Shortcuts from a File
- Printing a List of Keyboard Shortcuts
- Moving On
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Chapter 15 - Recording Audio
- Configure the Input
- The Input Object
- Customizing Input Names Globally
- Customizing Input Names for an Edit
- About MIDI Inputs
- Setting Up Inputs for Multi-track Recording
- Number of Inputs
- Enable a Track for Recording
- Hit Record
- Enable Recording for All Inputs at Once
- Input Meters
- Dragging the Input Object Track to Track
- Renaming a Track
- Recording Steps in Review
- Working with the Click
- Enabling the Click Track
- Listening on Headphones While Recording
- Live Input Monitoring
- If at First You Don’t Succeed
- Abort Record and Delete the Take
- Recording a Stereo Signal
- Retrospective Record
- Safe-Record Mode
- Moving On
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Chapter 16 - Recording Overdubs
- Set up the Drum Loop
- Get Ready to Record
- Record the Rhythm Guitar Part
- Doubling the Rhythm Guitar
- Overdub a Bassline
- Rename Tracks
- Adding Additional Tracks
- Rearranging Tracks
- Adjust the Mix
- Moving on
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Chapter 17 - Clean-up Editing
- Trimming
- Correcting Small Timing Problems
- Correcting Timing by Slip Editing
- Fade-outs
- Stretch an Ending Note
- Fixing Clicks at the Edit Points
- Rendering to a Single Audio Clip
- Moving On
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Chapter 18 - Warp Time
- Warp Time Mode
- The Warp Time Editor
- Working with Warp Points
- Warp Points and Snapping
- Limitations of Warp Time editing
- Time Stretch Algorithm
- Moving On
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Chapter 19 - Loop Recording
- Getting into Loop Recording Mode
- Loop Recording Step-by-Step
- Selecting the Best Take
- Unpacking Takes to Tracks
- Moving on
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Chapter 20 - Comping
- Copy Your Edit
- Comping Takes
- Flatten Comp
- Setting up a Comp Group
- Comping Tracks Using a Comp Group
- Comp Group Editor
- Moving On
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Chapter 21 - Using an Amp Simulator Plugin
- Setting Up the Track
- Recording with the Amp Sim
- Managing Latency
- Speed of Sound Through Air
- Dialing in the Guitar Tone
- Using a Tuner Plugin
- Moving On
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Chapter 22 - MIDI Setup
- MIDI Drivers
- Setup MIDI Inputs
- Naming MIDI Inputs/Outputs
- Disabling Unused MIDI Inputs
- Configuring the Track
- Insert a Synth Plugin
- Using a Virtual Keyboard
- Moving On
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Chapter 23 - MIDI Recording
- Setting up a Track
- Recording a MIDI Performance
- Playing Back a MIDI Performance
- Piano Roll View
- MIDI Record Modes - The Action Property
- MIDI Input Quantize
- Moving On
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Chapter 24 - MIDI Loop Recording
- Loop Recording in Merge Mode
- Recording to Prepare for MIDI Comping
- Comping MIDI Takes
- Flattening the Composite to a Single Clip
- Moving On
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Chapter 25 - MIDI Editing
- Trimming MIDI Clips
- Moving MIDI Clips
- Moving a MIDI Clip Track to Track
- Slip Editing MIDI Clips
- Reframing a MIDI Clip
- Splitting a MIDI Clip
- The MIDI Note Editor
- Setting the Number of Octaves
- Mouse Wheel Options for MIDI Editing
- Basic MIDI Editing - Pitch
- Per Note Automation
- Nudging Notes
- Note Length
- Snapping During Note Editing
- Copying and Duplicating Notes
- Adjusting Pitch and Velocity in the Properties Section
- Note Start, Length, & End
- The Pencil Tool
- The Eraser Tool
- The Line Tool
- Note Colors
- Selecting Multiple Notes
- Editing the Note Velocity
- Step Entry Mode
- Hearing Notes While Editing
- The Velocity Editor
- Editing other Controller Data
- Moving On
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Chapter 26 - Quantizing MIDI Notes
- How to Quantize
- Quantizing Note Lengths
