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The Project window
Region operations
Regions are sections within a clip, with various uses.
While regions are perhaps best created and edited in the
Sample Editor (see “Working with regions” on page 228),
the following region functions are available in the Advan-
ced submenu of the Audio menu:
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-
ing other folder tracks.
Handling folder tracks
• Creating a folder track
Select “Add Track” from the Project menu and select “Folder” from the
submenu that appears, or right-click in the Track list and select “Add
Folder Track” from the context menu to create a folder track.
• Moving tracks into a folder
In the Track list, click on a track that you want to move into a folder and
drag it onto a folder track. A green arrow pointing to a folder appears
when you drag the track onto the folder track in the list. The track is placed
in the folder track, and all parts and events on the track will be represented
by a corresponding folder part (see below). You can also create sub-fold-
ers by moving one folder track into another. For example, you could have a
folder containing all the vocals in a project, and each vocal part could have
a folder containing all the takes for easier handling etc.
• Removing tracks from a folder
Drag a track out of the folder and release it in the Track list to remove it
from the folder.
• Hiding/showing tracks in a folder
Click on the “Expand/Collapse Folder” button (the folder icon) to hide or
show the tracks located in a folder or use the corresponding options in
the Track Folding submenu of the Project menu (see “Track folding” on
page 39). Hidden tracks are played back as usual.
• Muting and soloing folder tracks
Click the Mute or Solo button on the folder track to mute or solo all
tracks in the folder as one unit.
Working with folder parts
A folder part is a graphic representation of events and
parts on the tracks in the folder. Folder parts indicate the
position and length of the events and parts, as well as on
which track they are (their vertical position). If part colors
are used, these are also shown in the folder part.
Any Project window editing you perform to a folder part
affects all the events and parts it contains. You can select
several folder parts if you like – this allows you to handle
and edit them together. The editing you can perform in-
cludes:
• Moving a folder part. This will move its contained events and
parts (possibly resulting in other folder parts, depending on
how the parts overlap).
• Using cut, copy and paste.
• Deleting a folder part. This will delete its contained events and
parts.
• Splitting a folder part with the Scissors tool.
• Gluing folder parts together with the Glue tube tool. This will
only work if the adjacent folder parts contain events or parts
on the same track.
• Resizing a folder part resizes the contained events and parts
according to the selected resizing method, see “Resizing
events” on page 46.
Function Description
Event or
Range as
Region
This function is available when one or several audio
events or selection ranges are selected. It creates a re-
gion in the corresponding clip, with the start and end po-
sition of the region determined by the start and end
position of the event or selection range within the clip.
Events from
Regions
This function is available if you have selected an audio
event whose clip contains regions within the boundaries
of the event. The function will remove the original event
and replace it with event(s) positioned and sized accord-
ing to the Region(s).
A folder track
Tracks in the folder