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50% Off All Loops and Beats Today!

Friday, March 12, 2010

We are delighted to announce a very special ONE DAY SALE - 50% OFF ALL LOOPS & BEATS - TODAY MARCH 12TH

To receive your discount, please enter the following following discount code on checkout: trakpackMarch

We have hundreds of loop packs in genres such as Hip Hop, Jazz, Dance, Techno, Drum and Bass - all professionally produced and mastered. This is a great chance to build up your library of loops and beats at prices that can’t be beaten.

Browse all our royalty-free loops and beats here.

Offer will end at midnight tonight.

Hope you enjoy!

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Development Update - Thumbnails and Quicker Parsing Coming Soon

Thursday, March 04, 2010

We have been working hard in the last few weeks since the launch on integrating some new features to trakAxPC Pro. Personally I am really excited about them and wanted to give you a sneak peak of what you can expect.

Video and Photo Thumbnails

If you are like me with thousands of photos and images (not very well organised), it can sometimes be difficult to find the footage or photo you are looking for. Currently I use the “View in Windows Explorer” function and drag the images directly from Windows Explorer into trakAxPC. We realise however, that this is not a perfect solution. That’s why for the next release, we have integrated a Thumbnail viewer. Whether you prefer the regular Explorer, Scan or Recent Files style Media Browser within trakAxPC, you will be able to view all your videos and photos as Thumbnails.

Although this is still a work in progress, I have attached some screenshots below:

We have a few more plans for how we deal with photos, but I’ll come back to that when I have something solid to show you guys.

In Track Parsing

Another feature we have been working on is ”In Track Parsing”. At the moment, when you drag in a large video track or open a large mix, trakAxPC must parse these files before placing them in the track. With our new In Track Parsing, you simply drag in your files and the parsing will take place in the background. This means that you never have to stop working on your mix and should lead to a much more productive workflow. To give you an idea of how this will work in action, please see the screenshot below:

If you buy trakAxPC, you are eligible to these features as a FREE UPGRADE once they become available - Visit our store today.

Would love to hear your feedback and comments on these upcoming features!

Catriona

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Embedding your YouTube Video into Wordpress / Dreamweaver

Sunday, February 21, 2010

We are currently putting together some Tips & Tricks to help Small Businesses take advantage of using Video for marketing and Web promotions. The first topic we are going to cover is embedding your Video into Blog or Website. This is an extremely simple process and once your video is on YouTube (you can directly upload from trakAxPC), embedding your video takes less than 1 minute.

Please watch the video below for some detailed instructions.

If you have any questions on this, please leave a comment below and I’ll get back to you asap.

Remember - all the premium features of trakAxPC Pro are currently available at the very special launch price of $24.95 - buy today!

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Hot software from Irish start-ups

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

We were delighted to be mentioned in a recent article by TechEye entitled “Here’s some hot software from Irish start-ups” - you can read the full article here.

Dublin-based High Andes’ trakAxPC Pro application offers a professional-standard studio for Windows desktops that enables the rapid creation of music and video content.

Launched in December 2009 trakAxPC Pro offers music and film makers of all skill levels access to free or very cheap tools that allow them to create YouTube videos, home movies, original audio tracks, and multimedia slideshows.

Building on the popularity of High Andes free-to-download trakAxPC application, trakAxPC Pro introduces new features and functionality, including one-click upload to YouTube; support for YouTube HD, instant file conversion, Video Credits and Text, automatic crossfading for quick mixes, collaging and support for all popular file formats. you the pro DJ feel.

Many thanks to Shan Kelly for the mention in this list and it’s great to see some positive news coming from Ireland (for a change!).
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On another note, the trakAx Team would like to congratulate Cormac and Rachael on the birth of their new son, Tom. Many users will know Cormac from his great support on the forum and he is taking a few days well earned rest with Rachael to celebrate their new arrival. Congrats to both of you!

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SERVER MAINTENANCE AND DOWNTIME

Monday, February 15, 2010

Just a quick note - The server farm used to activate / deactivate the trakAxPC Pro Licenses, will be moving to a new datacenter on February 16-18th, 2010 starting at 11:00 PM EST.

So this will mean that there will be an period where users will not be able to activate or de-activate their licenses during that night/day. For most users downtime will be in the very early hours of the morning and so we are not expecting users to have a sustained delay, if at all.

However, if you do experience any delay, please wait an hour or two and then try again.

Update:

Please note: There may be an outage on Feb 21st / 22nd. I will post further details as they become available.

Many thanks,
Catriona

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Drive more traffic to your Videos using YouTube Annotations

Friday, February 12, 2010

A great way to drive more traffic to your YouTube videos is to leverage up visitors to a particular video and send them directly to other content that you want to share with them, whether this be another video or your YouTube channel.

In the video below, Cormac shows you, step-by-step, how to create a cool video collage at the end of your video, ready to add your annotations, so you can get viewers to go to other videos you have created or to go directly to your channel page. This is a great tool, especially for business users where you want to keep potential customers as engaged as possible with your message.

Example Video 1

Example Video 2

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Quick Tip - Using the Autoselection Tool

Thursday, February 04, 2010

In this quick tip, Cormac will show you how to use the Autoselection Tool to quickly highlight areas of your mix, which you may want to move, copy or delete.

The Autoselection Tool is available from the Mixing Screen Toolbar or while holding down the left button on your mouse, click on the right mouse button - see the video below for more:

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