Summary of TrackSpacer
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 2 table of contents what is trackspacer? ............................................................................................. 3 installing trackspacer ............................................................................................ 4 entering ...
Page 3: What Is Trackspacer?
Trackspacer user manual, revision a 3 what is trackspacer? Trackspacer is an audio plug-in (available in vst, au, and rtas formats) that creates space in the mix for an instrument, voice, or other audio by performing automatic ,multiband equalization on a channel. In real-time it analyzes the audio ...
Page 4: Installing Trackspacer
Trackspacer user manual, revision a 4 installing trackspacer run the trackspacer install program to install trackspacer to your computer. 1. Start the install program to display the trackspacer setup wizard. 2. Click next to continue. 3. Review the license agreement. 4. Click the radio button beside...
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 5 6. Select the folder where you wish trackspacer to be installed. Note: apple users will see the folder location for installing au plug-ins. 7. Click next to continue. 8. Confirm that the installation destination folders are correct. 9. Click install to install t...
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 6 entering your serial number you will be prompted to enter a serial number the first time you insert trackspacer into a channel. 1. Copy and paste the serial number into the text field, then press the enter/return key. 2. Close trackspacer. 3. Relaunch trackspace...
Page 7: About Sidechaining
Trackspacer user manual, revision a 7 about sidechaining sidechaining within a daw refers to using the audio signal in one channel (the send) to trigger or control a virtual effect (vst, au, rtas etc.) that modifies the audio in a different channel (the receive). Two examples of sidechaining that yo...
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 8 logic 1. In the sends field of the control signal’s channel strip, select a bus. 2. Open the trackspacer gui window, then select the control signal (send) bus in the side chain menu. Cubase 1. Ctrl+click on an empty channel space, then click add group channel tr...
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 9 not be audible. In order to hear the audio you must either create a duplicate of the control signal channel with the output routed normally, or enable a master parent send to the master output fader..
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 10 overview of the trackspacer gui trackspacer is a powerful tool that is surprisingly simple to use. There are only four controls and an eq display that shows the control signal and the eq amount of the affected signal. Note: the screenshot below was taken from t...
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 11 controls freeze button –freezes the eq at the current level based on the eq ratio, low pass, and high pass settings eq ratio control –sets the amount (ratio) that trackspacer subtracts low pass frequency control – sets the low pass frequency high pass frequency...
Page 12: Basic Usage Of Trackspacer
Trackspacer user manual, revision a 12 basic usage of trackspacer basic usage involves adjusting trackspacer’s controls and most importantly, listening carefully to the mix. The steps below are designed to get you started. 1. Ensure that the sidechain is setup correctly. 2. Start audio playback in t...
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 13 4. Increase the eq ratio to get a better perspective of the range of frequencies being subtracted from the affected signal. At this point you may only be able to hear the affected signal very faintly. 5. Adjust the low pass frequency and high pass frequency con...
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 14 6. Fine tune trackspacer’s controls until you find the sweet spot where both tracks are sitting nicely in the mix. In the screenshot on the left you can see that trackspacer is subtracting a fairly narrow range of frequencies in response to a wider peak in the ...
Page 15: Legal Agreement
Trackspacer user manual, revision a 15 legal agreement wavesfactory trackspacer - license agreement grant of license: in consideration of payment of the licensee fee, which is a portion of the price you paid, wavesfactory, as licensor, grants to you, the licensee, a nonexclusive right to use this co...
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Trackspacer user manual, revision a 16 limited warranty and disclaimer limited warranty: wavesfactory warrants that the disks on which the software is furnished to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of purchase. Your rece...