Use one of the following methods to load a clip into a track. Note that MixPad may relocate the clip to the next track if the clip being loaded will overlap other clips.

Record a track using MixPad

For details on recording a track in MixPad see the Recording a Clip topic in this manual.

Load an existing clip from a location on your hard drive

To open an existing audio file and add it as a MixPad clip, click the Load Clip button in the toolbar. Browse to the location of the audio file and click Open. Alternatively, you can just drag and drop the file into the MixPad work area.

Load a clip from a CD

You can load an audio track from a CD by selecting the menu option Clip-->Load Clip From CD. Alternatively, you can click the drop down of toolbar icon Load Clip and select Rip Clip. MixPad will first attempt to look up the track information for your CD online and then display a list of available CD tracks for you to choose from. Select one or more track(s) that you wish to load and then click the Load button.

Load a clip from the Stock Library

MixPad comes with a free sound effect library, which includes royalty free sound effects and music files. During the free trial period, users will be allowed to download three clips from the library for free, and will gain unlimited access upon purchase of MixPad.

To access the stock library, click the Clip menu item and select Load clip from Stock Library. You can preview any clip in the library. To download, select the clip and click the Download button.

Load a clip from a video file

MixPad can extract the audio from a video file for use in your mixes. Simply load an existing video file into MixPad as a clip, as described in the section "Load an existing clip from a location on your hard drive" above. A bookmark is also created that marks the end of the exported audio.