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Working with tracks
Selecting tracks
• To select a track, click on it in the track list.
A selected track is indicated by a light gray color in the track list.
• To select several tracks press [Ctrl]/[Command] and
click on them.
• To select a continuous range of tracks [Shift]-click on
them.
You can also set up Cubase to select tracks on the follow-
ing actions by activating Preferences:
• Selecting a channel in the mixer
The respective track is automatically displayed in the track list as well.
For this to work you have to select “Track” on the “Scroll to Selected…”
pop-up menu in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Project & Mixer).
• Selecting an event in the Project Window
The corresponding track is automatically selected, if the “Track Selection
Follows Event Selection” option is activated in the Preferences dialog
(Editing).
• Activating the solo button for the track
The track gets automatically selected, if the “Select Channel/Track on
Solo” option is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Project &
Mixer).
• Clicking the Edit button (e) for the track
The track gets automatically selected, if the “Select Channel/Track on
Edit Settings” option is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Proj
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ect & Mixer).
Duplicating tracks
• To duplicate a track together with all contents and
channel settings, right-click the track list and select “Du
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plicate tracks” from the context menu, or select “Duplicate
tracks” from the Project menu.
The duplicated track will appear below the original track.
Moving tracks
• To move a track, click and drag it up or down in the list.
• To move one or several selected tracks to a folder, se-
lect “Move Selected Tracks to New Folder” from the con-
text menu.
Disabling tracks (Cubase Elements only)
Audio tracks can be disabled by selecting “Disable Track”
from the track list context menu. Disabling a track is similar
to muting it (see
“Muting events” on page 53), since a dis-
abled track will not be played back. However, disabling a
track not only “zeroes” the output volume from the track,
but actually shuts down all disk activity for it. For more in
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formation, see “About track disable/enable (Cubase Ele-
ments only)” on page 71.
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.
This track is selected.
A folder track
Tracks in the folder