Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 151)

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 Toggle – This works like an on/off switch: press play to start a clip, and press
again to stop it. Note that the Cue setting affects the clip’s start and end points -
Mixcraft waits for the Cue value to elapse before starting to play, and if the play
button is pressed again before the Cue value has elapsed, playback continues to
play for the duration of the Cue value.
MOVING, DUPLICATING, DELETING AND MORE
IN THE PERFORMANCE PANEL
 Move clips – To move a clip or clips, simply click and drag to another grid location.
To select multiple clips, click and drag a box around the clips by starting in a blank
area of the grid (i.e. no clips in the grid).
 Duplicate clips – To duplicate a clip or clips, simply click and drag to another grid
location while holding the CONTROL modifier key. To duplicate select multiple
clips, click and drag a box around the clips by starting in a blank area of the grid
and drag to empty grid locations while holding the CONTROL modifier key.
Dragging clips to an occupied grid location will overwrite the existing clip, so
careful there, loopmaster!
 Selecting Sets – To select an entire set for editing, right-click in the set name area
at the top of the Performance Panel grid and click Select in the pop-up menu.
 Duplicating Sets – To duplicate a set, right-click in the set name area at the top
of the Performance Panel grid and click Duplicate. The entire set (i.e. all clips in
the vertical column) will be copied to the next column over to the set’s right.
Duplicate behaves as an “insert” function, so if there is a set (or sets) to the right
of the one being duplicated, existing sets will be shifted over one column, and
Mixcraft will automatically create new sets if necessary to accommodate the move.
 Delete Set – Sets can be deleted by right-clicking in the set name area and selecting
Delete in the pop-up menu. Existing sets to the right of the deleted set will shift
over. Just like a spreadsheet, but more fun!
 Resizing the Performance Panel Grid – Column widths can be adjusted by hovering
the cursor between the set names at the top of the Performance Panel – when
the cursor becomes left/right arrows, simply hold down the mouse button and slide
horizontally to resize.
Vertical grid size follows a track’s vertical sizing. You can resize tracks vertically
by hovering between track names in the track list; click and drag vertically when
the mouse becomes up/down arrows. To reset to default height, right-click a track
and select Properties>Height>Small/Normal/Large in the pop-up menu.