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The Project window
• Toggle Time Base button
• Lock button
•Notepad section
The transpose track controls are described in detail in the
chapter
“The transpose functions” on page 131.
Signature track and tempo track
For the signature track and the tempo track, the Inspector
displays a list of all time signature events or tempo events.
See the chapter
“Editing tempo and signature” on page
462 for details.
Video tracks
When a video track is selected, the Inspector contains a
lock button for locking the track (see the section
“Locking
events” on page 65), a Mute button for interrupting video
playback and two settings for video thumbnails: Show
Frame Numbers and Show Thumbnails (see the section
“Video files in the Project window” on page 513).
Video tracks make use of the Notepad Inspector tab.
The toolbar
The toolbar contains tools and shortcuts for opening other
windows and various project settings and functions.
You can show/hide most of the toolbar elements (except
the Activate Project and “Set up Window Layout” buttons)
by activating/deactivating the corresponding options on
the context menu. The following options are available:
Ö How to further set up the toolbar is described in the
section
“Using the Setup options” on page 534.
Using the toolbox
The toolbox can be opened instead of the standard con-
text menus in the event display and editors. It makes the
editing tools from the toolbar conveniently available at the
mouse pointer position.
• To open the toolbox by right-clicking (Win)/[Ctrl]-click-
ing (Mac), activate the “Popup Toolbox on Right Click”
option in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Tools page).
When this option is activated, you need to press any modifier key and
right-click (Win)/[Ctrl]-click (Mac) to open the context menu. When it is
deactivated, you need to press a modifier key to open the toolbox instead
of the context menu.
Option Description
Constrain Delay
Compensation
This is described in the section “Constrain Delay
Compensation” on page 216.
Media & Mixer
Windows
When this is activated, buttons for opening or clos-
ing the MediaBay, the Pool, the Mixer, and the Con-
trol Room Mixer (Cubase only) are displayed on the
toolbar.
Performance Meter When this is activated, meters for ASIO time usage
and hard disk transfer load are displayed, see
“About
the VST Performance window” on page 24.
Automation Mode When this is activated, the automation mode and a
button to open/close the Automation panel are dis
-
played on the toolbar. For details, see the chapter
“Automation” on page 227.
Auto-Scroll When this is activated, buttons for the options “Auto-
Scroll” and “Suspend Auto-Scroll when Editing” are
displayed, see
“Auto-Scroll” on page 47.
Locators When this is activated, the left and right locator posi-
tions are displayed on the toolbar.
Transport Buttons When this is activated, the transport buttons from the
Transport panel are also displayed on the toolbar.
Arranger Controls When this is activated, the controls used when work-
ing with the arranger track are displayed, see the
chapter
“The arranger track” on page 124.
Time Display When this is activated, the Transport panel’s time
display is displayed on the toolbar.
Markers When this is activated, the Transport panel’s marker
buttons are displayed on the toolbar.
Snap to Zero
Crossing
This is described in the section “Snap to Zero
Crossing” on page 47.
Tool Buttons When this is activated, tool buttons for editing in the
Project window are displayed on the toolbar. The
tools are also accessible via the toolbox, see
“Using
the toolbox” on page 42.
Color menu This shows/hides the color pop-up menu, see “Ap-
plying colors in the Project window” on page 537.
Nudge Palette Activate this to display the nudge buttons. These
buttons can be used to nudge events or parts in the
Project window or for trimming (see
“Moving events”
on page 61 and “Resizing events” on page 63).
Project Root Key Activate this to display the Project Root Key. For de-
tails, see the chapter “The transpose functions” on
page 131.
Snap/Quantize These options are described in the sections “The
Snap function” on page 45 and “Quantizing MIDI
and audio” on page 108.
Option Description