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Working with tracks and lanes
Setting up tracks
Adding tracks
To add a track to the project, proceed as follows:
1. Open the “Add Track” submenu from the Project
menu or from the track list context menu.
The new track is added below the currently selected track in the track
list.
2. Select the desired track type.
If you select the Audio, MIDI, Group Channel, or Instrument option from
the Add Track submenu, a dialog opens, allowing you to insert several
tracks in one go. Just enter the desired number of tracks in the Count
field.
• For audio and group channel tracks, the channel config-
uration – mono, stereo or surround configuration (Cubase
only) – can be set in the Configuration pop-up menu.
Ö The “Add Track Using Track Preset” option allows you
to select a Track Preset. This is described in the chapter
“Working with track presets” on page 331.
Once you have created tracks, you can manipulate and re-
arrange them in various ways. This is explained in the fol-
lowing sections.
Removing tracks
To remove tracks, you have the following options:
• Select the track you want to remove, open the Project
menu and select “Remove Selected Tracks”.
• In the track list, right-click on the track you want to re-
move, and select “Remove Selected Tracks” from the
context menu.
• You can also remove all tracks not containing any
events by selecting “Remove Empty Tracks” from the
Project menu.
Naming tracks
To rename a track, proceed as follows:
1. Double-click in the name field and type in a new name
for the track.
2. Press [Return] to close the name field.
• If you want all events on the track to get the same name,
hold down any modifier while pressing [Return].
• If “Parts get Track names” is activated in the Prefer-
ences dialog (Editing page) and you move an event from
one track to another, the moved event will automatically be
named according to its new track. Otherwise the event
will retain the name of the track it was previously on.
Coloring tracks
All tracks are automatically assigned a color.
• To control which colors are used for new tracks, use the
“Auto Track Color Mode” pop-up menu in the Preferences
dialog (Editing–Project & Mixer page).
The available options are described in the section “Applying track colors
automatically” on page 537.
• To change the color for existing tracks, use the Select
Colors pop-up menu on the toolbar.
This is described in detail in the section “About the Select Colors pop-
up menu” on page 538.
• To change the color for a track you can also press
[Ctrl]/[Command], point the mouse at the strip where the
track color is shown and click.
The color strip is shown, allowing you to select the desired color.
This method works in several places where the track color is visible, i. e.
in the track list, the track name field in the Inspector, and the channel
name field in the Mixer.
• To override the track color for individual events and
parts, use the Color tool or the Select Colors pop-up
menu.
For more information, see “Coloring tracks, parts, or events manually” on
page 538.