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The Audio Part Editor
About lanes
If you make the editor window larger, this will reveal addi-
tional space below the edited events. This is because an
audio part is divided vertically in lanes.
Lanes can make it easier to work with several audio events
in a part:
In the upper figure it is unnecessarily hard to discern, se-
lect and edit the separate events. In the lower figure, some
of the events have been moved to another lower lane,
making selection and editing much easier.
• To move an event to another lane without accidentally
moving it horizontally, press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag it
up or down.
This is the default modifier key for this – you can adjust this in the Prefe-
rences if you like.
Overlapping events
Only one event per track can be played back at the same
time! This means that if you have overlapping events (on
the same lane or different lanes) these will cut each other
off, according to the following rules:
• For events on the same lane, the ones that are on top
(visible) will be played.
To move overlapping events to the front or back, use the Move to Front
and Move to Back functions on the Edit menu.
• For events on different lanes, the event on the lowest
lane gets playback priority.
The overlapping sections of the upper event will not be played since the
event on the lower lane has playback priority!
Imagine the following situation: You have two overlapping
audio events, with the top event audible during playback.
What happens when you mute the audible event?
• By default, you will not hear the overlapped event when
muting an event that has playback priority over another
event.
This default behavior ensures that you do not suddenly hear audio events
that previously were not part of your mix.
• In the Preferences dialog (Editing–Audio page) you will
find the option “Treat Muted Audio Events like Deleted”.
When you activate this option, any events overlapped by a
muted event will become audible.
Lanes