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Truculent software for truculent music.

NewMixer

An audio mixing tool that allows the user to visualize audio sources by their location in space rather than as channels on a mixing board.

Installation

• Download the latest release →
• Windows users can run the installer to set up NewMixer
• Mac users can download and run NewMixer.app (Note that you must change your settings to run programs from unidentified developers)

Getting Started: Mixing

Creating and opening sessions

• To create a new session, right-click and select “New Session”
• To open an existing session, right-click and select “Open Session”
  • Select a “.chow” file from your computer to open

Add tracks:

• Right-click and select “New Track”
• Select wav audio files from your file explorer
• N.B: All files in a session must be exactly the same length

Mixing Tracks

• Use the space bar to play/pause (All tracks are muted initially)
• Each circle represents a track, hover your mouse to see the track name, click to select
  • Move the track around the virtual space by dragging or using the arrow keys
  • Make the track louder/softer by using “ALT + click” and drag
  • Press “m” to mute/unmute, “s” to solo/unsolo
  • For more actions and keyboard shortcuts, right-click the track

Automation

• To record automation for a track, press “a”
• When a track is armed, a pink circle will appear around it, when it starts recording automation, the circle will turn red
• Automation will automatically stop recording at the end of the song, or when the song is paused
• To delete recorded automation, press “SHIFT + DEL”

Saving sessions

• To save your session, right-click and select “Save Session”
• If this is your first time saving your session, you will be asked to name your session and choose a save location.
  • The files for your tracks will be copied into a “Stems” folder

Special thanks to Ge Wang and Andrew Garver for inspiration and support