Instruction Manual

304 Arranging
Arranging Tracks
The top left pixel in the BMP determines the transparent color. If you prefer
to not have transparent icons, add the following variable to
CAKEWALK.INI:
[WinCake]
IconTopLeftPixelTransparent=0
When transparency is enabled, the global color entry (Options-Colors)
called "Track View Icons Background" determines the background color
("Console Strips Icons background" does the same for the Console view
and Track Inspector).
Configuring Track View Controls
The Track view strips no longer have a special header section:
• The Number, Name, Peak Meter Indicator and Size buttons still have
fixed placements in the top row of the strip.
• All other parameter controls now flow over the full available space in
the entire strip.
As a result:
• The MSR buttons (and the Automation Read/Write) buttons follow the
same layout rules as any other parameter widget.
• The Vertical VU meter spans the full height of the strip. So even when a
strip is minimized, you can still see a 22 pixel high meter.
• The min track height has been slightly increased from 18 to 22 pixels.
• Shift-clicking on the minimize or maximize buttons in a Track view strip
resizes that strip to its default height.
You can hide, reorder, and visually group the controls in tracks and buses.
You can also control how the display tabs at the bottom of the Track pane
function.
Changes you make to tracks affect tracks of the same kind in all projects. In
other words, the way you configure a MIDI track controls the display of all
MIDI tracks in all projects. The way you configure an audio track controls
the way all audio tracks appear in all projects. The way you configure a bus
controls the way buses appear in all projects. Synth audio tracks follow
audio track configuration, and synth MIDI tracks follow MIDI track
configuration.
You can reorder each individual control with the exception of AUX controls:
these all move as a group. For tracks with more than one send, all send
controls move as one.