Specifications

Chapter 15: Editing Basics 231
Zooming with a Scroll Wheel
If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can
use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out of
tracks, both vertically and horizontally.
To zoom in and out horizontally in the Edit window:
1 Place the mouse over the tracks in the Edit
window.
2 Alt-scroll (Windows) or Option-scroll (Macin-
tosh) the scroll wheel up or down to zoom in or
out horizontally.
To zoom in and out vertically in the Edit window:
1 Place the mouse over the tracks in the Edit
window.
2 Alt-Shift-scroll (Windows) or Option-Shift-
scroll (Macintosh) the scroll wheel up or down
to zoom tracks in or out vertically.
The Universe Window
(TDM Systems Only)
The Universe window displays an overview of
the entire session, representing audio and MIDI
material on all tracks that are not hidden (in-
cluding tracks that are inactive, or that contain
offline regions). The order in which material is
displayed in the Universe window corresponds
to the track order in the Edit window.
To open the Universe window:
■ Choose Windows > Show Universe.
Audio material residing in audio tracks is repre-
sented by a single, horizontal line in the Uni-
verse window. Each channel in a stereo or mul-
tichannel track is represented individually.
Since Auxiliary Input and Master Fader tracks do
not contain audio, they are displayed as blank
areas in the Universe window.
Similar to audio tracks, MIDI tracks containing
note material are represented by single, horizon-
tal lines.
Resizing the Universe Window
Even though the Universe window can be re-
sized horizontally and vertically, the length of
the entire session is always displayed in the Uni-
verse window. If the Universe window is resized
so some of the session’s track are not displayed,
a vertical scroll bar becomes available.
Highlighted Material in the Universe
Window
The highlighted, shaded area in the Universe
window represents the material displayed in the
Edit window. If you change what’s displayed in
the Edit window—by zooming, scrolling hori-
zontally or vertically, hiding or unhiding tracks,
or changing track heights—the highlighted area
in the Universe window updates.
During playback, if the Edit window is set to
scroll, the highlighted area in the Universe win-
dow also scrolls.
Scrolling in the Universe Window
By clicking in the Universe window, you can au-
tomatically scroll, either horizontally or verti-
cally, the material displayed in the Edit window.
This provides a convenient method of locating
anywhere in the session, or adjusting which
shown tracks are visible in the Edit window.
Universe window
highlighted material