Adding tracks

You can add tracks in the Cue window the usual way, either by double-clicking on the free space in the canvas or by choosing the Track > Add Track, Bus, or VCA menu item. The important part is to enable the Show on Cue Page checkbox in the newly opened dialog.

Alternatively, you can drop an existing audio or MIDI file into the empty part of the canvas to automatically create the cue track and fill the first empty trigger slot with it.

Trigger slots not only work as a drag-and-drop target, they also work as a drag-and-drop sources. You can drag the contents of an existing trigger slot into the empty part of the canvas to create a new track and fill the first slot with the contents of the original slot. You can also drag and drop the contents of one slot into another in case you want to use the same clip with some variations (e.g. a custom follow length).

Loading clips to slots

There are several ways to load a clip into a trigger slot:

• From right click menu: right-click over a trigger slot, choose Load, select an audio or a MIDI file.
• From Clip Properties box: click the Load button, select an audio or a MIDI file.
• From the Clips library: choose an audio or a MIDI file, listen to it before adding, then pick, drag towards the grid and drop into a trigger slot.
• From the timeline: select a region, right-click, choose {Region Name} > Bounce (with processing) or {Region Name} > Bounce (without processing), then enable the Bounce to Trigger Slot checkbox and choose the cue.

Setting Clip Properties

The contents of this options box partially depends on the type of data in the clip, audio or MIDI. The common settings are:

• Name: the full name of the clip's file, usually visible in its shortened form.
• Load: this button allows loading a clip's file into the selected trigger slot.
• Color: here you can open a color chooser dialog to set the color of the clip's title inside the trigger slot.

The only audio-specific setting is Gain (dB) which adjusts the output volume of a clip.

For MIDI clips, there are several specific options:

• Velocity Adj: this effectively adjusts the output volume by increasing the velocity of MIDI notes.
• Send Patches: this enables sending a control message to load a particular patch. This is typically used for external MIDI gear such a hardware synthesizers.
• MIDI Patches: clicking this button will open a dialog where you can select a patch to send when a MIDI clip is triggered.