Tracks

Adding

You can add a track in the following ways:

• Click the [Add Track] button
• Drag and drop onto the window
• Drag and drop onto the Density Icon
• Right-click on a track and select Open With 

Density supports AIFF, WAV, and MP3

Moving

• Mouse over the top bar of a track, the cursor will turn into a hand
• Click and drag a track left and right on the timeline
• All downstream transitions will be preserved

Removing

• In the left rail, mouse over the track you want to remove
• Click the X
• The track will be removed, and the gap in the set will automatically close

Rearranging

• In the left rail, click and drag the track name to rearrange the order
• Rearranging preserves the rest of the transitions 

Editing Tracks

Looping

• Select a section of a track, a loop button will appear
• Clicking the loop button creates a loop
• Move your mouse cursor to the edge of the loop, and the cursor will change
• Click and drag to repeat the loop
• Click the merge icon to release the loop and the rest of the track will play

Removing sections

• Select a section of a track
• Press [Delete] on the keyboard
• That section of the track will be removed, all downstream transitions will be preserved.
• Press the heal button to bring that section of the track back

Automation Lanes

Show/Hide

• Press the A button on the keyboard to Show and Hide the automation lanes
• You can also press the Show Hide automation lane buttons

Knobs

• Each automation lane has a knob that visualizes what would be happening on the mixer.
• Click and drag to adjust the knob.
• All downstream breakpoints are adjusted along with it

Transition Presets

• The transition preset selector will add breakpoints to both tracks representing common mixes.
• You can find it at the top of the DAW between two tracks. You may need to zoom in for it to appear.
• You can click the Save icon to create your own presets

Tempo

• The tempo automation lane is visualized under each track, but it behaves like a single master tempo.
• During a transition, any breakpoint added will be mirrored on both tracks.
• You can think of it like a single master tempo lane that is visually split between all the tracks

Navigating

Playlist

• The left rail contains a playlist of all the tracks in the set
• Click here to navigate to a transition 
• This works during playback. The playhead will jump to the transition you select and continue playing. 

Track Names

• As you scroll, you see the track names along the left side of the timeline. Clicking the track name jumps to that transition. 

Beat Grid

Setting Downbeat

• If the downbeat, also known as the 1, is detected incorrectly, place the playhead at the start of the correct beat and press the [SET] button in the right rail.  This will recalculate the grid with this as the starting point. 

Nudge

• If the grid is slightly off, use the arrow buttons in the right rail to nudge the grid. This also works during playback. 

BPM

• If the BPM of a track is calculated incorrectly, update it in the right rail.
• Place the playhead at the start of the downbeat and press the [SET] button.  The grid will be recalculated based off the correct BPM.  Your input will be taken into account, and the BPM will be updated slightly from your guess if it finds a closer match.  

FX

Adding Effects

• Click Add Effects in the right rail
• All of the effects from popular mixers are available 

SEM Filter

• The SEM Filter is an analog-modeled filter from a famous synth design. 

FX Parameters

• Adding an FX will create a new automation lane to control wet/dry
• On that FX automation lane, you will find a [>] expand button that will expose a further set of parameters.

Managing FX

• FX can be rearranged, bypassed, and removed in the right rail.

Gain

• The signal path for gain looks like this: Trim > Volume > Track Gain > Mastering Gain

Trim

• Trim is an FX that can be added in the effects section. This is equivalent to the Trim on a mixer.
• This is primarily used when opening a recording from DJ Decks.

Volume 

• The volume automation lane is equivalent to the faders on the mixer. 
• This automation lane is always present. 

Track Gain

• In the right rail you will find a track gain. 
• This gain happens after the volume gain. 
• It's used in conjunction with the LUFS meter to bring the entire level of the track, along with any automations, up and down in level to create an even set.
• You can use the up and down keyboard keys to increase or decrease.
• Command + Up/Down moves in smaller increments
• The track gain does not have an automation lane. 
• Track gain is defaulted to -6db to give headroom to work with. Electronic music is mastered as loud as possible, which does not leave headroom for mixing two mastered tracks together. The 6db is added back in the Master Gain.

Mastering Gain

• The mastering gain is located in the top right. 
• It's the last gain in the signal path and is defaulted to 6db to make up for the -6db of the Track Gain. 
• This may need to be lowered if you are hitting the limiter too hard.

Listening/Monitoring Volume

• At the top right of the window is a volume slider.
• This control does not impact the final export of the set. It's only there to control the listening or monitoring volume as you work. 

EQs

• A 4-band eq is available by default
• Right click on a lane to switch this to a 3-band EQ

LUFS Meter

Reading

Analyzing

Playback

Analyzing section

Analyzing set

Mastering

Lufs Target

Input Gain

Auto-Gain

Limiter

Input Gain > Compressor > Limiter > Soft Clipper

Attack/Release

Gain Match

Advanced

Ceiling

Auto-compress

True-Peak

Oversampling

Export at

Export

Silence at start

Normalizing

Recording Live

See Recording Manual