Tracktion 5
Features
Added
- Modernised UI Scheme
- Edit Clip
- Step-Sequence Clip
- VST3 Hosting
- Tabbing Edits
- Chrome-like popping out of Edits into separate windows
- Drag-and-Drop Presets
- Freeze Points
- Redesign of file exporting
- CPU Manager
- Ghost Tracks
- Track Images
- Track Colours
- MIDI Note Automation
- MIDI piano roll keys are velocity-sensitive
- MIDI Note: hold shift + drag vertically to modify its velocity
- MIDI Note: hold ctrl + drag from the left to extend the note leftwards
- Roli MDC SysEx message support
- Pan law support: linear, -2.5/-3.0/-4.5/-6.0 dB Center (all are equal-power)
- Melodyne Audio Random Access (Coming Soon)
- (Slew of bug fixes)
- (Slew of optimisations)
- (Slew of usability tweaks)
Removed
Keyboard Shortcuts
You can fully assign the Tracktion keyboard shortcuts however you like however the default shortcuts are well thought-out and a great starting point for new users.
Below is the complete list of default keyboard shortcuts for Windows, MacOSX and Linux.
Note to editors:
A quick means of adding/removing/editing the shortcuts in this Wiki is exporting the shortcuts from Tracktion into an HTML file. Then, take the result file's source and paste it in this site to get a Wiki formatted version: http://bmanolov.free.fr/html2wiki-tables.php#wiki . Editing of the code will be required to change the table format to a wikitable. The sub-header formatting will need changing from h4 tags to ====.
Windows
General
| Action
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Shortcut
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| Flip between edit/project screens
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escape, ctrl + tab
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| Go to project screen
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F1
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| Go to edit screen
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F3
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| Go to settings screen
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F2
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| Save the current edit
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ctrl + S
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| Save the current edit as
|
ctrl + shift + S
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| Quit the application
|
ctrl + Q
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Help Functions
| Action
|
Shortcut
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| Show Tracktion's help documentation
|
F12
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| Enable/Disable the popup help
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F11
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| Show popup help for whatever the mouse is currently over
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F10
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Transport Controls
| Action
|
Shortcut
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| Start/stop playing
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spacebar, ctrl + spacebar, play, stop
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| Start playing
|
|
| Stop playing
|
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| Forward
|
cursor right
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| Back
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cursor left
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| Record
|
R
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| Abort current recording, and discard anything recorded
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ctrl + R
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| Abort current recording, discard anything recorded, and restart
|
ctrl + alt + R
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| Arm or disarm all input devices
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alt + R
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| Toggle safe record
|
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| Stop safe recording
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ctrl + shift + alt + R
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| Panic reset the audio engine
|
|
| Turn looping on/off
|
L
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| Turn snapping on/off
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Q
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| Turn click track on/off
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C
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| Turn punch-in on/off
|
P
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| Turn scrolling on/off
|
shift + S
|
| Turn MIDI timecode chasing on/off
|
shift + T
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| Toggle timecode between bars/seconds
|
T
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| Turn playback-in-stop on/off
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shift + E
|
| Punch out of automation record mode
|
U
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| Punch out of automation record mode, clearing any subsequent curve data
|
ctrl + U
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| Toggle automation write mode
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Y
|
| Toggle automation read mode
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H
|
Moving/Zooming Controls
| Action
|
Shortcut
|
| Move cursor to start of marked clips or edit
|
home
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| Move cursor to end of marked clips or edit
|
end
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| Scroll up to top of tracks
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ctrl + home
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| Scroll down to bottom of tracks
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ctrl + end
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| Move to the previous marker
|
-
|
| Move to the next marker
|
=
|
| Scroll tracks up
|
shift + cursor down
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| Scroll tracks down
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shift + cursor up
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| Scroll tracks left
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shift + cursor left
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| Scroll tracks right
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shift + cursor right
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| Vertical zoom-in
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ctrl + shift + cursor up
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| Vertical zoom-out
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ctrl + shift + cursor down
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| Select the item above the current selection
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alt + cursor up
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| Select the item below the current selection
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alt + cursor down
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| Select the item to the left of the current selection
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alt + cursor left
