CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO - Working with Multiple Tracks in the Piano Roll View

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Editing Events
Working with Multiple Tracks in the Piano Roll
View
The following is a list of ways to optimize the multiple track
functionality in the Piano Roll view.
Selecting Tracks
Use the Pick Tracks combo button to assign tracks to the Layers pane.
Click on the left side of the Pick Tracks combo button to open the Pick
Tracks dialog box. Click on a track to select it. Hold down the Ctrl key to
select additional tracks. Click on the right side of the Pick Tracks combo
button to show the Down/Up pop-up menu. Selecting Down moves the
track or range of tracks down by one. Selecting Up moves the track or
range of tracks up by one. For example, if you have tracks 2, 3 and 7
displayed in the Layers pane and you select Down, the Layers pane
displays tracks 1, 2, and 6.
Display
If two tracks share overlapping notes, the notes of the topmost track in
the Track List pane appear in the Notes pane. You can move a track up
or down by clicking and holding on the track in the Layers pane and
moving the track to the desired position.
All tracks ending in the same digit (2, 12, 22, etc.) share the same color.
The default colors can be changed using Options-Colors.
The Mask Selection button
The Mask Selection button sets whether or not you can edit the notes of
a track in the Piano Roll view. When the button appears white, editing is
enabled and the track appears in color. When the button appears gray,
editing is disabled and the track appears in gray. Note that the Mask
Selection button only disables the Piano Roll view tools; other editing
commands are still operational.
The Show/Hide Track Colors button
The Show/Hide Track Colors button controls whether or not a track
appears in the Notes pane. The button appears in color when toggled on,
white when off.
To Scrub the Song...
1. Click or press B to select the Scrub tool.
2. Press and hold the left mouse button in the Piano Roll view. Pro
Audio displays a vertical line and plays any notes that are
underneath the line.
3. Drag the line to the left or right, at any desired speed.