insert blank space

[ntracker]

Hey there!

I am recording some songs in n-track 3.0.5 and I am having a little problem.
I recorded a song and now I would like to insert a introduction in that beggining. Then, I would like to insert a blank space before the recorded matter. There is any way to do that?

By the way: Several times when I am recording my songs, n-track experiences an internal error and closes itself. Is it "normal"? (I use Windows XP).

Cheers!

 

[TimOBrien]

If you want to insert a 2-measure intro, just turn on the grid and move your existing tracks over 2 measures. Any space before the start of your track is just silence....

 

[ntracker]

Hi, Tim,

Your idea is pretty good, but I have a lot of track parts that do not starts exactly at a snap point, so, if I displace my tracks using grid as reference point, my song will be a kind of... jagged!
Well, by the way, I solve my problem doing the next: I inserted 30 seconds in the song beggining, just double clicking in every part and adding 30 seconds to its time. It worked, but it generated to me a lot of hard work.
I stayed thinking if there is an automatic way to to that, just like a command that inserts, for instances, 30 seconds of silence before all tracks. I guess it´s a elementar action, and I can´t imagine why the n-track programmers did not put this facility in the program.
Another thing that I feel missing in the program is the hability to select several parts and drag them at the same time.
Finally, I will ask you: do your n-track crashs all the time?

Cheers!

 

[TimOBrien]

Hold down the Control key and drag across the tracks (just like selecting multiple elements in a drawing program) and you can select all or as many as you want. Then you can drag them together.

No. N-Track is VERY stable on my system, but it is a pure Intel chipset with Win98SE and a bland ATI video card (simple leads to success, whiz-bang leads to crashes).

You need to look around the web for guides on tweaking your system for audio (prorec.com , tascam.com and others have them... if I remember right there are sites specifically devoted to tweaking XP). Also make sure that you have updated all your drivers and motherboard BIOS fixes.

Hope this helps.

 

[ntracker]

Hi Tim

Yes, you helped very much.
Your trick about select several parts using control key was very usefull. Thank you. It´s an easy way to put a blank space in the song beggining: it´s just select all and drag them towards.
Thank you!

About the program stability, I think it´s funny because I used a AMD K7 800 Mhz assembled in a Asus K7M mb (Via chipset) and running over Win98 SE. Then my system burned (literally, burned) and I assembled a new one a couple of weeks ago: this time an AMD Athlon XP 1600+ in a Asus A7A mb (Ali chipset) running over Win XP. The same instability I noticed in W98 and the ancient system I am perceiving in the new system. Strange thing, because the overall behavior of my nem machine is 1000% better than the other. Now, my machine do not crashes or freezes any program but n-track. I guess n-track hates AMD, don´t you agree????

Well, but I can use that, at least if I don´t forget to save my song every new part I record or important move I do!

Cheers!