Introduction to Soundtrap

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Soundtrap is the interface we use at Department of Sound to help our students kickstart their music and podcast production journey. Here’s a quick introduction to the digital audio workstation.

Step 1: Once you have set up your account through Spotfiy’s Soundtrap, click on “Enter Studio.”

 

Step 2: You will be prompted with either ‘New Project’ or ‘Demos.’ In this brief introduction, click on ‘Demos’ followed by ‘Dubstep’ to get started.

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Step 3: Once you open Soundtrap’s dubstep demo layout, get acquainted with the tools.

At the very bottom of the screen you will notice the following buttons (from left to right): record button, stop, rewind, play, and fast forward.
** A short-cut to stop or play your soundtrack is to simply press the spacebar. **

 

Step 5: On the left side of the interface, you will find the instrumental tracks and some symbols to manipulate their outputs.

From left to right:

  • R’ stands for RECORD: press the button and it will appear red as it records the individual track (for that specific instrument).  

  • Vol’ is VOLUME: click and hold while scrolling the mouse up or down to increase or decrease the volume accordingly.

  • Solo / Headphones Icon: it will mute all the other instrument tracks. Note that you can click the solo button on multiple tracks to hear your desired sounds.

  • Mute: mutes the specific individual track which you selected in order to hear how the rest of the instruments sound together.

  • Automation: allows you to adjust the Pan, Sweep, or Volume.

  • Lastly, the three dots in the corner: edit the name of the track, delete, import, or export tracks. 

 
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