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| Select the item to the right of the current selection
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alt + cursor right
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| Select the item at the top of the current selection
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alt + home
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| Select the item at the bottom of the current selection
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alt + end
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| Zoom in
|
cursor up
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| Zoom out
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cursor down
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| Zoom out to fit the entire edit on-screen
|
F5
|
| Zoom to fit horizontally and vertically
|
N
|
| Zoom in to show a few seconds around the cursor
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F6
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| Zoom in to show the marked region
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F7
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| Zoom to show the selected clips
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F4
|
| Expand or contract the current track height
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Z
|
| Rescale all tracks to fit on-screen
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F8
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| Set all tracks to the default track height
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F9
|
| Expand or collapse folder track
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ctrl + F
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| Show or hide the big input-meters
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ctrl + alt + M
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| Show or hide the inputs section
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ctrl + shift + I
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| Show or hide the filters section
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ctrl + shift + F
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| Show or hide the left pane
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ctrl + shift + L
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| Show or hide the control section
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ctrl + shift + P
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| Show or hide the inputs, filters and controls
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ctrl + `
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| Show or hide of the global track
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ctrl + shift + G
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Editing Functions
| Action
|
Shortcut
|
| Delete
|
delete, backspace
|
| Cut
|
ctrl + X
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| Copy
|
ctrl + C
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| Paste
|
ctrl + V
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| Paste inserting
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ctrl + I
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| Copy and paste selected clips directly into current edit
|
ctrl + B
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| Delete the selected clips and their source audio files
|
ctrl + M
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| Select all
|
ctrl + A
|
| Deselect all
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ctrl + D
|
| Undo
|
ctrl + Z
|
| Redo
|
ctrl + Y
|
| Nudge selected clips left
|
ctrl + cursor left
|
| Nudge selected clips right
|
ctrl + cursor right
|
| Nudge selected clips up
|
ctrl + cursor up
|
| Nudge selected clips down
|
ctrl + cursor down
|
| Split selected clips at cursor
|
/
|
| Move start of selected clips to the cursor position
|
J
|
| Move end of selected clips to the cursor position
|
K
|
| Auto-Crossfade selected clips
|
X
|
| Mute selected clips
|
shift + _
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| Pitch up 1 semitone
|
ctrl + =
|
| Pitch down 1 semitone
|
ctrl + -
|
| Pitch up 1 octave
|
ctrl + shift + =
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| Pitch down 1 octave
|
ctrl + shift + -
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| Mute selected tracks
|
alt + -
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| Solo selected tracks
|
alt + =
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| Move selected clips to back of z-order
|
B
|
| Clear marked region of selected clips
|
ctrl + K
|
| Delete marked region of selected clips, and move up selected
|
ctrl + L
|
| Delete marked region of selected clips, and move up all on track
|
ctrl + J
|
| Enable/Disable selected plugins
|
F
|
| Change selected plugin to its next preset
|
.
|
| Change selected plugin to its previous preset
|
,
|
| Change to the previous take for a looped clip
|
ctrl + ,
|
| Change to the next take for a looped clip
|
ctrl + .
|
| Reset all level meter overload indicators
|
\
|
| Lock/Unlock the properties panel
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ctrl + P
|
| Insert a new MIDI clip into the selected track
|
G
|
| Insert a new track into the edit
|
ctrl + T
|
| Insert a new folder track into the edit
|
ctrl + shift + T
|
| Insert a tempo change at the current cursor position
|
ctrl + E, alt + T
|
| Insert a time signature at the current cursor position
|
alt + S
|
| Insert a pitch change at the current cursor position
|
alt + P
|
| Import an audio or MIDI file
|
A
|
| Launch an external wave editor for the selected clip
|
ctrl + W
|
| Show clipboard contents
|
ctrl + alt + C
|
| Show the MIDI controller mappings window
|
ctrl + shift + M
|
| Show or hide the video window
|
alt + M
|
| Turn lock automation to clip on/off
|
ctrl + shift + A
|
Markers
| Action
|
Shortcut
|
| Mark-In
|
I
|
| Mark-Out
|
O
|
| Put the markers around the currently selected clips
|
M
|
| Jump backwards to next cut point
|
page up, rewind
|
| Jump forwards to next cut point
|
page down, fast forward
|
| Jump to the mark-in point
|
[
|
| Jump to the mark-out point
|
]
|
| Toggle the marker view mode
|
alt + K
|
MIDI Editor Controls
| Action
|
Shortcut
|
| MIDI selection tool
|
S
|
| MIDI pencil tool
|
D
|
| MIDI eraser tool
|
E
|
| MIDI line tool
|
alt + L
|
| Toggle the 'velocities' panel in MIDI editor
|
V
|
| Toggle the 'controllers' panel in MIDI editor
|
alt + C
|
| Mute/Unmute MIDI note echo in the MIDI editor
|
W
|
| Enable/disable step-editor mode
|
ctrl + alt + S
|
| Insert a rest when in MIDI step-entry mode
|
`
|
| Toggle auto display of MIDI toolbar
|
'
|
MacOSX
Linux
Videos
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Features
Added
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Features
Added
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Glossary
An alphabetical list of terms with brief explanations.
- Filter
- Deprecated term used in earlier versions to represent plugins, being 3rd party effects and instruments.
- Filter Section
- Section of the Edit page which contains plugins for each track is called the.
- Rack Filter
- Combination of plugins that can be treated as a single plugin. An instance may be created and saved for future use.