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The Project window
The track list
About parts and events
The tracks in the Project window contain parts and/or events. Events are the basic
building blocks in Cubase. Different event types are handled differently in the Project
window:
- Video events and automation events (curve points) are always viewed and
rearranged directly in the Project window.
- MIDI events can always be found in MIDI parts, which are containers for one or
more MIDI events. MIDI parts are rearranged and manipulated in the Project
window. To edit the individual MIDI events in a part, you have to open the part in a
MIDI editor (see
“The MIDI editors” on page 481).
- Audio events can be displayed and edited directly in the Project window, but you
can also work with audio parts containing several events. This is useful if you have
a number of events which you want to treat as one unit in the project. Audio parts
also contain information about the time position in the project.
An audio
event and an
audio part
Getting on-the-fly info with the Object Selection tool
If the “Object Selection tool: Show Extra Info” option is activated in the Preferences
dialog (Editing–Tools page), a tooltip will be shown for the Object Selection tool,
displaying information depending on where you point it. For example, in the Project
window event display, the tool will show the current pointer position and the name of
the track and event you are pointing at.
The track list
The track list displays all the tracks used in a project. It contains name fields and
settings for the tracks. Different track types have different controls in the track list. To
see all available controls, you may have to resize the track in the track list (see
“Resizing tracks” on page 88).
The track list showing a MIDI track, an audio track with an automation track, and a VST instru-
ment track
• Using the Track Controls Settings dialog you can decide which controls are visible
for each track type, see
“Customizing track controls” on page 702.