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The Project window
About parts and events
The tracks in the Project window contain parts and/or
events. Events are the basic building blocks in Cubase.
Different event types are handled differently in the Project
window:
• Video events and automation events (curve points) are always
viewed and rearranged directly in the Project window.
• MIDI events can always be found in MIDI parts, which are con-
tainers for one or more MIDI events. MIDI parts are rearranged
and manipulated in the Project window. To edit the individual
MIDI events in a part, you have to open the part in a MIDI edi
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tor (see “The MIDI editors” on page 252).
• Audio events can be displayed and edited directly in the Proj-
ect window, but you can also work with audio parts containing
several events. This is useful if you have a number of events
which you want to treat as one unit in the project. Audio parts
also contain information about the time position in the project.
An audio event and an audio part
Getting on-the-fly info with the Arrow tool
If the “Select Tool: Show Extra Info” option is activated in
the Preferences dialog (Editing–Tools page), a tooltip will
be shown for the Arrow tool, displaying information de
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pending on where you point it. For example, in the Project
window event display, the tool will show the current
pointer position and the name of the track and event you
are pointing at.
The track list
The track list displays all the tracks used in a project. It con-
tains name fields and settings for the tracks. Different track
types have different controls in the track list. To see all
available controls, you may have to resize the track in the
track list (see
“Resizing tracks” on page 62).
The track list showing a MIDI track, an audio track with an automation
track, and a VST instrument track
• Using the Track Controls Settings dialog you can de-
cide which controls are visible for each track type, see
“Customizing track controls” on page 337.
The Inspector
The area to the left of the track list is called the Inspector.
This shows additional controls and parameters for the
track you have selected in the track list. If several tracks
are selected, the Inspector shows the setting for the first
(topmost) selected track.
Opening the Inspector
To show the Inspector, proceed as follows:
1. On the toolbar, click the “Set up Window Layout”
button.
A transparent pane appears, covering the Project window.
Arranger
(Cubase Ele
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ments only)
The arranger track is used for arranging your project, by
marking out sections in the project and determining in
which order they are to be played back. See the chapter
“The arranger track (Cubase Elements only)” on page 101
for details.
Ruler Ruler tracks contain additional rulers, displaying the time-
line from left to right. You can use any number of ruler
tracks, each with a different display format if you wish. See
“The ruler” on page 34 for more information about the ruler
and the display formats.
Video For playing back video events. A project can only have one
video track.
Track type Description