Frontier Design Group

AlphaTrack Quote

“Love the product. Once tracks are in the hard-disk world, there’s no need for a large console or large format mixing control surface. The AlphaTrack has been exactly what I have been needing for sometime now!”

Channing Eleton

Quick Facts

Optimized for fast, high-quality DAW mixing and editing in a small footprint
Intuitive, innovative, and powerful controls in an attractive package
100mm touch-sensitive, high-resolution (true 10-bit positions) motorized fader
Three touch-sensitive encoders ... context-specific feedback appears on the 32-character backlit display
Innovative touch-sensitive jog and shuttle strip for fast timeline control
22 buttons and 21 LED's for track-specific and global functions
Works with Pro Tools®, Sonar™(4+), Cubase®(3.02+), Reason™(3.01+), Digital Performer®(5+), Nuendo®(3.02+), Final Cut Pro™, Soundtrack Pro™, REAPER™, and other DAW software applications
Works on Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X computers (Mac OS 10.3.9 or later), including Intel Macs
Footswitch input on back panel
No external power adapter required ... single USB connection and small size make it great for laptops!

AlphaTrack and REAPER

Every now and then a good thing gets better. Reaper, the popular DAW software from Cockos, has been updated to version 2.0, and now includes native support for AlphaTrack. AlphaTrack brings an accurate 100mm, motorized, touch-sensitive fader, along with built-in LCD display, and a wealth of standard recording features in a compact and portable package. Record and mix your tracks, edit plug-in parameters, or program up to 8 functions of your own from Reapers long list of available commands. And like Reaper, AlphaTrack is both powerful and very affordable. Together they make an unbeatable combination for budding home studios and professional musicians alike.

‘Native Mode’ support of AlphaTrack is quick to set up, and easy to use. Simply open Reaper Preferences and select Control Surfaces. Click ADD to open the Control Surface Settings panel, set the mode to AlphaTrack, and both MIDI input and output to AlphaTrack as well. That’s it, you are ready to go.

There are two .PDF documents created specifically for Reaper and AlphaTrack users available from the FDG website.

The first, Reaper Guide, contains detailed instructions for configuring the AlphaTrack for use with Reaper, and a reference chart listing the complete feature set for Reaper as well.

The second file, Reaper Layout, is a single page picture of the AlphaTrack with overlaid text also summarizing the Reaper feature set. It may be helpful to print this file and have it handy as a quick reference guide.

We encourage visitors to our user forums to post their comments and questions. Other users often have useful ideas and experiences to share, and we monitor the posts to provide additional input.

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