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Lesson 10 · Mapping reference tracks

Listen to your favourite tracks pen in hand — and turn their structure into your template.

The fastest way to learn arrangement: map a track you love, phase by phase. With reference mapping in the Track School you play the file and press a key at every phase change — that produces a plan in bars you can use as a template in the Track Manager.

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Load a referencePick a file from your reference folder or drop it in. Take the BPM from the analyser or tap it.
MarkWhile listening press M at every phase change and name the phases.
CompareHow long is the intro? When does the first drop come? How long is the breakdown?
ApplyTake the map into the Track Manager as a template and build your own track on it.

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What do you take from a reference track into your plan?

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