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Working with projects
The Event Display–Audio page contains settings for audio 
events:
The Event Display–MIDI page contains settings for MIDI 
parts:
Handling tracks
To add a track to the project, open the “Add Track” sub-
menu from the Project menu and select a track type. The 
new track is added below the currently selected track in 
the track list.
•The items on the “Add Track” submenu are also avail-
able on the context menu.
This is accessed by right-clicking the track list.
•If you select the...

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•To select a track, click on it in the track list.
A selected track is indicated by a light gray color in the track list.
•To select several tracks press [Ctrl]/[Command] and 
click on them. [Shift]-click to select a continuous range of 
tracks.
•To move a track, click and drag it up or down in the list.
•To duplicate a track, complete with all contents and 
channel settings, right-click the track list and select “Du
-
plicate tracks” from the context menu, or select “Duplicate...

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In the Preferences dialog (Editing–Project & Mixer page), 
you can find the following option affecting the track folding 
behavior:
•Deep Track Folding
When this is activated, any folding settings you make in the Track Fold-
ing submenu of the Project menu also affect the subelements of the 
tracks, i.
 e. if you fold in a folder track which contains 10 audio tracks 5 of 
which have several automation tracks open, all these audio tracks within 
the folder track will be folded in...

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Whether to use musical or linear time base depends on the 
type of project and recording situation. You can always 
change this setting individually for each track, by clicking 
the musical/linear time base button in the Inspector or track 
list. Musical time base is indicated by a note symbol, while 
linear time base is indicated by a clock symbol.
For more information about tempo changes, see the chap-
ter “Editing tempo and signature” on page 452.
Adding events to a track...

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The Preferences dialog (Editing–Audio page) contains a 
setting that lets you decide which options to use. Select 
one of the following options on the “On Import Audio 
Files” pop-up menu:
•Open Options Dialog
An Options dialog opens when you import, allowing you to select whether 
you want to copy the files to the Audio folder and/or convert them to the 
project settings. Please note the following:
 
– When importing a single file of a format other than the project settings,...

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•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. An 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 subfold
-ers by moving one folder track into another. For example, you could have 
a...

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Auditioning audio parts and events
Audio parts and events can be auditioned in the Project 
window with the Play tool:
1.Select the Play tool.
2.Click where you want playback to start, and keep the 
mouse button pressed.
Only the track on which you click is played back, starting at the click posi-
tion. 
3.Release the mouse button to stop playback.
Scrubbing audio
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio 
part or event by playing back, forwards or backwards, at...

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•Select all events on a track by right-clicking on it in the 
track list and selecting “Select All Events” from the con
-
text menu.
•It is also possible to select ranges, regardless of the 
event and track boundaries.
This is done using the Range Selection tool (see “Range editing” on 
page 77).
•Use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to select 
the closest event to the left, right, above, or below.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be...

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Moving events
To move events in the Project window, use the following 
methods:
•Click and drag to a new position.
All selected events are moved, maintaining their relative positions. You 
can only drag events to tracks of the same type. If Snap is activated, this 
determines to which positions you can move the events (see 
“The Snap 
function” on page 48). 
Note also that you can restrict movement to be either horizontal or verti-cal only, by holding down [Ctrl]/[Command] while...

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To align audio events or parts to selected parts or events, 
proceed as follows:
1.Select an event or part of any type on any track.
This will be taken as a reference for aligning.
2.Point on the audio event or part you want to move, 
press one of the modifiers listed in the table below and 
click.
The mouse pointer will change its shape and the audio event or part will 
be aligned to the selected part or event.
To align audio events or parts to selection ranges, pro-
ceed as...
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