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Working with tracks and lanes
Organizing tracks in folder tracks
Creating Folder tracks
Moving tracks into a folder is a way to structure and orga-
nize tracks in the Project window. By grouping tracks in
folder tracks, you can solo and mute them in a quicker and
easier way and perform editing on several tracks as one
entity. Folder tracks can contain any type of track includ
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ing other folder tracks.
Working with folder tracks
• Creating a folder track
On the Project menu open the “Add Track” submenu and select “Folder”,
or right-click the track list and select “Add Folder Track” from the context
menu.
• Moving tracks into a folder
Open the Project menu and use the “Move Selected Tracks To New
Folder” command from the Track folding submenu, right-click on the
track in the track list and select the command from the context menu or
set up and use the corresponding key command (found in the Project
category of the Key Commands dialog).
• Removing tracks from a folder
Drag a track out of the folder and release it in the track list to remove it
from the folder.
• Hiding/showing tracks in a folder
Click on the “Expand/Collapse Folder” button (the folder icon) to hide or
show the tracks located in a folder or use the corresponding options in
the Track Folding submenu of the Project menu (see
“Track folding” on
page 76). Hidden tracks are played back as usual.
• Hiding/showing data on folder tracks
Right-click on the folder track to open the context menu and from the
“Show Data on Folder Tracks” submenu select one of the options. This
menu is also available in the Preferences (Editing page). The following
options are available:
• Muting and soloing folder tracks
Click the Mute or Solo button on the folder track to mute or solo all
tracks in the folder as one unit.
Working with folder parts
A folder part is a graphic representation of events and
parts on the tracks in the folder. Folder parts indicate the
position and length of the events and parts, as well as on
which track they are (their vertical position). If part colors
are used, these are also shown in the folder part.
Any Project window editing you perform to a folder part
affects all the events and parts it contains. You can select
several folder parts if you like – this allows you to handle
and edit them together. The editing you can perform in
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cludes:
• Moving a folder part. This will move its contained events and
parts (possibly resulting in other folder parts, depending on
how the parts overlap).
• Using cut, copy and paste.
• Deleting a folder part. This will delete its contained events and
parts.
A folder track
Tracks in the folder
Option Description
Always Show Data The data on the folder track is always visible.
Never Show Data The data on the folder track is never visible.
Hide Data When
Expanded
The data on the folder track is only visible if the
folder is not expanded.