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Zooming in/out of tracks in the event display
You can change the zoom level in the tracks in the event display to make notes appear larger/
smaller. This does not affect the height of tracks.
PROCEDURE
Change the zoom in any of the following ways:
To make notes appear wider, press Ctrl/Cmd-= or Z .
To make notes appear narrower, press Ctrl/Cmd-- or X .
To make notes appear taller, Shift -click and drag upwards on the piano keyboard on the
left.
To make notes appear shorter, Shift -click and drag downwards on the piano keyboard
on the left.
To make notes appear wider and taller, spread two ngers outwards on a touchpad.
To make notes appear narrower and shorter, pinch two ngers together on a touchpad.
To make notes appear wider, click and drag downwards in the ruler.
To make notes appear narrower, click and drag upwards in the ruler.
RELATED LINKS
Changing the height of tracks on page 410
Tracks
Tracks are rows in the event display that represent time horizontally from left to right. They allow
you to control multiple musical elements in a project simultaneously but independently of each
other.
The term was established when audio mixing was done on tapes, and multitracking allowed
separate elements of the music to be recorded and edited independently of each other before
being combined into the nal piece of music.
In modern programs, such as Cubase, tracks can contain many types of sounds, including audio
recordings and software instruments. Tracks containing audio recordings often display the
waveform of the audio, while tracks containing software instruments often display the pitches as
rectangular note events positioned horizontally in time and vertically in pitch on a piano roll.
Dorico SE provides the following types of tracks in the event display in Play mode:
Instrument tracks
Display the notes belonging to the instrument in a piano roll editor or drum editor,
depending on the type of instrument. Each instrument in the project has its own
instrument track, including when a single player holds multiple instruments.
Each instrument track also has its own dynamics lane, velocity lane, automation lane,
and playing techniques lane.
Time track
Displays tempo changes in the ow, including tempo marks input in Write mode as
well as tempo changes input in the Time track.
Chords track
Displays any chord symbols in the ow.
Markers track
Displays any markers in the ow, including their text.
Play mode
Tracks
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