Color Coding for Tracks, Clips, Markers, and Groups

For more information, see the following topics:

Display Page Preferences for Color Coding

Always Display Marker Colors

MIDI Note Color Shows Velocity

Default Track Color Coding

Default Clip Color Coding

Color Palette

Using the Hold Button

Applying Track Color Coding to Channel Strips

Separate colors can be assigned to audio and MIDI clips, tracks, markers, and groups. Clips shown in Waveform and Block Views in the Edit window are drawn in color. Tracks shown in the Track List, Group List, and Mix and Edit windows have associated color bars.

Color Bars

Color coding at the track level is displayed using color bars, as follows:

Mix Window

Track colors are displayed in horizontal color bars that appear above each channel strip, and below the track name.

Edit Window

Track colors are displayed in vertical color bars that appear to the left of each track.

Track List

Track colors are displayed in vertical color bars that appear to the left of each track name.

Group List

Track colors are displayed in vertical color bars that appear to the left of each Group Name.

Default colors are automatically assigned to tracks, but you can override those colors by choosing from a color palette of 96 possible colors. For more information, see Color Palette.