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Working with tracks and lanes
Organizing tracks in folder tracks
Double-clicking a folder part opens the editors for the corresponding track classes
present in the folder. The following applies:
• All MIDI parts located on the tracks within the folder are displayed as if they were
on the same track, just like when opening the Key Editor with several MIDI parts
selected.
To be able to easily discern the different tracks in the editor, give each track a
different color in the Project window and use the “Part Colors” option in the editor
(see
“Coloring notes and events” on page 490).
• If the folder contains tracks with audio events and/or audio parts, the Sample
and/or Audio Part Editors are opened with each audio event and audio part in a
separate window.
About Group Editing (Cubase only)
The Group Editing mode for folders allows you to quickly group events and parts
across multiple tracks without having to select all the events or parts. This is useful for
multi-track recordings of drum sets, where you often want to edit the different drum
tracks (bass drum, snare, toms, etc.) together. Edit groups are also useful if you want
to quantize multiple tracks.
You activate the Group Editing mode by clicking the Group Editing button (the “=”
sign) for a folder in the track list.
If the Group Editing mode is activated and you select an event, a part or a range on a
track inside the folder track, other events, parts or ranges that have the same start and
end time and the same playback priority, are also selected and temporarily grouped.
Temporarily means that on every new selection with the Object Selection or the
Range Selection tool, Cubase looks for corresponding events or parts inside the
folder and groups them. If you edit the start or end point of a single event or part
before activating the “=” button for group editing, will cause this event or part to be
excluded from the group.
Edit actions in Group Editing mode affect all grouped events, parts or ranges. If you
select another take by using the small “To Front” arrow at the right side of one event of
an Edit Group e.g., all other tracks inside the Edit Group also switch to the
corresponding take. This is very useful for comparing takes of a multi-track recording.
Ö The Group Editing setting overwrites any regular group settings in the edit group. For
further information, see
“Grouping events” on page 78.