User Manual

EDITING BASICS
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adjust what is shown or hidden using additional
consecutive show/hide command(s), or by using
the track selector.
When using several show/hide commands consec-
utively, the effect is cumulative, which allows you to
fine-tune the track display.
Show Tracks
The Show Tracks command “unhides” the type of
track you choose from the sub-menu. The visibility
of any other tracks remains unchanged. This
command is good for adding tracks to the display.
Show Only Tracks
The Show Only Tracks command “unhides” the
type of track you choose from the sub-menu and
hides all other tracks. This command is good for
“soloing” the type of track you choose from the
sub-menu.
Hide Tracks
The Hide Tracks command hides the type of track
you choose from the sub-menu. The visibility of
any other tracks remains unchanged. This
command is good for hiding tracks you don’t want
to see, while leaving other track types visible.
Track Layouts
A track layout is a “snapshot” of which tracks are
currently shown and hidden at the time it is
created. The commands in the Track Layouts sub-
menu let you create, name, rename and delete track
layouts. To create one, show and hide tracks as
desired and then choose View menu > Track
Layouts > Save Track Layout As. The resulting track
layout appears by name at the bottom of the Track
Layouts sub-menu, where you can choose it to
recall the layout. Saved track layouts also appear in
the Commands window (Setup menu), where you
can assign them to keyboard shortcuts. To view
them, type Track Layout into the Commands
window search field.
Show Only
The Show Only… commands in the View menu
control the display of automation data and MIDI
continuous controller data in the Sequence Editor
and Graphic Editor.
When Show Only the Active Edit Type is checked,
the Edit Layer menu (in the Sequence Editor track
settings pane as shown in Figure 38-10 on
page 363) and the Graphic Editor insert menu (as
shown in Figure 39-1 on page 392) control the type
of automation data that will be visible.
To use the Show Only Selected Types (Quick Filter)
command (to make it not grayed out), the
following two conditions must be met:
■ the Show Only Active Edit Type command is
unchecked, and
■ at least one MIDI controller event must be
selected
If these two conditions are met, then choosing this
command will “solo” the selected data type,
temporarily hiding all others. This command is the
same as the Quick Filter (explained on page 394).
Show/Hide Lanes
The view menu provides several commands for
showing and hiding automation lanes in the
Sequence Editor (“Displaying automation lanes”
on page 384). To activate these commands (make
them not grayed out), make the Sequence Editor
visible and active. Choose Show All Lanes with
Data to expose any automation lanes that contain
data of any kind. Choose Show/Hide Lanes to show
all lanes or hide any currently visible lanes.
Grid
The commands in the Grid sub-menu show and
hide various types of grid lines in the Sequence
Editor and graphic editors (see “Edit Window
guides” on page 82).