Operation Manual

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.
Recording Format
Choose from uncompressed WAV or compressed OGG. OGG allows you to save disk space on your hard drives, if
audio quality does not have to be perfect. If you choose OGG, you will be able to also choose a quality setting.
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).
Default MIDI Settings
This button will revert this page back to the default settings.
General Preferences
These are the general options that weren't special enough to have their own preference page. :)
Play Exported Files After They're Created
After you mix down to an audio file, this option will launch the associated player to play it.
Set Playback Indicator When Clicking Inside Sound Workspace
When clicking in the Sound Workspace, this option will set the Playback Indicator at the click location. It will also
restart playback from this location if the project is playing back.
Change Project Tempo And Key To Match First Sound
When adding loops or sounds with a known key or tempo, the software will change the master tempo and/or key so
that it sounds good. For example, if a sound was normally at 68 bpm and you tried to play it at 120 bpm, it would