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1.4 First Steps with Factory Projects.
At first glance, operation of Tracker appears unusual. However the
workflow is quite simple once a few fundamentals are clearly understood.
The quick start button commands shown here can be applied with the
factory projects to get familiar with the essential processes to help speed
up the learning curve. Ensure the SD Card is installed.
▌ OPENING A PROJECT
1. When powering on the previous project will be restored. Projects can be
changed or new ones created. Tracker has a maximum 100 Projects
visible and accessible from the SD Card.
2. Press [File] to open the file browser.
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3. Press [Open] - 2 screen button from left. The list of available projects
will be displayed on the screen.
4. Turn (Jog) or Press [Up] or [Down] to navigate the list of project options.
Also press [Up] - 1 st screen button or [Down] - 2
the list selection. The highlighted option will show with a bounding box.
5. With the desired project highlighted, Press [Open] - 8
button.
6. If the currently active project has been edited a prompt 'Do you want to
save the changes to 'xxxx'' will be presented. Press [Save] - 8
screen button to save or [Don't Save] - 7
proceed without saving.
7. Although not essential, it is usually good practice to display the pattern
page at this stage. If required, Press [Pattern] to display pattern page.
▌ ADJUSTING THE MASTER VOLUME.
The master volume may be set loud when initially starting up. Care should
be taken when playing songs and especially if listening with headphones. It
is advised to firstly set the master volume lower.
1. Hold [Master] + Turn (Jog). Alternatively the [Up] and [Down] buttons
can be used instead of the Jog wheel.
Press [Master] + [Delete/Backspace] to incrementally increase.
2. The Volume, as displayed on the left bar, can be adjusted between -
51.5dB to +12dB.
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▌ PLAYING A PATTERN FROM THE PATTERN OR GENERIC PAGE.
1. Ensure a project with patterns is loaded.
2. Although not essential, it is usually good practice to display the pattern
page at this stage. If required, Press [Pattern] to display pattern page.
Note that this will play and loop the currently selected pattern, not the
entire song, unless the Song page is on display when pressing [Play].
3. Press [Play] to play the currently active pattern.
4. Press [Play] to stop playback on the current step.
• Pressing [Play] again restarts from the pattern beginning.
• Pressing [Shift] + [Play] will restart playback from the current
paused position.
• Press [Shift] + [Insert/Home] when play is stopped to reset the
playhead to the start without commencing play.
▌ PLAYING A SONG FROM SONG OR PERFORM PAGE.
1. Select song mode, Press [Song]. This will be applicable when a song
structure has previously been created for example in factory projects.
2. Press [Play] to play the currently active song. Playback in the Song or
Perform page is different to the generic pattern play from within other
page views. Each row will represent a series of patterns across the 8
tracks and play rows top to bottom.
3. Press [Play] to stop playback on the current row.
• Pressing [Play] again restarts playback starting from the beginning
of the current row.
• Pressing [Shift] + [Play] will loop playback for the current row. If
playback is in a stopped state, playback will start at the beginning of
the current row.
• Press [Shift] + [Insert / Home] when play is stopped to reset the
playhead to the start of the song without commencing play.
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