Track editor

Right-click the Transport controls title bar. This will open up a Track editor that lets you edit various track properties.

Special Settings

Total Length

This property defines the total length of the track in Hours Minutes Seconds & Frames (HMSF).

Note

Please note: Note that when the Timeline is Quantised, the legacy BPM options return to the dialog.

Crossfade Override

Turns on the crossfade function for this track. For further infomation see the Universal Crossfade section.

Crossfade Duration

When enabled, this controls the crossfade time in beats. For further infomation see the Universal Crossfade section.

Timecode Chase

If for any reason you need to delay various tracks differently, you can do this by right-clicking the track titlebar to open up the timecode chase tab and editing the MTC adjust property.

For more information on timecode chasing please see the sub-chapter Track timecode.

Track-select

Track ID

To select tracks based on an external MIDI note event, type in the track ID property in the text field with either a note number or note name (eg. C#1). When Designer receives a MIDI note, it will scan all tracks in the current active set-list. If it finds a match, it will trigger the track. For more information on MIDI notes please see the sub-chapter Midi notes.

For step-by-step instructions on how to use the track ID property to change tracks with artnet visit Changing tracks with artnet from the sub-chapter DMX Transports Overview.

Midi Beat-Clock

Clock Divider

This property is used when synchronising to MIDI beatclock (as opposed to using timecode). It sometimes happens that the clock received is a multiple of the track bpm. For example, the track may originally be 60 bpm, but the input clock is received at 120 bpm. Setting the clock divider property allows you to scale the input clock; in this example, setting the divider to 2 will achieve the desired result.

Count In

The count in property is also used only when synchronising to MIDI beatclock. When the clock starts for the first time, d3 will wait for the specified number of beats before triggering track play.

Scroll down to the section MIDI beat-clock track settings in the MIDI beat-clock topic for more information.

Cue Table

Designer allows you to export Track Cue notes to a table, allowing you to edit them en masse in a word processor or spreadsheet.

Export Cue Table

Left-clicking export cue table opens up a tab separated text file in a folder called objects/table.

Import Cue Table

Edit the cue names in the text file. Then go back to the Cue Table and left-click import cue table to load and apply the cue names.