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PERFORMANCE PANEL
Mixcraft’s Performance Panel allows fast and fun creation of entire tracks using MIDI
and audio clips. Though it can be “played” with a standard MIDI keyboard controller
(or no MIDI controller at all), it’s best suited to a grid-style MIDI controller such as the
Novation Launchpad. Don’t mistake it as a simple grid loop player; the Performance
Panel has some nifty tricks up its sleeve!
The Performance Panel can be thought of as a grid for simultaneous playback of
multiple MIDI or audio clips (since both behave mostly the same in the Performance
Panel, we’ll refer to both as “clips”). A project can have only one Performance Panel.
Clips in the grid work similarly to standard clip playback in the main clip grid in that
only one per audio track can play at any given time (i.e. horizontally). The track list
to the left of the Performance Panel functions exactly the same as for “normal” clips in
the Main Clip Grid: volume, pan, solo, mute, etc. all operate as usual. MIDI and audio
tracks work the same as well, so be aware of whether a track is a MIDI or audio track
when placing clips in the Performance Panel grid. It’s usually sensible to keep audio
and MIDI tracks grouped together to avoid confusion.
PERFORMANCE PANEL CONTROLS
 Performance Button – Click the Performance button above the Track List to hide
or view the Performance Panel grid.
 Sets – A Set refers to a group of clips that play concurrently. Sets are arranged
horizontally across the grid with each set consisting of one or more loops arranged
vertically “on top of each other”. You can create as many sets as you like – to add
more empty sets, simply click the +add button above the Performance Panel.