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Mini-Lanes and the Pinned Master Track

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MINI-LANES AND THE PINNED MASTER TRACK

Mini-lanes are non-scrolling lanes pinned above the track area. They hold project-wide information you want to keep in view — song structure, lyrics, and tempo — no matter how far down the track list you scroll.

THE THREE MINI-LANES

  • Arranger (teal) — song sections. See Arranger Track and Song Sections.

  • Lyrics (purple) — timestamped lyric blocks. See Lyric Track and Karaoke View.

  • Tempo (amber) — the project tempo envelope, with a configurable min/max BPM display range that expands automatically when a tempo point lands outside it. The range is saved with your project.

Show or hide each lane from the View menu or the + Add Track button menu. The Arranger and Lyrics lane headers also have compact square toggles that light up when their panel is open.

WORKING WITH MINI-LANES

  • Resize a lane's height by dragging the resize bar at the bottom of its header. Lane visibility and heights are saved with the project.

  • Recolor a lane by clicking the color strip on the left edge of its header — any color you like, via the custom color picker.

  • Mini-lane contents participate in normal editing: the selection rectangle, Select All, loop/punch region shading, right-click selection, and cross-lane Ctrl+click selection all include arranger sections and lyric blocks.

PIN MASTER TRACK TO TOP

The master track can be pinned so it stays visible while you scroll the track list — handy for keeping an eye on master automation, the lyric lane, or master metering. Enable Pin Master Track To Top from the View menu or the master track header's right-click menu.

You can choose which mini-lanes (and the pinned master track) appear in new projects by default in the New Project Defaults dialog — see Preferences.