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The Project window
• To select a track, click on it in the Track list.
A selected track is indicated by a light gray color in the Track list.
It is possible to select several tracks, by pressing [Ctrl]/[Command] and
clicking them. To select a continuous range of tracks, use [Shift]-clicking.
• To move a track, click and drag it up or down in the list.
• To duplicate a track, complete with all contents and
channel settings, right-click in the Track list and select
“Duplicate tracks” from the context menu, or select “Dupli-
cate tracks” from the Project menu.
The duplicated track will appear below the original track.
• You can select a default color for a track by activating
“Show Track Colors” above the Track list and selecting a
color from the Color pop-up menu on the toolbar. This
color will be used for all events on the track and will also
be shown in the Mixer. You can override the default track
color for individual events and parts by using the Color
tool or the Color Selector pop-up menu.
The option “Colorize Event Background” in the Preferences dialog (Event
Display page) determines whether the backgrounds or waveforms of
events will be colorized.
• To remove a track, right-click on it in the Track list and
select “Remove Selected Tracks” from the context menu.
You can also remove multiple selected tracks, by selecting “Remove Se-
lected Tracks” either from the Project menu or from the context menu.
Furthermore, you can remove all tracks not containing any events by se-
lecting “Remove Empty Tracks” from the Project menu.
• To change the track height of an individual track, click
on its lower border in the Track list and drag up or down,
see “Resizing tracks in the Track list” on page 37.
Ö Note that you can also automatically enlarge the se-
lected track, see “The Enlarge Selected Track option” on
page 37.
Disabling tracks
Tracks can be disabled by selecting “Disable Track” from
the Track list context menu. Disabling a track is similar to
muting it (see “Muting events” on page 51), since a dis-
abled track will not be played back. However, disabling a
track not only “zeroes” the output volume from the track,
but actually shuts down all disk activity for it. See “About
track disable/enable” on page 63 for more information.
Track folding
On the Project menu you will find the Track Folding sub-
menu, allowing you to quickly show, hide or invert what is
displayed in the Project window event display. This en-
ables you for example to divide the project into several
parts (by creating several folder tracks for the different
project elements) and showing/hiding their contents by
selecting a menu function (or using a key command). You
can also fold in automation subtracks this way. The follow-
ing options are available:
• Toggle Selected Track
When you select this menu option, the fold state of the selected track is
reversed, i.e. if the track was folded in (its elements (subtracks) were hid-
den), it is now unfolded (all subtracks displayed) and vice versa.
• Fold Tracks
Select this menu option to fold in all open folder tracks in the Project win-
dow. Please note that the exact behavior of this function depends on the
“Deep Track Folding” setting in the Preferences, see below.
• Unfold Tracks
Select this menu option to unfold all folder tracks in the Project window.
Please note that the exact behavior of this function depends on the
“Deep Track Folding” setting in the Preferences, see below.
• Flip Fold States
Select this menu option to flip the fold states of the tracks in the Project
window. This means that all tracks that were folded in will be unfolded
and all unfolded tracks will be folded in, respectively.
Ö You can assign key commands for these menu options
in the Key Commands dialog (Project category).
In the Preferences (Editing–Project & Mixer page), you can
find the following option affecting the track folding behavior:
• Deep Track Folding
When this is activated, any folding settings you make in the Track Fold-
ing submenu of the Project menu also affect the sub-elements of the
tracks, i.e. if you fold in a folder track which contains 10 audio tracks 5 of
which have several automation subtracks open, all these audio tracks
within the folder track will be folded in as well.
This track is selected.