Question about Lanes

[delmariel]

Hi All!

Is there a quick way of selecting particular lanes in set of tracks?

ie - I have a recording with 32 tracks, each of which has three record passes. I want to listen to Lane 1 in all tracks, then Lane 2 in all tracks, etc… Without having to go through 32 tracks and selecting the particular lane I want to hear individually.

Thanks!

-Ro

[glennloopez]

I do not understand how Cubase would understand how this would be a natural workflow. I am just putting in a reply just in case this is possible. I would like to know if it is actually possible

[raino]

@delmariel

I want to listen to Lane 1 in all tracks, then Lane 2 in all tracks, etc… Without having to go through 32 tracks and selecting the particular lane I want to hear individually.

The way Lanes work you are never really Selecting the Lane, rather you Select Audio Events on the Lanes. The main purpose of Lanes is to facilitate Comping a performance from multiple takes.

The mechanism in Cubase to do what you want is Track Versions. You can use the Version ID Numbers so that all the different Tracks switch to a different Version at the same time. So all the Tracks will switch for example from Take 1 to Take 3. Or you could set it so each Track can switch independently - or even a mix of both.

[parnasso]

Put all your tracks in a folder track and activate group editing. Now if you select one take on one track, all the corresponding takes on the other tracks will be selected as well (use the comp tool for this, because this way the other takes will be muted automatically). With group editing activated also every other editing step will be synchronized on all lanes e.g. cut, resize, move etc. But it only works if all the corresponding takes have the same exact start and length (that is if they have been recorded together).

[Carvin_Man]

Beware that Cubase has a BUG when splitting with the Comp Tool across a multitrack session.
I have tried to tell Steinberg of these issues for over a decade… but have given up

More on this topic in these posts, where I talk about my now established “workarounds” when doing multitrack recordings, especially on drums:

Fix Cubase's unusable Comp System with a few easy check boxes

I have been at it for sooo lon. Probably a decade… I have given up though. Even though I have given them a report (several times) on how to get aroud it. In the hopes that they would really look into it. Anyway, here is a workaround… I have no time for a long explaination now, but the trick is: To NOT use the Comp Tool to split the files (within the open lanes)… If you use the good old Scissors Tool (or Alt + left click) to split the files, and then select your bits (with the Comp Tool)… All t…

Group editing fails when editing lanes

I have posted about this before on older CB versions. I still think this is a major slowdown when working with various takes in a folder track. When recording for instance a drum kit with 12 tracks (but also a e guitar with 3 microphones and a di or a string section with 10 tracks) I do a couple of takes which will create lanes on the tracks in a folder track. I want to be able to quickly make an comp of the various takes with the lane edit function. I open up one o f the tracks lanes en perfor…

Comp tool - Lanes

I know this has been discussed before but I was wondering if anyone had any good work arounds or methods to get it to work. When group edit is enabled on a folder and you want to comp takes with the comp tool, ALL the lanes that you want to be included in the comp need to be visible on every track. With a 18 channel drum take it makes it an absolute visual nightmare and you can do a lot of editing to find out you’ve then forgotten to include a track in the comp. If anyone has any good advice a…

Hope this not only help, but bring this awful BUG to Steinberg’s attention… again