AlphaTrack Quote

“I received the AlphaTrack today—nice product! Saw it demo-ed at the NAMM Show, and it was love at first sight. Everything loaded beautifully and I just got it up and running about 5 minutes ago. It’s alive!! ”

Paul Goldman

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!
Computer Music Performance Award iXBT Original Design Award 2008 Remix Technology Award 2008 Editors Choice Award

AlphaTrack and Reason

Now one of the hottest virtual studio programs can be controlled by AlphaTrack. Starting with version 3.0.3, Reason has hooks for AlphaTrack built-in based on the new Remote capabilities. No longer do you have to be stuck in front of the monitor while creating your next hit grooves!

Naturally basic transport controls are supported, and the innovative touch-strip lets you navigate your project with ease. But how about access to every instrument in your rack? Adjust the pan of your Toms in Redrum, select a filter in Combinator, or tweak an oscillator in Subtractor. Literally hundreds of controls at your finger tips.

Reason Setup

Installation is a snap. While loading AlphaTrack’s drivers from the CDROM:

On Windows —Select “Install Driver and Plugins” and proceed through the installation procedure. When you reach the “Select Additional Tasks” window make sure that “Install the Reason plugin” box is checked, then continue the installation.

On Mac OS X—Double-click the “AlphaTrack Remote Installer” package and follow its instructions.

Then launch Reason go to Preferences/Control Surfaces and Keyboards window and hit “Auto-detect Surfaces.” Reason will automatically find and attach the AlphaTrack and load up the default button mappings.

The Frontier Design Group website has two PDF documents created specifically for Reason 3 users. The first, Reason and AlphaTrack is a guide to using AlphaTrack with Reason v3.0.3 and contains detailed instructions for configuring and customizing your AlphaTrack. The guide also includes a quick reference chart listing the default controls for Reason.

The second file, Reason Layout is a single page picture of the AlphaTrack controller with overlaid text showing the default button mappings. 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.

Below are other AlphaTrack related links that may be useful:

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