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Working with tracks and lanes
Setting up tracks
Naming tracks
To rename a track, proceed as follows:
1. Double-click in the name field and type in a new name for the track.
2. Press [Return] to close the name field.
• If you want all events on the track to get the same name, hold down any modifier
while pressing [Return].
• If “Parts get Track names” is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing page) and
you move an event from one track to another, the moved event will automatically be
named according to its new track. Otherwise the event will retain the name of the
track it was previously on.
Coloring tracks
All tracks are automatically assigned a color.
• To control which colors are used for new tracks, use the “Auto Track Color Mode”
pop-up menu in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Project & MixConsole page).
The available options are described in the section “Applying track colors
automatically” on page 706.
• To change the color for existing tracks, use the Select Colors pop-up menu on the
toolbar.
This is described in detail in the section “About the Select Colors pop-up menu”
on page 707.
• To change the color for a track you can also press [Ctrl]/[Command], point the
mouse at the strip where the track color is shown and click.
The color strip is shown, allowing you to select the desired color.
• To override the track color for individual events and parts, use the Select Colors
pop-up menu.
For more information, see “Coloring tracks, parts, or events manually” on page
707.
Resizing tracks
• To change the width of the track list area, drag the border between the track list
and the event display.
• To change the height of an individual track, click on its lower border in the track list
and drag up or down.
• To change the height of all tracks simultaneously, hold down [Ctrl]/[Command]
and resize one of the tracks in this way.
If “Snap Track Heights” is activated on the Track Scale pop-up menu (see below),
the track height will change in fixed increments when you resize it.
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This behavior is different when “Enlarge Selected Track” is activated on the Edit menu
(see
“About the Enlarge Selected Track option” on page 89).