Once you’ve recorded and mixed your music, you’ll want to master it to give it that polished, radio-ready sound. Or you may want to send it to a trusted musician or producer friend for a second, or third, opinion. Thankfully, Tracktion 3 lets you easily do both. Tracktion’s built-in Archiving capabilities let you save and send your project to other Tracktion users so they can listen, collaborate, and edit. Of course you can easily export to a variety of formats such as .wav, .aif, and .mp3 to share with those not yet part of the Tracktion Collective. And because Tracktion 3 comes bundled with Mackie’s acclaimed Mixing and Mastering Tools, you can rest assured that the final music will rock as hard - or as soft - as you like.

MACKIE MIXING AND MASTERING TOOLS
Mackie Mixing and Mastering Tools comprise a suite of powerful mixing and mastering plug-ins for Tracktion 3. Whether it’s fattening up the final mix with the aptly named Final Mix, or just adding a bit of dimension, these top-notch tools will let you do it intuitively, with results rivaling those snooty plug-in suites costing thousands of dollars a set.

Final Mix
Final Mix enables you to master your sessions like a pro, printing directly to hard disk or DAT, without having to rely on expensive mastering houses or outboard gear. Final Mix can dramatically elevate the quality of your mixes and help you to create your own professional masters.

6-Band Mono & Stereo Multi-Mode EQs
If you need additional EQ in your Tracktion project, the mono and stereo multi-mode EQs are the answer. Each provides 6-bands of frequency, gain and "Q" control with parametric and shelf mode selection for ultimate control. Bands 1 and 6 even offer high- and low-pass filter modes, respectively. Dedicated input and output meters let you keep levels in check while you dial in sweet tone to your heart's content.

Mono & Stereo Compressors
Use the mono and stereo compressor plug-ins to make vocals ride comfortably on top of the mix, achieve perfectly ambient, classic-sounding drums, punch up your bass guitar track, or for punching up the final mix to your heart’s content. Comprehensive controls include input trim, threshold, attack and release times, ratio, and output gain. Their intuitive graphic interfaces clearly display compressor settings, input and output meters, and overall gain reduction.

Studio Reverb
Simulate the effect of playing in a small garage with a concrete floor, or pretend you're the headliner at a concert hall with the great-sounding Stereo Reverberation plug-in. Control features include an independent input trim, stereo/mono blend, pre-delay, room size selection, decay, damping, diffusion, roll off, dry gain, output gain, and metering. Complete with a three-band EQ and a slick graphic user interface.

Stereo Panner Plus
The Stereo Panner Plus plug-in goes far beyond the standard balance stereo pan pot. Boldly use it for Tremolo, Vibrato and Rotary Cabinet effects, or get totally crazy with AutoPan and modulate the stereo panning via an independent multi-wave LFO. Or sync the AutoPan to MIDI clock for hands-free, tempo appropriate panning effects. You can even choose any point in the stereo field as the cycle starting point. Tons of fun, this plug-in lets you "get-your-tweak-on" to produce a virtually infinite number of interesting audible sensations.

TRACKTION ARCHIVING AND FILE EXPORTING
Tracktion can create archives that bundle a project file, edit(s), and all related audio/MIDI/video materials into a single file or folder. Archives are convenient for backing up your important work and for transferring projects between computers, or for collaborating with other Tracktion users. Tracktion archives can utilize non-destructive FLAC compression or file- shrinking 16:1 OGG compression. Both are specifically developed for reducing file size while retaining audio quality. With them, you can turn an entire song into a tiny archive, great for collaboration and file transfer via the Internet(s)*.

Finally, Tracktion allows you to save your audio files, songs, and even your final work in a variety of compressed and uncompressed audio formats such as broadcast wav, w64, aiff, or the ever-popular mp3.

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