Color coding a Track Name in PT 6.4

Dean Landon · 26th July 2004

Anyone know how color code a track name? I've checked the proper button in the Setup>Preferences>Display Tab to: Tracks and Midi devices. What I want to do is color code individual tracks, but I'm not able to.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Dean

ZEUSS · 26th July 2004

I hate to say it but its not possible. I wish it was myself.

Dean Landon · 26th July 2004

Yeah, that's what I thought, but I guess you can group the track whether it's a single or multiple, and that will give it a color.

Dean Landon · 26th July 2004

Not possible. Obviously you need more than 2 tracks to group. Well, that's a real bummer.

What does everyone here do to make it easy to look for a track, especially when you're mixing over 50 tracks?

Thx

Rail Jon Rogut · 26th July 2004

Control+click on the name in the Show/Hide list and it'll scroll into view or become the selected track... or use the Goto Track position feature which is new in 6.4

Rail

joeq · 26th July 2004

my pet peeve! I used to work in Digital Performer and got really accustomed to color coding things. Now with Pro Tools its just an ocean of grey tutt - I think it slows me down.

Sometimes I will make some extra tracks and make them inactive - they get a darker grey- and place them as "dividers". I helps me see where the drum tracks end and the backup vocals begin, for example.

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Dean Landon Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Toluca Lake, CA Posts: 1,263 Thread Starter	Color coding a Track Name in PT 6.4 Anyone know how color code a track name? I've checked the proper button in the Setup>Preferences>Display Tab to: Tracks and Midi devices. What I want to do is color code individual tracks, but I'm not able to. Any suggestions? Thanks Dean

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Rail Jon Rogut Gear addict Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 349	Control+click on the name in the Show/Hide list and it'll scroll into view or become the selected track... or use the Goto Track position feature which is new in 6.4 Rail __________________ Recording Engineer

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26th July 2004	#2
ZEUSS Gear addict Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 379	I hate to say it but its not possible. I wish it was myself.

26th July 2004	#6
joeq Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: New York Posts: 9,927	my pet peeve! I used to work in Digital Performer and got really accustomed to color coding things. Now with Pro Tools its just an ocean of grey tutt - I think it slows me down. Sometimes I will make some extra tracks and make them inactive - they get a darker grey- and place them as "dividers". I helps me see where the drum tracks end and the backup vocals begin, for example.