Reference Guide

378 Arranging and editing

Track folders

A track folder contains tracks in the Track pane of the Track view. Track folders make larger projects

much easier to manage—you can group different types of tracks in their own folder: vocals, soft

synths, ReWire instruments, drums, etc.The main characteristics of a track folder are:

• You can edit all the tracks in the folder as if you were editing a single track—especially valuable

for drum tracks. The track folder displays a composite clip in the Clips pane of all the clips in the

folder. Selecting a time range in the composite clip selects data in all the enclosed tracks in the

same time range; now you can edit all the tracks in the folder by editing the selected area of the

composite clip.

• You can hide tracks in a folder, freeing up space on your screen.

• A folder can contain any type of track—you can put MIDI, audio, and synth tracks in the same

folder.

• You can archive, mute, solo, arm, or input monitor all the tracks in a folder with one click—just

click the Archive, Mute, Solo, Arm, or Input Echo button on the track folder.

A. The tracks in a track folder are indented B. Description box C. Track folder info D. Open/Close folder

E. Track folder—click here to select all data in track folder F. Archive, Mute, Solo, Arm, and Input Echo buttons

G. Selected area of composite clip H. Composite clip

To create a track folder

• Right-click in the Track pane of the Track view, and choose Insert Track Folder from the pop-up

menu.