Tracks
Click the + at the top left of the track headers to add a track.
Track types
Section titled “Track types”| Type | Holds | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Audio regions: imports and your recorded takes | |
| Video | Video regions with a linked audio region | Editing video needs the Pro plan; watching is free — see Video |
| Motion | Compositions baked in the Motion editor | |
| Instrument Web | Notes played by a plugin that runs in the browser | WCLAP instruments from the catalog |
| Instrument Run | Notes played by a native plugin (CLAP, VST3, AU) | Only offered while Plinken Run is connected — “Connect Plinken Runner to add this track type” |
| Automation | Control curves for video layer parameters | See Automation |
Track header
Section titled “Track header”Each header carries, left to right: the track icon (click to pick another), the name, mute, solo, record-arm, input monitor, freeze, lock, a fader, a pan knob, a mono/stereo switch and the input source. Right-click a header for the track colour swatches (Color track (new regions follow)) and Delete Track.
- Input source opens a popup with None, the browser input buses, and — with Plinken Run connected — every stereo pair of your audio interface.
- DELAY is a ± millisecond offset for playback only. A negative value plays the track earlier. It never touches what you record.
- Freeze renders a track with its plugin chain to audio to save CPU. A banner shows Freezing ”…” with progress; unfreeze to edit the chain again.
- Lock protects a track’s regions from accidental edits.
Track colours and icons
Section titled “Track colours and icons”Every track type has one fixed colour and one default icon, so you can tell at a glance what a row is. The colour is fixed per type: two audio tracks always look alike, and a track’s colour never depends on how many tracks existed when you created it.
| Track type | Colour | Why this colour |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | #4FA8FF azure | Open air, calm — the classic waveform blue |
| Video | #FFC93C amber | Projector light, golden hour |
| Motion | #FF8A5B coral | Kinetic energy, the heat of movement |
| Instrument Run | #4ECB71 emerald | Alive, playable — “go” |
| Instrument Web | #8EE3A8 mint | The lighter sibling of the emerald |
| Automation | #3FD0C9 cyan | A control signal: precise, electrical |
Where a type has a Run and a Web variant, both share a hue and the web variant is the lighter one.
Regions inherit their track’s colour, so a track and its regions read as one thing. Recolour a single track and only that track changes — its header icon and any regions you create on it afterwards follow the new colour.
This section is being expanded.