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The Project Browser
• The actual editing is done in the event display, using
regular value editing techniques.
There is one exception: You can rename items in the Project Structure
list by clicking on their names and typing.
Customizing the view
You can drag the divider between the Project Structure
list and the event display to make one of them wider and
the other narrower. Furthermore, the event display can be
customized in the following ways:
• You can change the order of the columns by dragging
the column headings to the left or right.
• You can resize columns by dragging the dividers be-
tween the column headings.
• To select a display format for all position and length val-
ues, use the Time Format pop-up menu.
• You can sort events in the display by columns, by click-
ing the column heading.
For example, if you want to sort events by their start positions, click that
column heading. An arrow appears in the column heading, indicating that
events are sorted by that column. The direction of the arrow indicates
whether the events are sorted in ascending or descending order. To
change the direction, click the column heading again.
Importing files via the MediaBay
As the Project Browser is just another view of the project,
you can import audio, video and MIDI files into the project
via the MediaBay. For this, select the file in the MediaBay
and drag and drop it into the Project Browser.
Ö You can only import into existing tracks. This means,
for example, that a video track has to exist in the Project
window prior to importing a video file in the Project
Browser.
For more information about the MediaBay, see “The Media-
Bay” on page 287.
About the Sync Selection option
If the “Sync Selection” checkbox is activated (in the top
right corner of the Project Browser), selecting an event in
the Project window automatically selects it in the Project
Browser, and vice versa. This makes it easy to locate
events in the two windows.
Editing tracks
Editing audio tracks
Audio tracks can have two “subitems”: Track Data and
Automation.
• The Automation item corresponds to the Automation subtrack
in the Project window, and contains the track’s automation
events (see “Editing Automation tracks” on page 411).
• The Track Data item corresponds to the actual audio track in
the Project window. It contains audio events and/or audio
parts, which in turn can contain audio events.
Note that if you have not performed any automation or
opened an automation subtrack, the Browser will only
contain the audio data.
The following parameters are available for the different
items:
The list columns for audio events:
Parameter Description
Name Allows you to enter a descriptive comment for the event.
Double-clicking on the waveform image beside it opens
the Sample Editor for the event.
File The name of the audio file referenced by the event’s au-
dio clip.
Start The start position of the event. If the event belongs to an
audio part, you cannot move it outside the part.
End The end position of the event.
Snap The absolute position of the event’s snap point. Note that
adjusting this value will not change the position of the
snap point within the event – instead it is another way of
moving the event!
Length The length of the event.
Audio track
Track Data subitem
of the audio track
Audio parts
Automation
subtracks
Audio events