Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 49)

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Once a ReWire track has been created, all transport
controls, including play, rewind, and stop, as well as
tempo changes and loop points, will be sent to the Rewire
application, letting you use the application in conjunction
with Mixcraft. Instrument Tracks can also send live or
recorded MIDI data to instrument tracks available in the
ReWire application.
All audio generated by the ReWire application will play
through to Mixcraft on the ReWire track. As with other
Mixcraft tracks, volume, pan, solo, and mute parameters
apply. Effects and automation can also be applied to
ReWire tracks.
AUTOMATION
Mixcraft’s lane-based track automation allows simple
automation of volume, pan, and send tracks, as well as all
parameters of a track’s plug-ins and virtual instruments.
You can view or hide as many parameters as you like
simultaneously, with each parameter occupying its
own “lane,” until you run out of screen space. It’s also
compatible with the Mackie Control, TranzPort, and other
hardware control surfaces.
Keep in mind that lane-based track automation is separate
from the clip-based automation. To better understand each
automation type, check out the sidebar Understanding
Lane- Vs. Clip-Based Automation.
TRACK AUTOMATION
Understanding Clip VS. Lane Automation
Mixcraft contains two separate types of automation,
clip- and lane-based automation. Clip automation is
displayed by the horizontal line that appears when
hovering over the bottom section of audio or MIDI
clips. It allows automation of volume, pan, low pass
filter cutoff frequency and resonance, or high pass filter
cutoff frequency and resonance on a per clip basis. In
other words, automation of these parameters is set
independently for each clip. The parameter currently
shown is selected with the drop-down menu at the top
of the screen in the main menu tool bar. (Click the
one that says Volume to view all the clip automation
parameters.) The drop-down menu parameter selection is
global – in other words, if you choose the Pan parameter,
all clips in a project will now display the Pan parameter.
Lane-based automation differs in a number of ways.
Most significantly, lane automation functions
independently of clips – try to imagine it as “laid over”
the the clips making up a project. Because it functions
independently of clips, for example, you could create
a slow volume fade that spanned numerous clips. And
instead of being superimposed on clips, lane-based
automation is displayed on its own “lanes,” separate
from, but parallel to, the clips it affects.
The other important difference is that clip-based
automation does not affect the control positions in
the Mixer tab – it simply adds or subtracts parameters
“on top” of the current control positions. Conversely,
if an automation lane’s Lock button is engaged,
automation behaves like
a “third hand,” causing
mixer controls to move.
This makes it more
suitable for use with
hardware control surfaces
with moving faders, as the
controls move together on
a one-to-one basis.