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Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:56 pm
by Acoustica Greg
To use automatic MIDI quantization:

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Mixcraft 8 Tips

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 2:15 pm
by Acoustica Greg
To sidechain or route audio or MIDI to any effect or virtual instrument parameter:

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Mixcraft 8 Tips

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 4:31 pm
by Acoustica Greg
How to record directly into the Performance Panel:

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Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:34 am
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 allows you to perform operations on multiple selected tracks!

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Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:49 pm
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 supports sidechaining if the effect has that option:

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Currently, none of the included effects in Mixcraft 8 support sidechaining. The pictured effect is a free one called Xhip Compressor.

Density mkIII is another free compressor that supports sidechaining.

Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:40 am
by Acoustica Greg
Nested submixes.

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Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:55 am
by Acoustica Greg
See what's inside a collapsed submix track at a glance.

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Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 3:37 pm
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 allows you to customize your mixer layout.

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Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 4:53 pm
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 has an option to route a MIDI track to another MIDI track. This would allow you to have MIDI on full-sized tracks for your multi-out instruments (like Kontakt), instead of having to use lanes!
Route to track feature.
Route to track feature.
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Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 5:30 pm
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 gives you lots of options for creating stems. You can mute effects, ignore automation, control how the files are named, and more:

Mixcraft 8's stems feature.
Mixcraft 8's stems feature.
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Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 10:41 am
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 allows you to drag effects from one track to another. Just choose "Show Effects On Tracks," or drag the left edge of the track area to the right.
Show Effects On Tracks feature in Mixcraft 8.
Show Effects On Tracks feature in Mixcraft 8.
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Re: Some Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:35 pm
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 allows you to browse your computer for loops.
Browse Your Computer
Browse Your Computer
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Re: Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:59 am
by Acoustica Greg
The old "Mix Down To Separate Tracks" option has been replaced in Mixcraft 8 with a new "Mix Down To Stems" option that allows you to customize your exported tracks.
Mix Down To Stems option.
Mix Down To Stems option.
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Re: Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:54 am
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 allows you to send MIDI Clock and Status Messages to your external MIDI device!
MIDI Clock and Status Messages in Mixcraft 8.
MIDI Clock and Status Messages in Mixcraft 8.
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Re: Mixcraft 8 tips

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:29 am
by Acoustica Greg
Mixcraft 8 allows you to arm an automation lane to record all effect and instrument automation:
Record All Effect and Instrument Automation.
Record All Effect and Instrument Automation.
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