Hi. I am an FL Studio 5 user and I'm trying Tracktion Free for the first time since I downloaded it months ago.
I've played around a bit and I am EXTREMELY happy with the ease of use and work flow. However, I have some questions about features.
What I do alot in FL Studio is play one midi pattern over and over as I compose another one that I will be playing with it. For instance, I might compose a chord progression and let it loop in the background as I compose the main melody. Can I do this in Tracktion?
Also, does tracktion support side-chaining? Is it possible to do it by using a certain VST? What I'm wanting to be able to do is sidechain the compressor on my bass to my kick so that the compressor clamps down on the bass whenever the kick is played.
Are ALL Parameters automatable? Even on VST's?
Thanks. I love this product and I'm hoping it will meet my needs.
New User. Questions about features.
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- KVRian
- 581 posts since 8 Dec, 2004
As far as MIDI looping goes, record the part you want to loop, drag the red 'Mark In/Mark Out' bars to your preferred loop points of the clip, set up another MIDI track underneath, hit'L' to loop, space to play and away you go.
As far as I know MIDI parameters are automatable, depending on the VSt being used.
As far as I know MIDI parameters are automatable, depending on the VSt being used.
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Yeah, you can either loop between the markers by pressing "L" as dry bones suggested, or you can <CNTRL> drag the MIDI clip to create copies.
If you can find a compressor with a seperate side-chain input you can wire this up in a rack.. let me know if you don't find one, I'll knock one up in Synthedit.
Another way to get a similar effect is to sub-group the bass with the kick and use a conventional compressor on the group track: In Tracktion simply create a new track, select the kick & bass tracks, and route them to the new track instead of the audio out. This track is now a "group" track and any filters applied to it will affect all the audio routed to that track (ie: the bass will be ducked by each kick drum).
All parameters are available for VST automation AFAIK. MIDI controllers depend on the VST, although T2 is apparently much more powerful in this respect..
If you can find a compressor with a seperate side-chain input you can wire this up in a rack.. let me know if you don't find one, I'll knock one up in Synthedit.
Another way to get a similar effect is to sub-group the bass with the kick and use a conventional compressor on the group track: In Tracktion simply create a new track, select the kick & bass tracks, and route them to the new track instead of the audio out. This track is now a "group" track and any filters applied to it will affect all the audio routed to that track (ie: the bass will be ducked by each kick drum).
All parameters are available for VST automation AFAIK. MIDI controllers depend on the VST, although T2 is apparently much more powerful in this respect..