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The Project Browser (Cubase only)
Editing tracks
• Items with hierarchical substructures can be folded out by clicking the “+”
symbols or the “closed folder” symbols in the Project Structure list.
When the substructure of an item is revealed, a “-” symbol or an “open folder”
symbol is shown instead – click this to hide the substructure.
• To reveal or hide all substructures in the Project Structure list, use the buttons “(+)
All” and “(–) All” above the list.
• The actual editing is done in the event display, using regular value editing
techniques.
There is one exception: You can rename items in the Project Structure list by
clicking on a selected name and typing.
Customizing the view
You can drag the divider between the Project Structure list and the event display.
Furthermore, the event display can be customized in the following ways:
• You can change the order of the columns by dragging the column headings to the
left or right.
• You can resize columns by dragging the dividers between the column headings.
• To select a display format for all position and length values, use the Time Format
pop-up menu.
• You can sort events in the display by columns, by clicking the column heading.
For example, if you want to sort events by their start positions, click that column
heading. An arrow appears in the column heading, indicating that events are
sorted by that column. The direction of the arrow indicates whether the events are
sorted in ascending or descending order. To change the direction, click the
column heading again.
Importing files via the MediaBay
You can also import audio, video and MIDI files into the Project Browser via the
MediaBay using drag and drop.
Ö You can only import into existing tracks. This means, for example, that a video track
has to exist in the Project window prior to importing a video file in the Project Browser.
For more information about the MediaBay, see “The MediaBay” on page 393.
About the Sync Selection option
If the “Sync Selection” checkbox is activated (on the Project Browser toolbar),
selecting an event in the Project window automatically selects it in the Project
Browser, and vice versa. This makes it easy to locate events in the two windows.
Editing tracks
Editing audio tracks
Audio tracks can have two “subitems”: Track Data and Automation.
- The Automation item corresponds to the automation track in the Project window,
and contains the track’s automation events (see
“Editing automation tracks” on
page 635).
- The Track Data item corresponds to the actual audio track in the Project window.
It contains audio events and/or audio parts, which in turn can contain audio events.