Operation Manual

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Quick Copy Tip
To quickly copy the selected clips, hold down the ALT key and click a clip to quickly make a duplicate. This can be an
incredibly useful and fast tool. ( Try it. You won't be disappointed. This simple feature was suggested by a user. )
Merge Clips
To merge two or more audio or virtual instrument clips on the same track, select the clips and then click the Sound
menu followed by clicking Merge To New Clip.
Before a merge
After the merge
Reasons why you might want to merge clips:
• You have multiple virtual instrument clips on one track and want to print out the sheet music for the entire
track. The notation view works on one clip at a time. Merging the clips together would allow you to edit it as
one giant clip.
• You have multiple audio clips one track recorded with the same noisy air conditioner in the background and
you want to remove the noise in one command. Merging the clips together allows you to remove the noise
one time.
• You have hundreds of clips and your workspace is getting confusing and slow. Merging the clips to one
sound will cut down on resources, speed up your mix by cutting down on CPU and declutter the interface, as
well.
• You just like using the Merge function and you are a merge freak? (Sorry, we had to inject some humor into
this help file...and congratulations if you are still reading this!)
Setting A Sound's Active Channel
(This applies to audio clips only.)
Mixcraft displays stereo and mono audio clips in the same way. If it's a stereo sound, the left and right channel are
merged into one view.
If you only want to play the left channel of a stereo sound, you can select the sound clip and then choose Channels
from the Sound menu. (Alternatively, you can right click to bring this up.) Choose Stereo, Left Channel,, or Right
Channel.
The sound clip will display [Left Channel] on its title area if it is only playing the left channel and it will display [Right
Channel] on its title area if it is playing the right channel.
Noise Reduction
Mixcraft comes with a built in noise reduction feature for audio clips. (Noise reduction only works on audio clips.)
Definition Of Noise
Noise could be background hum, clicks and pops and, generally, any unwanted sound. However, Mixcraft's noise
reduction works best on constant noises such as fans, air conditioners or anything constant throughout the recording.