Tracks

A MultitrackStudio track is a combination of a mixer's channel strip, a tape recorder's record/playback switch and a piece of tape, the latter being replaced by an audio or MIDI file on the hard disk. Tracks can be added using the Add Track menu's Add Audio Track, Add MIDI Track or Import Audio/MIDI File options. The latter can import multiple files in one go using the Shift key or the Command key. Tracks can be removed by dragging the file name box (on the left) to the Garbage Bin (in the bottom left corner of the main window). The order in which the tracks appear can be changed using drag-and-drop as well.

All tracks have the following basic features:


Track (No file opened)

A click on a Play, Rec, Mute buttons or Editor Preview pane toggles all tracks if the A key is down while clicking. Likewise, the C key affects all tracks that have the same color.

Audio Tracks

Audio tracks (tracks with an audio file) have the following additional features:


Audio track

MIDI Tracks


MIDI track (Instrument: External MIDI Instrument)

MIDI tracks (tracks with a MIDI file) have an Instrument slot that determines where the track's output will be routed to. If it contains a software instrument, like the default MultitrackStudio Instruments, the MIDI data will be converted to audio and the output routed through the mixer. If it contains an External MIDI Instrument the output will be send to an external hardware synthesizer. See the MIDI Instruments section for more information on this subject.

MIDI tracks using a software instrument have all the extra controls audio tracks have (except for the first Effect Slot, which is replaced by the Instrument Slot).


MIDI track (Instrument: Sampler)