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240 Chapter 8 Global Tracks
Display Options for Global Tracks
Global tracks are displayed or hidden by repeated use of the View > Global Tracks menu
option. The View > Global Track Components submenu lists the individual Global track
types. You may use these submenu items to toggle the display of each track type, one
by one, or all at once with the Show All/Hide All options. Following the use of any of the
Components commands, the View > Global Tracks command will only toggle the display
of components previously chosen in the submenu.
Please note that there are also key commands for all of the following options:
• Toggle Global Tracks
• Toggle Transposition Track
• Toggle Signature Track
• Toggle Tempo Track
• Toggle Video Track
• Hide All Global Tracks
• Show All Global Tracks
In the upper left corner of each Global Track name column, there is a small disclosure
triangle pointing to the right. If clicked, the track height is expanded and additional
controls become visible. A further click on the triangle reduces the track height. You
can freely adjust the horizontal borders between tracks by dragging them up or down
with the mouse.
The order of Global tracks can be reconfigured by grabbing any of them with the
mouse in the track list (anywhere except the control elements), and dragging them up
or down. The display order of Global tracks is saved independently for each window.
If the Track Protect buttons are visible (Menu View > Track Protect Buttons), any of the
Global tracks can be protected by clicking on its Protect button, which will turn blue.
This will prevent the track from being edited unintentionally.
How to Create, Move, Copy, and Delete Global Events
The data on most Global tracks are called global events (except on the Video track, to
which the following descriptions do not apply).
Creating Global Events
To create a global event (a tempo change, for example), use the Pencil tool and click at
the desired position in the track. (If you haven’t changed the default tool assignments,
this is done by clicking while holding the Command key). Watch the help tag while
holding down the mouse button: It displays the exact position and value (if applicable)
of the event to be inserted, until the mouse button is released.