Make New Mixes

Main Menu > New button

New Mix Screen

The New Mix screen is a very powerful screen in Mixtikl as it lets you create random new mixes in ways that can let you come up with new ideas fast. It comes with some default settings, but once you are familiar with Mixtikl you may way like to try customising the settings to suit your working preferences.

Show Paks Checkboxes: The Show Paks checkboxes at the bottom of the New Mix screen (Figure 2) will filter what Tiklpaks you will see in the Pak list. Using these filters makes it easy to only select from certain kinds of Paks (or by deselecting the checkbox to clear those selections). For example, if you do not want to see/use any content from Loops paks (e.g. User Content), then make sure the Loops box is unchecked (default setting).

• Gen

  Shows/lists Tiklpaks that contain generative content (default on).

• Loops

  Shows/lists Tiklpaks that contain audio or MIDI loop content (default off).

• TBYB (there is currently no TBYB content in Mixtikl 5.0 , and in any event this checkbox does not display in Mixtikl Desktop).

  Shows/lists TBYB (default off)

• Default Pak Selection (small button with "flash" on it)

  Applies the Mixtikl default selection of paks which is most likely to give you the best random mixes.

• Use Content Filter

  Filters out content from all the embedded Paks so that only the best is available for selection when you create random mixes (all content is still available from the Content List). If you deselect this checkbox then all content from all the paks you have selected can be chosen for random mixes (default on).

Empty Button

The Empty Button is the simplest of all the options and selecting it allows you to create a new, empty mix for the Pak you choose and you can start adding content and FX from scratch.

• Tap right side of list item (Figure 2) to select the pak you are interested in (the whole item is then coloured black)
• Select the Empty button to create an empty mix for that Pak
• You will be presented with the Mixer Screen (Figure 5) and a new empty mix

Random Button

The Random Button lets you create a random mix for the Pak you choose, according to the various randomisation settings and options (detailed below - see Figure 3). Content cells, Track volume/pans, GenBars/Range, and CellRepeats/Range are all randomised within ranges you can set.

• The list of Tiklpaks your new mix will contain content from is governed by what you can see and have selected in the Pak list (Figure 2).
• Select all the paks from which you want your content to come from for your new random mix. Do this by selecting (or deselecting) the checkbox shown in the list to the left of each pak (Figure 2). If the checkbox is ticked, then content can come from that pak.

  • Use the Default Pak Selection button (above) to to get back to the default selection of paks.

• Select the pak you want to be the pak your mix, e.g. GenMix 1, and this pak will then be highlighted in the list.
• If you wish to change some of the randomisation settings (Figure 3), select the Settings button.
• Now, select the Random button to display the Installed Pak List (Figure 4).
  • Select the pak you are interested in
• You will be presented with the Mixer Screen (Figure 5) and a new randomised mix based on the control settings.

From Mix Button

The From Mix Button lets you create a random mix based on another mix. There are two alternatives:

1. When the "Use Mix Cells Only" check box is unchecked (see below) - pressing the button creates a newly named mix the same as your original mix except that all the content cells, tempo and root are randomised according to the randomisation rules.
2. When the "Use Mix Cells Only" check box is checked - means do the same as 1), but only randomises content cells that already include content.

• Select the From Mix button to display the Mix File List (Figure 2).
• Select the mix you want your new mix to be based on.
• You will be presented with the Mixer Screen (Figure 5) and a new randomised mix based on the mix you selected.

Mix Randomisation Settings

There are a number of Mix Randomisation Settings (Figure 3) that determine what content can be selected for randomisation, and how it is selected.

Tracks Control

Determines how many tracks (1-12) can have randomised content (the others are left empty).

Cells Control

Determines how many cells (columns 1-4) can have randomised content (the others are left empty).

Vol Min Control

The minimum volume a track can have.

Vol Max Control

The maximum volume a track can have (where 86 represents 0db.

Pan +/- Control

The maximum variation in the track pan from the center value of 64.

Gen % Control

The percentage of cells that include generative content. If this setting is 100% then only generative content is used; if 0% then only non-generative content (e.g. audio loops) is used.

BPM +/- Control

The maximum variation of the tempo from the tempo of the chosen Pak. If set to 0% then the tempo will not be randomised.

Blank % Control

The percentage of cells that are empty; this can help thin out an otherwise dense mix.

Cells

• GenBar Min (default value is 8)

  The minimum value for the GenBar content cell setting, where "Normal" (i.e. a value of 0) means the generative content will play for as long as it is set to play in the underlying Noatikl file. When the "Normal" value is used by a cell's content, a blue bar displays at the top of the content cell in the Mixer UI.

• GenBar Max (default value is 16)

  The maximum value for the GenBar content cell setting.

• GenBar Range (default value is 8)

  The maximum value for the GenBar content cell setting.

• CellRepeat Min (default value is 1)

  The minimum value for the CellRepeat content cell setting .

• CellRepeat Max (default value is 7)

  The maximum value for the CellRepeat content cell setting.

• CellRepeat Range (default value is 3)

  The maximum value for the CellRepeat content cell setting.

Cells Loop Checkbox

If checked it means that all tracks will be of a looped type, and not a sequenced type - this is useful if you are using Mixtikl for performing live.

Use Mix Cells Only Checkbox

See "From Mix" button above.

Mix Root Checkbox

If checked it means that the root of the mix will be randomised (e.g. A or C or E etc); If unchecked, then the root will not be changed.