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The Project window
The Preferences dialog
When you open the File menu (the Cubase AI menu on a
Mac) and select “Preferences…”, the Preferences dialog is
opened. This dialog provides a large number of options and
settings that control the global behavior of Cubase AI.
The dialog has a number of pages, each containing op-
tions and settings belonging to a particular topic.
• In the list on the left, click on one of the entries to open
the corresponding page.
• You can find detailed descriptions of all Preferences
options in the dialog help, opened by clicking the Help
button at the bottom left of the dialog.
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-
ing other folder tracks.
Handling folder tracks
• Creating a folder track
Select “Add Track” from the Project menu and select “Folder” from the
submenu that appears, or right-click in the Track list and select “Add
Folder Track” from the context menu to create a folder track.
• Moving tracks into a folder
In the Track list, click on a track that you want to move into a folder and
drag it onto a folder track. A green arrow pointing to a folder appears when
you drag the track onto the folder track in the list. The track is placed in the
folder track, and all parts and events on the track will be represented by a
corresponding folder part (see below). You can also create sub-folders by
moving one folder track into another. For example, you could have a folder
containing all the vocals in a project, and each vocal part could have a
folder containing all the takes for easier handling etc.
• 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. Hidden tracks are played back as
usual.
• 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-
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).
A folder track
Tracks in the folder