Track View

The track view is the main interface for editing tracks, and contains one row for each track. The view is split vertically into two panes. The left pane contains the track grid, and the right pane contains the track mutes and track steps. The right pane can also be split horizontally to show the optional velocities pane, which lets you edit the step values graphically by dragging bars. To display the track view, use the View menu's Track command.

Quick help

• To alter the pattern of a track, left-click in its steps, which are shown as outlined rectangles. The steps area is to the right of the vertical splitter bar and track mutes, and looks similar to graph paper.
• To mute or unmute a track, left-click its mute button, which is the green or red rectangle immediately to the right of the vertical splitter bar. Red means the track is muted.
• To change the track's loop length, edit its Length.
• To change what MIDI channel the track outputs, edit its Channel.
• To change what MIDI note the track outputs, edit its Note.
• To change the track's time unit, edit its Quant. The default is 30 ticks, which is a sixteenth note at the default timebase of 120 ticks per quarter note.
• The track's Offset and Swing are in ticks; they can be positive or negative.
• Velocity is an offset that's added to the velocities of the track's notes; it can be positive or negative. It's also applied to controller tracks.
• Duration is also an offset. Negative values make the notes more staccato. Positive values make them more legato, in which case they may overlap.
• To select a track, left-click on its track number. Ctrl+left-click and Shift+left-click both do what you'd expect (select multiple tracks and select a range of tracks).
• You can copy/cut/paste/delete/insert tracks, using the standard editing commands, or reorder tracks via dragging.
• To edit a field, left-click it. When you're finished editing, press Enter or Tab, or left-click anywhere outside of the field. Pressing Tab or Shift-Tab iterates through the fields. You can also end an edit by pressing Ctrl+Up or Ctrl+Down, in which case the edit focus moves up or down a track. For details, see grid controls.
• To set the same value for multiple tracks, first select the tracks, and then edit the desired field in any one of the tracks; when you end the edit, the new value is applied to all the selected tracks.
• Columns can be resized or reordered via the column header. To reset the columns to their default width and order, right-click in the column header and select Reset in the context menu.

Panes

Certain windows may be horizontally or vertically split into panes, separated by a moveable border called a splitter bar. To resize a pane, drag the splitter bar that separates it from its neighbor, in other words left-click on the splitter bar, and while keeping the left mouse button pressed, move the split until the pane is the desired size. While the pointer is positioned over a splitter bar, the cursor changes to indicate that resizing is possible. The borders that separate docking windows from each other, and from the document area, behave similarly to splitter bars.