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The arranger track (Cubase Elements only)
Flattening the arranger chain
When you have found an arranger chain that suits your
purposes, you can “flatten” it, i. e. convert the list into a lin-
ear project. Proceed as follows:
1. Click the Flatten button (or select Flatten Chain from
the pop-up menu in the Inspector for the arranger track).
The events and parts in the project are reordered, repeated, resized,
moved and/or deleted (if these are not within the boundaries of any used
arranger event), so that they correspond exactly to the arranger chain.
The Flatten button
2. Activate Playback.
The project will now play back exactly as in Arranger mode, but you can
view it and work with it as usual.
Flattening options
Sometimes it might be useful to keep the original arranger
events even after flattening the arranger track. By using
flattening options you can define which chain is flattened,
where it is stored and how it is named together with other
options.
1. Click the Flattening options button.
2. In the window that opens, select the desired options.
In the Source section you can specify which arranger
chains are flattened. The available options are:
The Destination section allows you to choose where the
result of the flattening is saved. The available options are:
In the Options section you can make further settings. The
available options are:
3. You can now flatten the arranger track by clicking the
Flatten button.
If you realize that you want to do further arrangements, you can click the
“Go Back” button and make your adjustments. Your Flattening settings
will be kept.
!
Flattening the arranger chain may remove events and
parts from the project. Only use the Flatten function
when you know you do not want to edit the arranger
track/chain any more. If in doubt, save a copy of the
project before flattening the arranger chain.
Option Description
Current
Chain
If you activate this option, only the current chain will be flat-
tened.
Checked
Chains…
If you activate this option, you can select the arranger
chains you want to flatten in the list to the left.
All Chains If you activate this option, all arranger chains of the current
project will be flattened.
Option Description
Current
Project
This is only available if you have selected “Current Chain” as
Source. If you activate this option, the result of the flattening
of the current chain will be saved in the current project.
New
Project
If you activate this option, you can flatten one or several
chains in a new project. In this case it might be useful to use
naming options. If you activate “Append Chain Name”, the
Chain Names will be appended in brackets to the project
name. If you activate “Use Chain Name”, the new projects
will have the name of the current arranger chains. If you ac
-
tivate “Add Number”, the new projects will be named like
the old ones and a number will be appended in brackets.
Option Description
Keep
Arranger
Track
If you activate this option, the arranger track will be kept
when flattening the arranger chain. Activate “Rename
Arranger Events” to append a number to the events, ac
-
cording to their use. For example, if you use arranger event
“A” two times, the first occurrence will be renamed “A 1”
and the second “A 2”.
Make Real
Event
Copies
Normally, you will get shared copies when flattening the ar-
ranger track. If you activate this option, real copies will be
created instead.
Don’t Split
Events
If this option is activated, MIDI notes that start before or are
longer than the arranger event will not be included. Only
MIDI notes that begin and end inside the arranger event
boundaries will be taken into account.
Open New
Projects
If you activate this option, a new project will be created for
every flattened arranger chain. If you activate the “Cascade
New Projects” option the opened projects will be cascaded.