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The Project window
Dividing the Track list (Cubase only)
It is possible to divide the Track list into two parts. Both
sections will have independent zoom and scroll controls (if
needed), but resizing the window vertically will affect the
lower section only (if possible). This is useful if you’re
working with a video track along with multi-track audio for
example. This way, you can place the video track in the
upper Track list, letting you scroll the audio tracks sepa-
rately in the lower Track list, referencing them against the
video track.
• To divide the Track list, click the “Divide Track List” but-
ton in the top right corner of the Track list.
The “Divide Track List” button.
• To revert to a single Track list, click the button again.
When the Track list is divided into two parts, the following
applies:
• If you add tracks from the Add Track submenu of the
Project menu, Video tracks, Marker tracks and Arranger
tracks will automatically be placed in the upper part of the
Track list.
If the Track list already contains tracks of the type Video, Marker or Ar-
ranger, these will automatically be moved to the upper part when you di-
vide the Track list. All other types of tracks will be placed in the lower part.
• If you add tracks from the context menu invoked by
right-clicking in the Track list, tracks will be added to the
part of the Track list in which you click.
• You can move any type of track from the lower Track list
to the upper and vice versa by right-clicking it in the Track
list and selecting “Toggle Track List” from the context menu.
• You can resize the upper part by clicking and dragging
the divider between the Track lists.
Switching between musical and linear time base
Tracks can be either musical (tempo) or linear (time) based.
• On a track using linear time base, the events will be po-
sitioned on specific time positions – changing the play-
back tempo will not affect the time position of events.
• On a track using musical time base, the positions of
events are represented as meter values (bars, beats, 1/16th
notes and ticks, with 120 ticks per 1/16th note). If you
change the playback tempo, the events will play back at an
earlier or later time.
• In the Preferences (Editing page), you can find the op-
tion “Default Track Time Type” (Cubase only).
This allows you to specify the default track time type for new tracks (Au-
dio, Group/FX, MIDI and Marker tracks). When you change this setting,
all new tracks will use the selected time type. You can choose between
“Musical”, “Time Linear” and “Follow Transport Main Display”. Selecting
“Musical” will cause all added tracks to be set to musical time type.
When you select “Time Linear”, all new tracks will use linear time base.
The third option uses the primary time format setting on the Transport
panel. When this is set to “Bars+Beats”, tracks with musical time base
will be added. When this is set to any of the other options (Seconds,
Timecode, Samples, etc.), all new tracks will use linear time base.