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Working with tracks and lanes
Creating parts
Parts are containers for MIDI or audio events, or even for
tracks (see “Working with folder parts” on page 79).
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 Pencil tool.
You can also draw parts by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and using the Arrow
tool.
• Double-click with the Arrow tool on a MIDI track, be-
tween the left and right locator.
To add events to a MIDI part, you use the tools and func-
tions in a MIDI editor (see “The Key Editor – Overview” on
page 377).
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 indepen
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dent 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 Pencil tool.
You can also draw parts by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and using the Arrow
tool.
• Double-click with the Arrow tool on an audio track, be-
tween 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 295).
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.
• To select a continuous range of tracks [Shift]-click on
them.
You can also set up Cubase to select tracks on the follow-
ing actions by activating Preferences:
• Selecting a channel in the mixer
The respective track is automatically displayed in the track list as well.
For this to work you need to activate the “Scroll to Selected Track…” op
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tion in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Project & Mixer).
• 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 &
Mixer).
• 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–Proj
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ect & Mixer).
Duplicating tracks
• To duplicate a track together with all contents and
channel settings, right-click the track list and select “Du
-
plicate tracks” from the context menu, or select “Duplicate
tracks” from the Project menu.
The duplicated track will appear below the original track.
This track is selected.