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Track Quick Controls
Introduction
Cubase can give you instant access to up to eight para-
meters of each audio track, MIDI track or instrument track.
This is done with the aid of the so-called quick controls, set
up on the Quick Controls Inspector tab for these tracks.
The Quick Controls tab can be used as a kind of track con-
trol center, an area in which your most important parame-
ters are assembled in one place. This saves you from having
to click your way through the various windows and sections
pertaining to your track.
Also, Cubase allows you to assign these quick controls very
quickly to an external remote control device. This gives you
manual control of your most important track parameters.
Setting up the Quick Controls tab
The Quick Controls tab in the track Inspector is available
for all audio tracks, MIDI tracks and Instrument tracks. It is
displayed by default.
The Quick Controls tab in the Inspector.
Assigning parameters to quick controls
The opened Quick Controls tab shows eight slots, one for
each quick control. To start with, these slots are empty.
Proceed as follows to assign track parameters to the
quick control slots:
1. In the Quick Controls tab, click on the first quick control
slot.
A context menu is opened. This context menu lists all parameters currently
accessible for this particular track.
2. Double-click the parameter that you want to assign to
the first quick control slot.
The parameter name and its value are displayed in the slot. You can
change the value by dragging the quick control’s slider.
The track’s main volume parameter is assigned to quick control 1.
You can now repeat these steps for each quick control slot
until all eight slots are associated with track parameters!
Renaming a quick control
By default, the parameter name as listed in the browser
pop-up menu for available track parameters is displayed in
the quick control slot.
• To rename a quick control, simply double-click on the
name in the slot to select it, enter a new name and press
[Enter].