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Second, there’s an option to Show Labels, which are the control names listed in a column to the
left of the mixer channel strip area. If you’re first getting started, these Labels are useful, but
once you’ve gotten used to the layout of the Mixer, hiding these will give you a bit more room to
work with for another channel strip or two.
Third, there’s a set of options that let you toggle the visibility of specific channel strip controls,
so you can hide controls you know you’re not going to be using, or that you’ve used but no
longer need to adjust or want to protect from accidental adjustment by a wandering
mouse or pen.
Managing Channel Strips Using the Index
The Index is a consolidated list view of all the tracks in the current Timeline, designed to make it
easier to manage timelines with lots of tracks. Columns let you see each track’s visibility, track
number, name, controls, channel format, and Group assignment. The controls in these columns
let you manage the tracks in the current Timeline by showing or hiding them, toggling track
controls, or rearranging them. You can also right-click on one or more selected tracks to color
code them, or change the channel assignment.
The Tracks panel of the Index hiding tracks 1–4 on
both the Timeline and the Mixer
Showing and Hiding Tracks
You can use the Tracks panel of the Index to hide tracks you don’t need to work on in order to
create more room for tracks you need to see. To quickly show or hide a number of tracks, you
can click and drag up or down over the eyeball button of each track for which you want to
reverse the visibility.
Color Coding Tracks
Select one or more tracks, then right click one of the selected tracks and choose a color from
the Change Track Color submenu of the contextual menu.
Toggling Lock, Record, Solo, and Mute
You can also use the Lock, Record, Solo, and Mute controls to quickly enable or disable
multiple tracks by clicking and dragging up or down over the Lock, R, S, or M buttons you want
to toggle.
Rearranging Tracks
Finally, you can rearrange tracks using the Index by clicking any track strip area between other
controls, and then dragging that track up or down in the Index. As you drag, a white line shows
you where that track will be inserted when you drop it. You can even select a contiguous series
of tracks and drag them all to a new position in the Timeline at once.
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