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Getting Started, and making your Pak folder

Altough making Paks is pretty straightforward, you will need a few tools, depending on what you plan to do.

The first thing you need to do for Pak creation is to make your Pak folder. Your Pak folder can be a folder underneath the Paks directory (e.g. paks/MyName_MyPak), or even a subdirectory underneath the Paks directory (e.g. paks/bassLoops/MyName_MyPak). The reason you might want to put it in a subdirectory is for easy browsing of content of a similar type.

Your first step

Run Mixtikl on your PC/Mac and save a Mix File from one of the included Tiklpaks, this will create the relevant folder on your computer. If we assume the name of the Tiklpak was "IM_GenMix1_DMaj" (you can use spaces, but we do NOT recommend it), then it would be here (see also Tiklpak installation), e.g.:

  • Macs :
    <drive>:~/Library/Mixtikl/intermorphic/mixtikl/paks/IM_GenMix1_DMaj
  • Windows XP:
    <drive>:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\intermorphic\mixtikl\paks\IM_GenMix1_DMaj
  • Windows 7
    <drive>:\ProgramData\intermorphic\mixtikl\paks\IM_GenMix1_DMaj

    Then create your Pak folder (MyName_MyPak)

    1. Create a new folder in parallel with the one above:
      • e.g. ..\intermorphic\mixtikl\paks\MyName_MyPak or;
      • e.g. ..\intermorphic\mixtikl\paks\bassLoops\MyName_MyPak
      • Pak folder names must be unique and should a naming convention like "Artist_Track_Label" (or where they are just loops then "Company_LoopDescription").
      • Spaces may be used in path names, but we recommend you do NOT use them - choose underscore or dash characters instead - or use CamelCase.
      • This folder is displayed in the content list, so we recommend keeping it short and you may wish to use abbreviations and undesrscores or dashes.
    2. Put (or save) all of the elements that you require into this folder.
    3. You can work with and test your Pak in this folder before you create your final Pak file.
      • More experienced Pak creators may wish to create a "dev" folder under the "paks" folder, and then put all Pak content development in a folder "intermorphic/mixtikl/paks/" under this. You then create your zips, using batch files, from these folders and never inadvertently overwrite or alter your master content.
    4. You are ready to go!