Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 76)

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 Lock/Unlock
Clicking the Lock icon will prevent changes to the clip’s Loop Start, Loop End, and
Snap Point. Lock also prevent clips from being moved in the grid.
 Mute /Unmute
This is the circle-with-a-cross-through-it next to the Lock icon that mutes or
unmutes the clip. When muted, all instances of the clip will turn gray. The Mute
Sound button in the Sound tab is interchangeable with the Mute Sound button on
clip itself – you can mute or unmute with either button.
 Time Signature
This lets you set the time signature of an audio loop with individually settable
numerator (beats per bar) and denominator (note value constituting a beat). Keep
in mind that the time signature setting has no effect on the sound; it only changes
the placement of beats on the ruler above the waveform to simplify setting in/out
points and looping.
 Use Project Tempo/Time Stretch
Mixcraft plays audio clips in one of two time-domain modes:
 Use Project Tempo Time Stretch
 Use Project Tempo
 Time Stretch
In this mode, Mixcraft adjusts sounds based on the difference between the project’s
tempo and the sound’s detected tempo. For example, if the project tempo was 120
BPM and the sound’s detected tempo was 60 BPM, it would time-stretch the sound
to be half as long, because it would be playing the sound back two times as fast.
However, a project’s tempo many not remain constant throughout. For example,
in a transition between two songs, you could slowly ramp the tempo up with
multiple tempo changes. In Use Project Tempo mode, Mixcraft dynamically adjusts
the playback rate of audio to maintain perfect synchronization based on the current
tempo. This offers lots of latitude to mix and match loops of various tempos.
(Yeah, we know, we’re pretty cool.)
To set the loop speed by tempo, click Use Project Tempo. The numeric display will
show the loop’s original tempo. Enter a tempo by clicking in the number field to the
right, or use the up/down arrows.