PROJECT SETTINGS

Project General Settings

The Project General Settings page contains general options for each project, stored locally in each file.

NOTE: If the project settings icons are not visible in the side bar on left of the screen, click the Project button to expand the section.

Options

Folder icon - Opens a browser window to allow a custom project save location to be set.
Clear - Clears the custom save location.
Auto - Sets the save location to the same folder the project was loaded from.

Use these controls to adjust the project Time Signature and event resolution (PPQ).

Bar - The number of beats (as defined in the next option) that make up one bar. NOTE: Although this is a global project setting you can use the Pattern Length on the Channel Window to set a custom number of beats for each pattern.
Beat - The number of steps that make up one beat.
Timebase (PPQ) - Sets the event resolution for the current project (Pulses Per Quarter-note). The default setting is 96. Higher PPQ allows for more refined events and finer processing of slides, envelopes and LFOs. However, it also uses more CPU. The Playlist maximum zoom is limited by the PPQ settings, if you need to zoom Audio Clips to a higher level, increase the PPQ setting. The Playlist only zooms to the maximum level supported by the underlying PPQ.

Circular panning law - If checked circular panning (green) volume compensation is used, otherwise no (red) panning volume compensation is used. The purpose is to maintain a constant apparent volume as a sound is panned. For example, if a sound is panned hard left or right, only one speaker will be active. This will sound quieter than the center position where both speakers are active, unless steps are taken to counteract this effect. Circular panning maintains a constant apparent volume by progressively lowering the combined volume of the L+R channels by -3dB as the pan passes dead center. Linear panning does not apply this compensation, so the apparent loudness will increase as the sound passes the center position. There are a number of panning compensation methods used by various manufacturers, collectively they are referred to as Panning laws.

Pan volume compensation curves