Mixcraft 8 tips

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Mixcraft 8 allows you link tracks to control volume, pan, mute, solo, and send controls on multiple tracks at once.
Link selected tracks in Mixcraft 8.
Link selected tracks in Mixcraft 8.
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Mixcraft 8 allows you to choose between a light and dark background for the track area.
Visual Theme Preference in Mixcraft 8.
Visual Theme Preference in Mixcraft 8.
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Mixcraft 8 has an integrated Freesound.org search in its library!
Freesound.org search and licensing.
Freesound.org search and licensing.
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Select "Show Effects On Tracks" from the View menu in order to drag or duplicate effects between tracks.

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Mixcraft 8 has some helpful new visual features:

1. Collapsed submix tracks have a ghost image of the tracks inside.
2. Effects have level indicators.
3. There are MIDI In and MIDI Out indicators.

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Starting with build 391, you can search for automation parameters.

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Mixcraft 8 has a Maker List feature that allows you to manage all your track markers in one convenient spot.

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How to control audio routing for send tracks. New for Mixcraft 8: a dry adjustment setting that allows you to bypass both track effects and fader:

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Right-click in the unused area below the last track and above the details tabs to add a track:

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Ctrl+Solo automatically un-solos all other tracks and ctrl+Mute automatically un-mutes all other tracks.

This can be really handy for A/B comparisons.

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Mixcraft 8 allows you to mark sounds as favorites for easy access:

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With Mixcraft 8 you can select multiple tracks (hold down the Ctrl key to do this), and then right-click on one of the tracks to add all the selected tracks to a submix.

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Ever wanted to stretch a sound, and also allow its pitch to change?

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If you want to play around with white noise in Mixcraft, you can do that:

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How to add virtual instrument plugins and presets to your Favorites list.

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