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Working with tracks and lanes
Editing tracks
Creating parts
Parts are containers for MIDI or audio events, or even for tracks (see “Working with
folder parts” on page 98).
Creating MIDI parts
A MIDI part is automatically created when you record. This will contain the recorded
events. However, you can also create empty MIDI parts and later add events to them.
There are two ways to do this:
• Draw a part on a MIDI track with the Draw tool.
You can also draw parts by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and using the Object Selection
tool.
• Double-click with the Object Selection tool on a MIDI track, between the left and
right locator.
To add events to a MIDI part, you use the tools and functions in a MIDI editor (see
“The Key Editor – Overview” on page 483).
Creating audio parts
There is no way of automatically creating audio parts on recording. On recording
audio events are created always. To create audio parts, you have the following
possibilities:
• Use the “Events to Part” function on the Audio menu to gather existing audio
events into a part.
This creates an audio part containing all selected audio events on the same track.
To remove the part and make the events appear as independent objects on the
track again, select the part and use the “Dissolve Part” function on the Audio
menu.
• Draw a part on an audio track with the Draw tool.
You can also draw parts by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and using the Object Selection
tool.
• Double-click with the Object Selection tool on an audio track, between the left and
right locator.
Ö You can use Copy and Paste or Drag and Drop in the Audio Part Editor to add events
to existing audio parts (see
“Window overview” on page 371).
Selecting tracks
• To select a track, click on it in the track list.
A selected track is indicated by a light gray color in the track list.
• To select several tracks press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on them.
This track is selected.