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The arranger track (Cubase Elements only)
Working with arranger events
You now have a number of arranger events that form the
basic building blocks for your arrangement. The next step
is to arrange these events using the functions of the Ar-
ranger Editor.
Creating an arranger chain
You can set up an arranger chain in the Arranger Editor or
in the Inspector for the arranger track. The Arranger Editor
is opened by clicking the “e” button in the Inspector or in
the track list.
On the right in the Arranger Editor, the available arranger
events are listed, in the order they appear on the timeline.
To the left you find the actual arranger chain, which shows
in which order the events will be played back, from top to
bottom, and how many times they are repeated.
Initially the arranger chain is empty – you set it up by add-
ing events from the list to the chain. There are several
ways to add events to the arranger chain:
• By double-clicking on the name of an event in the win-
dow section on the right (or in the Project window).
When an event is selected in the arranger chain on the left, this will add
the event above the selected event. When no events are selected in the
arranger chain, the event will be added at the end of the list.
• By selecting one or more events in the list, right-clicking
and selecting “Append Selected In Arranger Chain”.
This will add the selected events at the end of the list.
• By dragging and dropping arranger events from the list
on the right to the arranger chain on the left.
A blue insertion line shows you where the dragged event will end up.
An event is dragged into the arranger chain.
• By dragging arranger events from the Project window
into the arranger chain.
If you followed our example, you should now have arranger
events arranged in a very basic pop song pattern. How
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ever, we have used audio files that are only a few bars
long – to turn our pattern into a “song” (or at least into a
basic sketch of the song structure), these files must be
looped. This is where the Repeats function comes in.
If you want an event to repeat several times, proceed as
follows:
• Click in the Repeats field for an event, type in the de-
sired number of repeats and press [Enter].
When playing back the arranger chain, the Counter column indicates
which repeat of this event is currently playing.
• Click in the Mode field for an event and select the de-
sired repeat mode.
Click the “e”
button…
…to open the Arranger Editor.
Option Button Description
Normal In this mode, the arranger chain will be played back
as you set it up.
Repeat
forever
In this mode, the current arranger event will be re-
peated in a loop until you either click on another
event in the Arranger Editor or press play once
again.
Pause
after
Repeats
In this mode, the playback of the arranger chain will
be stopped after having played back all repeats of
the current arranger event.