two noob T1 questions - sampler & routing tracks .

[housepig]

greetings!

I've been using Tracktion 1 for a few months, and while I dig it and have a decent handle on most functions, there are two that are getting the better of me - hopefully someone will point me in the right direction.

#1 - can someone point me to a basic tutorial on the built-in sampler? I can load, map and playback samples with it, but I'm missing how I can record the performance to an audio file...

#2 - if I route tracks to other tracks, how can I record the output to an audio file?

example - I have a kick on track one and a snare on track two. I route the output of each to track three. how can I record an audio file of track three, with a mix of kick and snare?

any links, tips, guides or assistance appreciated.

thanks.

[IIRs]

The answer to both your questions is the 'render' button. To render a sub-group you may need to insert a blank MIDI clip to avoid the 'there are no clips on this track to render' warning.

[housepig]

platinumears -

thanks, I figured that render would be my friend for #2, if there was no other way.

on #1, though, I'm still having problems - I can load samples in the sampler, and play them back from the sampler's keyboard, but I can't figure out how to record the performance of those samples, and then play them back along with the rest of the tracks - I'm not even getting near the renderable stage, I can't do anything yet but play the sampler live.

any tips on the big, glaring step I'm missing, I'd appreciate it! I know it's something simple, but I haven't stumbled on the right method yet.

thanks.

[Rhett]

The answer to both your questions is the 'render' button. To render a sub-group you may need to insert a blank MIDI clip to avoid the 'there are no clips on this track to render' warning.

Thanks. The blank MIDI clip solved and issue I was having getting FL5 (used as a VSTi) to render.

[IIRs]

on #1, though, I'm still having problems - I can load samples in the sampler, and play them back from the sampler's keyboard, but I can't figure out how to record the performance of those samples, and then play them back along with the rest of the tracks

I take it you don't have a MIDI keyboard then? If you do, locate the relevant MIDI input icon and drag it to point to the sampler track: you should now be able to play the samples from the keyboard, and record your performance as a MIDI clip.

If you don't have a MIDI keyboard, you will have to program the part rather than play it: select the sampler track, press 'G' to insert a blank MIDI clip, and double click it.. you should now see a piano roll display in which you can create & move notes. When you have your part arranged as you want it, rendering the track will turn the result into an audio clip, which can either replace the MIDI parts, or be added to the edit alongside them.