Keep track in view while scrolling

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Keep track in view while scrolling

Hey guys!

I haven't been able to find the correct way of describing what I'm looking to do, so my searches aren't leading to any useful info.

Anyway I'm trying to find a way to 'lock' a track so that it is ALWAYS visible in the arrange window, not to be confused with freezing or smpte locking. For instance, I have a dialogue or temp track that I reference very often, and it is a pain to have to keep scrolling all the way up to the top (where I keep it) and back to the track I'm working with (my sessions contain 48+ tracks so constantly scrolling up to the top to solo and/or mute the dlg or mx track becomes a major workflow killer).

So if there's a way to lock a track/region/row so that it's always there no matter where you scroll (much like locking a row/column in a spreadsheet/word processor) I have yet to find it...

Any insights or suggestions are MUCH appreciated-

Thanks!

Mac Pro (Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Apr 8, 2016 3:08 PM

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Answer 1

Indyuser

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Apr 8, 2016 4:41 PM in response to SaxyJazzyG

On suggestion might be to use the Hide Track feature to ensure the reference track stays visible as well as those tracks you are working with while the others are hidden... below the Piccolo track is the reference..... You can also use key commands to speed up the workflow.

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SaxyJazzyG Author

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Apr 8, 2016 4:56 PM in response to Indyuser

That's definitely a useful option!

Only thing is when I 'unhide' the rest of the tracks, it leaves me back up at the top of the session so I have to scroll back down and find the track I was working on. That's doesn't seem like a pain until I have a huge orchestral template I have to sift through.

Is there a way to change which tracks appear at the bottom of the inspector window? That could also help a bit.

Thanks!

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Indyuser

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Apr 8, 2016 6:17 PM in response to SaxyJazzyG

I assume you mean the main window ( arrange window in prev versions). You can drag track headers above or below any other tracks and the entire track will move with it. This is if you mean the re-ordering of tracks in the main window....

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SaxyJazzyG Author

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Apr 8, 2016 7:18 PM in response to Indyuser

It's in the main window, but to the left when you hit the inspector icon up at the top (the default command is 'i'). It won't let me post a screen grab but there should be 2 tracks at the bottom-

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