Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 191)

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LOAD AN EXISTING PROJECT
Mixcraft can load Mixcraft project files (mx7, mx6, mx5, mx4, or mx3) by clicking the
File menu and choosing Open Project... (CTRL+O). Navigate to your project file, select
it and click Open. Alternatively, you can click the Load Project button on the toolbar or
click Browse... in the New Project Settings window.
You can also load Mixcraft 2 project files (MXC) and Mixcraft Templates (mx6, mx5, or
mx4 Template files).
LOADING A STANDARD MIDI FILE
Mixcraft can also open Standard MIDI files. When Mixcraft creates a new track, it uses
the default General MIDI synthesizer as set in the MIDI preferences.
SHOW FOR NEW PROJECTS
The New Project Settings window display can be disabled by unchecking the Show
For New Projects box. If the box is unchecked, Mixcraft still defaults to the most
recent New Project Settings configuration, but skips displaying the New Project
Settings window. To re-enable display of the New Project Settings window, select
File>Project>Set New Project Defaults to view the New Project Settings window, and
check the Show For New Projects checkbox.
SAVING A PROJECT
Select Save or Save As… from the File menu, navigate to the folder where you’d like
the current project’s folder to reside, type in a name and click the Save button. Mixcraft
automatically creates a folder with the name you typed. The Mixcraft project file and all
associated audio files will save to the project folder.
If the project has already been saved in an earlier version, the Save command will
simply overwrite the existing project file with the same file name. If you’d like to save
different iterations of a project, we recommend adding numbers or dates at the end of
the project file name.
Projects can also be saved by clicking the Save button on the toolbar - it’s the icon that
looks like a blue floppy disk. (Remember those? If you still have a box of them in the
closet, stop what you’re doing and go throw ‘em away. You’re never going to use them
again, really.)
Save your work often. You never know when the power might shut off!