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Chapter 5: Multi-track DocumentsDisplay options for multi-track documentsGrouping viewsby trackTrack labelsCanary can arrange the views (waveform, spectrogram, and spectrum) in amulti-track window in two different ways. If you select Group track panes inthe Display Options dialog box (Options menu), Canary arranges all of theviews for a given track in adjacent panes (e.g., shown from top to bottom inthe window: SPK-1, SPG-1, WVF-1, SPK-2, SPG-2, WVF-2). If Group trackpanes is not selected (the default), all of the views of each type are arrangedtogether (e.g., SPK-1, SPK-2, SPG-1, SPG-2, WVF-1, WVF-2).Canary’s track/pane labels are useful for identifying the track numbers oftracks displayed on screen (Figure 5.4), especially when only some of thetracks in a document are being displayed. You can turn on track/pane labelsfrom the Display Options dialog box (Options menu). See Chapter 8 forfurther discussion of track/pane labels.Figure 5.4. Two-track waveform showing track/pane labels.Playing back multi-track soundsYou use the track palette’s selection buttons to select one or more tracks of amulti-track document for playback. No track selection is equivalent toselecting all tracks. If the Macintosh is equipped for stereo playback, andStereo Playback is selected in the Multi-track Options dialog, stereo tracks willbe played back via the Macintosh’s left and right sound output channels. If theMacintosh lacks stereo playback capability, or if Mono Playback is selected inthe Multi-track Options dialog, the selected tracks are mixed and playedtogether.82 Canary 1.2 User’s Manual