Operation Manual

Record Yourself Or Your Band *
This option is best for making recordings from live instruments or your microphone. Auto Beat Match is off by
default and any loaded sounds will not be beat matched unless they are specifically a loop. The time line view
defaults to time mode. Snap is off by default.
Build Loop & Beat Matched Music *
This option is great for DJs or just anyone constructing music with loops. Auto Beat Match is on by default and any
loaded sound will be beat matched. This is a good choice if you are making a remix, a mash-up or a loop based
song. The time line view defaults to measure and beats mode. Snap is set to one quarter note by default.
Build Virtual Instrument Tracks*
This option is great for anyone that wants to play and/or record from a MIDI keyboard or create music from scratch
using the bundled virtual synthesizers. Two Virtual Instrument Tracks and 4 normal audio tracks are created with
this option. The time line view defaults to measure and beats mode.
Load An Existing Project Or Template
Choose an previously loaded project, standard MIDI file or template from the drop down or click Browse and select
a project file to load.
* Notes On Project Modes
The main difference between the three options are pretty simple. If you start in one mode, you don't need to start
over. For example, if you want to auto beat match sounds, simply go to the Project Settings Tab and click the
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Beat Match button to be on. If you want snap on or off, click a new snap setting on the toolbar or by choosing
Snap To Grid from the View menu and selecting a new snap setting.
Loading A Project
Mixcraft can load Mixcraft project files (MX4, MX3) by clicking the File menu and choosing Open Project...
(Ctrl+O). Navigate to your project file, select it and click Open.
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lternatively, you can click the Open Project button on the toolbar or click Browse... on the New Project
Dialog
The software can also load Mixcraft 2 project files (MXC) and Mixcraft Templates (MX4Template files).
Loading A Standard MIDI File
Standard MIDI files contain MIDI data on multiple tracks and Mixcraft will import them. When it creates a new
track, it will use the default General MIDI synthesizer as set in the MIDI preferences.
Save A Project
Save your work often. You never know when the power might go off. :)
Choose Save or Save As... from the File menu, navigate to a save folder, type in a name and click OK.
Your Mixcraft project will be saved as a Mixcraft project file (MX4). You can also save it as a Project Template
(MX4Template).
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lternatively, you can save the project by clicking the Save button on the toolbar.
If you want to save your project as a single MP3, WAV, OGG or WMA file, you should mix down your project to an
audio file.
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