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Working with tracks and lanes
Resizing tracks
• To change the width of the track list area, drag the bor-
der between the track list and the event display.
• To change the height of an individual track, click on its
lower border in the track list and drag up or down.
• To change the height of all tracks simultaneously, hold
down [Ctrl]/[Command] and resize one of the tracks in this
way.
If “Snap Track Heights” is activated on the Track Scale pop-up menu
(see below), the track height will change in fixed increments when you
resize it.
• To set the number of tracks to view in the current Project
window, use the Track Scale pop-up menu (opened by
clicking the arrow button above the vertical zoom control).
The track height will be adjusted to show only the number of tracks speci-
fied on the pop-up menu. By selecting “Zoom N Tracks” from the pop-up
you can manually set the number of tracks to fit in the current Project
window.
By default, lanes (see “Working with lanes” on page 76)
have a track height of 4 rows. If you still have difficulties to
discern the recorded takes, you can size the lanes individ-
ually as usual. Lanes can be reordered as usual.
Data display on the tracks
Changing the width and the height of tracks naturally has
an effect on how the track controls and the parts or events
on the track are displayed. The following happens when
you resize a track’s height or width:
• The track controls will be placed where they best “fit in”
by default. The controls shown for tracks in the track list
will adapt to the track size.
If you prefer to have the controls in fixed positions, deactivate the “Wrap
Controls” option in the Track Controls settings dialog (see
“Customizing
track controls” on page 535).
• The contents of events and parts will not be shown if
the height of a track is very small.
You can change this behavior by activating “Show Data on Small Track
Heights” in the Preferences (Event Display).
About the Enlarge Selected Track option
When this option is activated on the Edit menu (or in the
Preferences dialog, Editing–Project & Mixer page), the se-
lected track is enlarged automatically. This is useful if you
are stepping through the tracks in the track list, to check
or edit the settings. The tracks will revert to the size they
had before when they are deselected. You can adjust the
size directly in the track list if the default enlargement fac
-
tor does not suit you.
While this is the program behavior you will want in most
cases, it may be a disadvantage when changing the track
height you started out with for one or more tracks (i. e. their
“original” height, before “Enlarge Selected Track” was ac
-
tivated). As soon as you try to resize a track, it is selected
and automatically enlarged. Instead of turning off “Enlarge
Selected Track”, resizing the desired track(s) and the acti
-
vating “Enlarge Selected Track” again, you can resize a
track in the track list without selecting it.
Proceed as follows:
1. Move the mouse pointer over the lower border of the
(unselected) track you want to resize.
The mouse pointer turns into a divider symbol.
2. Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the lower border of
the track until it reaches the desired height.
Now, when you select this track, (and “Enlarge Selected Track” is acti-
vated), it will be enlarged. It will revert to the changed size, when you se-
lect a different track.
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This behavior is different when “Enlarge Selected
Track” is activated on the Edit menu (see
“About the
Enlarge Selected Track option” on page 73).