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Track Quick Controls
Introduction
Cubase can give you instant access to up to eight para-
meters of each audio, MIDI 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
Assigning parameters to quick controls
The Quick Controls tab shows eight slots, one for each
quick control. To start with, these slots are empty. Pro-
ceed as follows to assign track parameters to the quick
control slots:
1. On the Quick Controls tab, click on the first quick con-
trol slot.
A context menu is opened. It 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 slider.
The track’s main volume parameter is assigned to quick control 1.
3. Repeat these steps for each quick control slot until all
eight slots are associated with track parameters.
You can now control the 8 functions most important to
you via one single Inspector section.
Editing the quick control slots
• To rename a quick control, double-click on the name in
the slot to select it, enter a new name and press [Enter].
• To replace a parameter assignment with a different pa-
rameter, click on the corresponding quick control slot and
double-click on a different parameter in the browser pop-
up menu list.
The parameter assignment in this slot is changed.
• To remove a parameter from a slot, double-click the pa-
rameter name to select it and press the [Delete] or [Back-
space] key. Confirm this operation by pressing [Enter] or
click in the corresponding slot and select “No parameter”
from the browser pop-up menu.
The parameter assignment is removed, and the quick control slot is
empty.
Options and settings
• Quick control assignments are saved with the current
project.
• Since quick control settings are part of the track setup,
you can save them as track presets, allowing you to re-use
your settings across different projects.
Track presets are described in the chapter “Working with Track Presets”
on page 288.
• You can automate all parameter settings on the Quick
Controls tab using the Read/Write Enable buttons (R and
W) at the top right.
The automation features of Cubase are described in detail in the chapter
“Automation” on page 188.