In audio production both can be equally devastating, or equally beneficial to the final results. There's an old battle over which is more important - the craftsman, or his tools. “Merge files” will load the 2 mono files as a stereo file.How to Use Antelope Audio Effects in Your Workflow Merge Files: This option ONLY appears when 2 files of identical length are selected.Sequence Files: If this option is selected, then the files will be imported to a track, and will be imported sequentially on the timeline.An 8-channel wav file will be converted to 8 mono tracks. If a file is stereo, it will be converted to 2 mono tracks. One Track Per Channel: Each channel of each file will appear as a track.If there are more than 2 channels then they will be ignored. If the file is stereo, it will be a stereo track. One Track Per File: Each file will be appear on one track.At Session Start: After importing the file will be located at the session’s start marker.At Playhead: After importing the file will be located at the playhead location.At Edit Point: After importing the file will be located at the edit point.Use File Timestamp: After importing the file will be located at the file’s time stamp (if it is a bwav file).This is useful if you are importing individual hits or effects into the region list, where you will use them to replace existing sounds. To Region List: The imported files will be imported to the region list but no tracks will be created.As New Tracks: Each file will be imported to a new track.These buttons control the modes that will dictate how files are imported. !The most important buttons are underneath. There is also a level-fader on the right side that allows you to trim the audition level. By default files will play when you double-click on them. You can click “Play” to play the file, Stop to stop playing, or choose auto-play so that files automatically start playing when you click on them. If a MIDI file is selected you get a report of number of channels, Format, Length, and Timestamp.įinally, there are options to Audition the files. Tagging files this way makes it very easy to find them in the future, using the “Search Tags” tab. There is also an area to enter metadata “tags” for the audio files. When a file is selected in the browser, you get a report of the number of channels, sample rate, and in the case of broadcast wave files, the timestamp when it was recorded. To the right of the file selector is the Sound File Information area. Underneath is a selector to show “Audio Files, MIDI Files, Audio and MIDI Files” (files with recognized audio file extensions such as. They can be sorted by Name, Size, or Modified Date by clicking on the headers at the top of the columns. The main area shows a list of files in the current directory. * NOTE: On MacOS, your external hard drives will be found under “Volumes”. You can also remove or rename locations by right-clicking on them. You can Add and Remove these locations using the buttons underneath. The lower section provides shortcuts to commonly-used locations. Clicking “Search” allows a text entry to search your system. The top two items, “Search” and “Recently Used”, are always there. Places: A list of common locations on your computer.The Location Bar: Allows you to directly type in the name of a file in this directory or enter the entire path via text (the “notebook” button shows or hides the Location bar).The Path Bar: Shows your current path and allows you to navigate back “up” the directory tree.The Import dialog allows you to add existing media and has 2 tabs at the top: “Browse Files”, and “Search Tags”. Using the import window (Session->Import) is a much more flexible and powerful way to import files to Mixbus. Importing Audio files with the Import dialog The file will be imported to the track where it is dragged if you want to create a new track for the file, then drag the file to the empty area at the bottom of the editor canvas. Appendix C: Videos (Training and Tutorial)Īudio & MIDI Files may be imported to Mixbus by dragging and dropping them from a file browser into the editor window.AVL Drumkits: Black Pearl and Red Zeppelin.Presonus Faderport, Faderport8 and Faderport16.Mackie MCU-compatible fader controllers.Combining Clips and Linear Tracks (advanced).Selecting Patches for Audition of MIDI Files.Showing and Hiding Tracks in the Cue Window.Cue Window Terminology: Slots, Clips, and Cues.Recording with Varispeed (32C TapeX Only).Scrolling and Zooming in the Editor Window.Primary Windows: Editor, Mixer, Recorder and Cues.Operational Differences from Other DAWs.Differences between Mixbus and Mixbus 32C.About This Manual (online version and PDF download).

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