8.6. Playback Track

8.6. Playback Track
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Figure showing the Playback track ontop of the Song Editor. At the left side there are several controls: the upper half consists of a larger fader and an "EDIT" (middle) and "MUTE" (right) button. The lower half contains the Main Controls of the Song Editor. The right half is made up by an dark-blue area may will contain the waveform of the Playback track but is empty in this example.

Using the Playback Track you can program your song alongside an existing audio file, for example a guitar track.

	Note
	When a Playback Track is loaded, it will be played back every time audio transport in Hydrogen is rolling and Song mode is activated.

To add a playback track to your song, you need to enable the playback track view. This can be done by either pressing the Grey button containing a black "T". button left to the scroll bar at the bottom of the Song Editor or via the View element of the Main Menu.

Left to the wave display, the controls of the Playback Track are displayed.

Edit: loads an audio file.
Tip
As an alternative, you can load an audio file by dragging it into Hydrogen and dropping over the wave display.
Mute: mutes the Playback Track.
Fader: adjusts the volume. You can think of this fader as the mixer strip of the Playback Track. The resulting audio will be pass the Master section of the Mixer like any other strip too.

	Tip
As an alternative, you can load an audio file by dragging it into Hydrogen and dropping over the wave display.

	Note
	In its current implementation the Playback Track does hide the song ruler used for navigation. It is therefore advised to hide the Playback Track again once you are done setting the sound file and adjusting its volume.

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