Track Scopes

Scopes

The scopes provide a visual representation of your song, allowing you to see the frequency and amplitude of the final audio signal or what's currently happening in each individual track.

Track Scopes

The Track Scopes show the audio output from all tracks simultaneously. The waveform displays not just the volume of the sound, but also it's basic frequency character (bass sounds will appear broad and flat, while high pitches look sharp and jagged). MIDI instruments, which only send MIDI events and thus have no audio visualisation, are represented by a small red dot in the lower-right corner of the scopes.

The scopes can be used to silence a track (left-click), solo a track (right-click) or mute a track for this particular pattern (middle button). You can also navigate through the various tracks by clicking on their name.

Layout

Track names and numbers are shown in the top-left and lower-left corners respectively. If the track is routed to a send-track, you will also notice a less-than sign behind the track number. Behind that sign you will find the number of the send-track which the audio signal is being sent to.

The name and number of the currently selected track are signified by highlighted text.

Mouse Operations

• Toggle tracks on/off with the left mouse button.
• Solo / unsolo a track by right-clicking it.
• Mute the current track in the Pattern Sequence (see Pattern Matrix) with a middle mouse button click
• Scroll through tracks by using the mouse scroll-wheel.

If you have set the track-function to Mute in the preferences rather than OFF, the scope will show a Mute instead of OFF

Master Scopes

The Master Scopes display the audio produced by the Master Track in stereo. It can be a useful visual tool for examining the amplitude of the left and right channels of your final mix.

Master Spectrum

The Master Spectrum scope analyses the spectral composition of the audio produced by the Master Track and displays the results within the dynamic range of human hearing (roughly 20 to 20,000 Hz). This can be useful in analysing the character of your music and noting whether any frequencies are dominating or lacking in the mix.

For an exact value of both the frequency and volume at a specific point in the scope, move the mouse pointer into the scope and it will transform into a cross. The frequency and volume values at the middle of the cross will be shown in blue at the top and left of the scope respectively.