- Quantizing with Groove
- Defining Groove Templates
- Complex Groove Templates
- Managing Groove Templates
- Moving On
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Chapter 27 - Step Clips
- Step Clips Overview
- Inserting a Step Clip Into the Edit
- Programming a Drum Beat with a Step Clip
- Step Clip Properties
- The Step Clip Footer
- Pattern Options
- Step Clip Pattern Actions
- Step Clip Section Actions
- Step Clip Channel Properties
- Step Clip Channel Actions
- Deleting a Channel
- Velocity Gate Editor
- Looping Step Clips
- Render a Step Clip to MIDI
- Step Clip Presets
- Moving On
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Chapter 28 - Scanning Plugins
- Scanning Plugins
- 64-Bit Versus 32-Bit Plugins
- Sorting the Plugins List
- Setting the Style of the Plugin Object
- Building a Custom Plugin Selector
- Opening Plugin Windows
- Pinning Plugin Windows
- Setting Tags
- Moving On
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Chapter 29 - Using Plugins
- The Mixer
- Adjusting the Size of the Mixer Section
- Working with Plugins
- Assigning a Quick Control Parameter
- Third-Party Plugins
- Searching for Plugins
- Using Master Plugins
- Moving On
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Chapter 30 - Built-in Effects Plugins
- Tracktion Effects
- Volume & Pan Plugin
- Level Meter
- The 4-Band Equalizer
- Reverb
- Delay
- Chorus
- The Phaser
- The Compressor/Limiter
- Pitch Shifter
- The Low/High-Pass Filter
- Text Plugin
- Saving Presets
- Moving On
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Chapter 31 - Effects Bus Tracks
- Create the Bus Track
- Adding the Effect Plugin
- Aux Return Plugin
- Adding Aux Sends to the Channels
- Adjusting the Send Level
- Assigning the Aux Bus
- Solo Isolate
- Effects Bus Track Presets
- Moving On
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Chapter 32 - Clip Effects
- Inserting Plugins on Clips
- Removing Clip Plugins
- Creative Uses
- Echo Throw Example
- Moving On
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Chapter 33 – Folder Tracks
- Creating a Folder Track
- Working with Folder Tracks
- The Folder Track VCA
- Editing With Folder Tracks
- Automating a Fade within a Folder Track
- Moving On
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Chapter 34 - Submix Tracks
- Creating a Submix Track
- Working with Submix Tracks
- Creating an Old School Submix Track
- Moving On
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Chapter 35 - Automation
- Activating Automation on a Track
- Choosing What to Automate
- Adding Points to the Automation Curve
- Automating Fade-ins and Fade-outs
- Converting a Clip Fade-in or Fade-out to Automation
- Reading Automation
- Automation Curve Properties
- How to Find Out What Automation is Active for a Track
- Remap on Tempo Change
- Writing Automation on the Fly
- Automation Lock
- Moving On
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Chapter 36 - Mixing Down
- Master Section Processing
- Exporting to a WAV File
- Locating the Exported File
- Exporting to an MP3 File
- Additional Render Properties
- Moving On
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Chapter 37 - Macros
- Script Editor
- Creating a Macro
- Deleting a Macro
- Programming a Macro
- Running a Macro
- Javascript Programming
- Hover Tooltip
- RTZ Macro Example
- Merge Clips Macro Example
- Importing and Exporting Macros
- TSC Code Samples
- My Code Samples
- Moving On
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Video Links
- Creating the GreyScalePro Colour Scheme
- Creating a Tempo Map
- Punch In/Out on the fly
- Tracktion Compressor Sidechain
- Track Tags
- Automation Improvements
- Insert Plugin
- Creating a Submix
- Basic Audio Editing
- Warp Time
- Pitch Fade
- Comp Groups
- Merge Selected Clips
- Step Clips Overview
- Step Clips Velocity/Gate
- Step Clips Randomize Each Step
- Step Clips Groove
- Step Clips Route Channels to Different Synths
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