Operation Manual

These are the preference options if WaveRT mode is selected on the Sound Device Preferences. WaveRT stands

for Wave Real Time and is Microsoft's new audio driver layer for Window's Vista only.

Latency

djust the number of milliseconds of latency that you'd like. Lower numbers are better for performance. However,

as you lower the latency, you are also increasing the potential for audio gapping or non-continuous audio.

WaveRT is the preferred driver. Make sure that you have the latest drivers for your sound device. Also, contact

your sound device manufacturer to see if the audio drivers support WaveRT properly.

Recording Preferences

Default Project Recording Folder

This folder is the default recording folder. Each project has it's own recording folder that is initially assigned to this

folder. Click Browse... to choose a new default recording folder.

Overdub When Recording

If this option is checked and you click Record on the Master Bar, it will play back your project at the same time.

(This is on by default.)

Delete Unused Recordings During Save Or On Exit

If this option is checked, Mixcraft will delete any recordings made that are not currently on any tracks during a Save

or when the software is exited. If you've noticed that your recordings are disappearing from your recording folder, it

may be because they were not part of the project. To stop recordings from being deleted, uncheck this.

When Recording Input Is Used On More Than One Track

This instructs the software on how to handle two different tracks trying to use the same recording input.

The default is Do Not Allow Duplicate Recording Inputs. This will cause the newly armed track to get the input and

any previously armed tracks to become unarmed.

The second option Allow Duplicate Recording Inputs allows you to arm any tracks, including the option of arming

all tracks with the same recording input. With this option, you could actually record 5 tracks of the same recording

and it is up to you to disarm tracks that you do not wish to record.

MIDI Preferences

These preferences are for M.I.D.I.

MIDI Input (Recording) Interface

If you have MIDI interfaces or MIDI keyboards, choose the interface that you'd like to play and record from. The

default is All MIDI Devices.

"Chase" Unfinished Midi Notes on Playback And Looping

MIDI is not actual sound. MIDI is the instructions to play sound. Therefore, what happens if you start playing a

note in the middle? If you play a piano note and it starts off vibrant and decays over time, MIDI has no way of

telling the synthesizers to start playing the note from the middle. It assumes that it should start from the beginning

each time. When "Chase" is on, it means that we send Note On messages even if we are not at the exact

beginning. This will lead to a different sounding performance depending on where you start your playback from.

The converse with "Chase" off, means that if you start in the middle of a note, it will not play and will simply be

skipped.

Default Virtual Instrument

Choose an instrument to be the default instrument when creating a new Virtual Instrument Track.

Default General MIDI (GM) Instrument

Mixcraft will use this synthesizer when importing General MIDI files (.MID).

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