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Working with tracks and lanes
Editing tracks
• To select a continuous range of tracks [Shift]-click on them.
You can also set up Cubase to select tracks on the following actions by activating
Preferences:
• Selecting a channel in the MixConsole
The respective track is automatically displayed in the track list as well. For this to
work you have to select “Track” on the “Scroll to Selected…” pop-up menu in the
Preferences dialog (Editing–Project & MixConsole).
• Selecting an event in the Project Window
The corresponding track is automatically selected, if the “Track Selection Follows
Event Selection” option is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing).
• Activating the solo button for the track
The track gets automatically selected, if the “Select Channel/Track on Solo”
option is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Project & MixConsole).
• Clicking the Edit button (e) for the track
The track gets automatically selected, if the “Select Channel/Track on Edit
Settings” option is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Project &
MixConsole).
Duplicating tracks
• To duplicate a track together with all contents and channel settings, right-click the
track list and select “Duplicate tracks” from the context menu, or select “Duplicate
tracks” from the Project menu.
The duplicated track will appear below the original track.
Moving tracks
• To move a track, click and drag it up or down in the list.
• To move one or several selected tracks to a folder, select “Move Selected Tracks
to New Folder” from the context menu.
Disabling tracks
Audio tracks can be disabled by selecting “Disable Track” from the track list context
menu. Disabling a track “zeroes” the output volume from the track, shuts down all disk
activity and processing for it, and hides the corresponding channel in the MixConsole.
For more information, see
“About track disable/enable” on page 106.
Track folding
On the Project menu you will find the Track Folding submenu, allowing you to quickly
show, hide or invert what is displayed in the Project window event display. This
enables you for example to divide the project into several parts (by creating several
folder tracks for the different project elements) and showing/hiding their contents by
selecting a menu function (or using a key command). You can also fold in automation
tracks this way. The following options are available:
• Toggle Selected Track
When you select this menu option, the fold state of the selected track is reversed,
i.
e. if the track was folded in (its elements (subtracks) were hidden), it is now
unfolded (all subtracks displayed) and vice versa.
• Fold Tracks
Select this menu option to fold in all open folder tracks in the Project window.
Please note that the exact behavior of this function depends on the “Deep Track
Folding” setting in the Preferences dialog, see below.