Using Take lanes

To expand/collapse a track’s Take lanes

Click a track’s Expand/collapse Take Lanes button .

Any existing clips are moved from the parent track to separate Take lanes.

Tip: To show/hide Take lanes in the current track, press SHIFT+T.

Figure 203. You can expand and collapse Take lanes on each track.

A. Take lanes expanded B. Take lanes collapsed

After Take lanes are expanded, you can move clips on top of each other without Cakewalk automatically creating new Take lanes.

Note 1: If you want to move a clip to the exact same time placement in an adjacent lane, hold the SHIFT key down while you drag.

Note 2: If the Track view Options > Auto Crossfade option is enabled, Cakewalk adds a crossfade between any newly overlapped clips that are on the same Take lane.

Take lanes and Automation lanes can be displayed simultaneously. Take lanes are always displayed immediately below the parent track, and Automation lanes are displayed below the Take lanes.

The Expand/collapse Take Lanes button has three states:

Collapsed, with no existing lanes. The button is not highlighted .

Collapsed, with at least one existing lane. The button has a soft blue glow .

Expanded. The button is solid blue .

To insert a new Take lane

1.	Click a track’s Expand/collapse Take Lanes button.

2.	Click the Add Take Lane button in an existing Take lane.

A new lane is created below the clicked lane. New Take lanes are automatically named T1, T2, T3, etc.

To remove a lane

Click the lane’s Delete Take Lane button . The lane is removed, and any existing clips are deleted.

To remove all empty Take lanes in a track

1.	Click a track’s Expand/collapse Take Lanes button.

2.	Right-click the Comp clip (see Comp clips) and select Remove Empty Take Lanes on the pop-up menu.

To reorder lanes

Click any empty space in a lane and drag the lane up or down to the desired location.

To resize lanes

Move the mouse pointer over the gap below a lane until the cursor looks like this , then drag up or down to resize the lane to your liking.

When you resize a lane, all other Take lanes and Automation lanes in the same track automatically inherit the same height.

Figure 204. Drag the splitter bar up/down to resize lanes.

To maximize/restore lanes

Double-click the empty strip background in the lane you want to maximize/restore.

A. Double-click empty lane background to maximize/restore the lane 

To mute or unmute a Take lane

Click the Take lane’s Mute button .

To solo or unsolo a Take lane

Click the Take lane’s Solo button .

You can only solo one Take lane at a time.

Note: When a Take lane is soloed, and clip mutes (partial clip mute) are ignored.

To arm a Take lane for recording

Click the Take lane’s Arm for Recording button .

You can only arm one Take lane at a time.

Note: If a track’s Take lanes are expanded while recording into the parent track, the recorded data will be moved to a new Take lane after recording is stopped.

To loop record multiple takes into separate Take lanes

1.	Go to Edit > Preferences > Project - Record, or right-click the Record button to access recording settings.

2.	Under the Recording Mode options, choose Sound on Sound.

3.	Under Loop Recording, choose Store Takes in a Single Track, and click OK.

4.	Click the target track’s Expand/collapse Take Lanes button so Take lanes are visible.

5.	Click the parent track’s Arm for Recording button. Note: It is important that you arm the parent track, not an existing Take lane.

6.	Set your loop boundaries and start recording multiple passes through the looped area. Note: When loop recording in Sound on Sound mode, you will not be able to hear the prior loop passes until you stop recording. This is because takes are only committed after recording is stopped.

7.	Stop recording.

To select a lane

Click the top left corner of the Take lane.

To select all Take lanes in a track, do one of the following:

Double-click the top left corner in any Take lane.

Click the parent track’s track number.

To edit clip automation in a Take lane

1.	Click a track’s Expand/collapse Take lanes button .

2.	Click the Take lane’s Edit Filter, point to Clip Automation, and select the desired clip automation parameter. Created envelopes are displayed in bold text at the top of the menu.

3.	Use the global tools to edit automation envelopes. For details see Tools.

See:

Clip muting and isolating (clip soloing)

 

See:

Take lanes

Take lane controls

 

See also:

Clip muting and isolating (clip soloing)

Comping