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Folder tracks
Muting and soloing folder tracks
One of the main advantages of using folder tracks is that
they provide you with a way to mute and solo several tracks
as one unit. Muting and soloing a folder track affects all
tracks in the folder. You can also solo or mute individual
tracks in the folder.
Muting a folder track
You can mute a folder track (and thereby mute all tracks
within it) the same way you mute other tracks by clicking in
the Mute (“M”) button in the Track list.
Soloing a folder track
You can solo a folder track (and thereby mute all tracks
outside the folder, except those already set to Solo) the
same way you solo other tracks, by selecting it and click-
ing the Solo button.
Soloing or muting tracks within a folder
This can be done by showing the tracks in the folder and
using the Mute and Solo buttons in the Track list as usual
for any tracks inside the folder.
Working with folder parts
A folder part is a graphic representation of events and
parts on the tracks in the folder. Folder parts indicate the
position and length of the events and parts, as well as on
which track they are (their vertical position). If part colors
are used, these are also shown in the folder part.
Folder parts are created automatically when there are
parts or events on the tracks within the folder. The follow-
ing rules apply:
• If there is a gap between parts/events on the tracks,
there will be two separate folder parts.
• Parts or events that overlap within the folder may be
represented by the same folder part or by two different
folder parts – depending on how much they overlap.
If a part/event overlaps by half its length or less, it will be placed in a new
folder part.
Handling and editing folder parts
Most of the editing you can do in the Project window ap-
plies to folder parts as well.
Any Project window editing you perform to a folder part
affects all the events and parts it contains (those elements
on the track within the folder that are represented by the
folder part). You can select several folder parts if you like
– this allows you to handle and edit them together. The
editing you can perform includes:
• Moving a folder part. This will move its contained events and
parts (possibly resulting in other folder parts, depending on
how the parts overlap).
• Using cut, copy and paste.
• Deleting a folder part. This will delete its contained events and
parts.
• Splitting a folder part with the Scissors tool (see the example
below).
• Gluing folder parts together with the Glue tube tool. This will
only work if the adjacent folder parts contain events or parts
on the same track.
The first event overlaps the second
event by more than half its length,
which means it is included in the
same folder part.
The third event does not overlap
with any of the other events. This
means a new folder part is cre-
ated.