Track Scopes

Scopes

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

Track Scopes

The Track Scopes show the audio output from all tracks simultaneously. The waveform represents not just the volume of the sound, but also its basic frequency characteristics (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.

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, this will be shown after the track number in the form >X, where X is the number of the send-track.

The name and number of the currently selected track are signified by highlighted text. You can also navigate through the various tracks by clicking on their name.

Mouse Operations

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

If you have set the track-function to Mute in the Preferences menu, the scope will display 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, move the mouse pointer into the scope and it will transform into a cross. The frequency and volume values present at the centre of the cross will be shown in blue at the top and left sides of the scope respectively.

At the right-hand side is a Phase Meter, displaying the stereo balance and phase of the master audio output. Directly underneath this is the Phase Correlation Meter, which shows you how in/out of phase the left and right signals are.