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Customizing
To group controls, proceed as follows:
1. Make sure that you have selected the correct track type.
2. In the “Visible Controls” section, select at least two
controls.
You can only group controls that are adjacent to each other in the list. To
group controls that are currently not adjacent in the list, use the Move
Up/Down buttons first.
3. Click Group.
A number is displayed in the Group column for the grouped controls. The
first group created has the number 1, the second 2, and so on.
4. Click OK.
The controls are now grouped.
• You can ungroup controls by using the Ungroup button.
Please note that this will remove the selected element and
the elements below it in the list from this group. To remove
an entire group, select the first (topmost) element belong
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ing to this group and click the Ungroup button.
About Wrap Controls
This is activated by default. Wrap Controls allows the
controls to be dynamically repositioned when resizing the
track list. That is, as many controls as possible will be dis
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played depending on the current size of the track list.
If you deactivate Wrap Controls, the positions of the con-
trols are fixed, regardless of the size of the track list. In this
mode, you may have to resize the tracks vertically (by drag
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ging the dividers between them) to display all the controls.
About the Length column
The Length column in the Visible Controls list allows you
to set the maximum length for certain text fields, e.
g.
Name. To change the setting, click on the number in the
Length column and type in a new value.
Resetting track list settings
You have two possibilities to reset the settings:
• Click Reset to restore all default track controls settings
for the selected track type.
• Click Reset All to restore all default track controls set-
tings for all track types.
Saving presets
You can save track controls settings as presets for later
recall:
1. Click on the Save button (the “+” sign) to the right of
the Presets pop-up menu.
A dialog opens, asking you to type in a name for the preset.
2. Click OK to save the settings as a preset.
Saved presets are available for selection from the Presets pop-up menu
and from the pop-up menu in the top left corner of the track list.
• To remove a preset, select it in the Track Controls Set-
tings dialog and click the Delete button (the “-” sign).
Ö Cubase comes with a number of Track Controls Set-
tings presets available.
Appearance
In the Preferences dialog, you find a page called Appear-
ance. The following settings are available:
General
The controls on the General page affect the appearance of
the windows that surround the controls and workspaces in
Cubase.
• Color Intensity determines how rich the background
colors are, from gray to blue.
• Color Lightness lightens or darkens the background.
• The Color Tone slider changes the background color.
• Button Brightness can be used to separately lighten or
darken the buttons.