Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 148)

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To rename a set, double-click on the text, type a new name, and press return
(or click outside of the text box area).
 Performance Panel Grid – The grid where clips are dragged and dropped for playback.
 Play and Stop – There are numerous play (right-facing black arrow) and stop
(small black square) buttons in the Performance Panel. Dependent upon their
location, these toggle start and stop of playback of individual clips, entire sets,
or tracks.
 + Add – Don’t worry, this button won’t increase Attention Deficit Disorder, it
simply adds more blank set locations to the right of the last set. Keep in mind that
all set locations may not be currently visible depending on the Performance
Panel view width. To view all current sets, scroll sideways (see Performance Panel
Horizontal Scroll Bar below), or widen the Performance Panel view width. To
widen the current view, position the cursor on the leftmost area of the main clip
grid (the grid on the right side of the screen where you usually play and record
clips,
not the Performance Panel Grid); you’ll know you’re in the right place when
the cursor turns into left/right arrows. Hold the mouse button and drag left or right
to change the Performance Panel width.
 Performance Panel Horizontal Scroll Bar – This is the the scroll bar at the bottom
of the Performance Panel Grid. Slide this left of right to view all sets as described above.
 Arm – Clicking the Arm button causes any playback of sets to record in the main
clip grid. This is a powerful tool for song creation, enabling continuous recording
of set group performances, including changing sets, muting and soloing of clips and
more. It’s especially fun and creative when using a hardware USB grid controller.
Keep in mind that Performance Panel “recordings” don’t actually create new audio
files on your hard drive, they only create new clips in the main clip grid that refer
to existing audio files. This means you can go nuts creating songs without filling
your hard drive!
 Cue – The Cue button defines how long Mixcraft will wait to switch playback from
one clip or set when play buttons are clicked during playback. At any setting other
than Off Mixcraft always switches exactly on the beat, which is tremendously
helpful for keeping playback on the beat and in sync. When Cue is set to any
value other than none, the clip’s Play arrow will flash indicating it will begin playing
following the length of time specified by the Cue setting. We recommend beginning
with
1 Bar or 2 Bar.
If Cue is set to Off, clips and sets will switch immediately upon pressing the play
button. This isn’t usually desirable when switching loops, because loops can easily
get off time from the project metronome. There are times when you’ll want to set
Cue to trigger individual sounds in the grid immediately when clicked (for one-shot