Layers Panel

layers panel

Manage layers. The layer size at the top (Standard Size or Compact Size) controls the layout of the panel.

The mute Mute buttons and solo Solo buttons allows you to mute or solo specific layers.

[Note] Note

When a layer is muted, it becomes invisible in the waveform and spectral display. When a layer is soloed, non-soloed layers becomes invisibles in the waveform and spectral display.

[Tip] Tip

You can mute or solo a single layer regardless of all other layers state by pressing Ctrl (Windows) Cmd (macOS) while clicking the Mute or Solo button. To clear mute and solo states on all layers, click the Mute and Solo buttons at the bottom of the panel.

The polarity Polarity buttons invert the polarity of the audio content. When two layers share identical content, but are opposed in polarity, this shared contents gets cancelled in the final mix.

The envelope Envelope buttons creates a volume envelope that can be edited in the waveform display. Deactivating this button disable the envelope, by does not destroy it. It can be enabled again by clicking on the button again.

[Note] Note

You can edit the envelope for a specific channel by selecting that specific channel in the Channels Panel first.

The Volume sliders let you adjust precisely the volume of each layer.

Selected layers are highlighted in white. When a layers is selected, you can perform edits on it. When multiple layers are selected, you can performs grouped actions such as group, merge, delete, export…​ See Layers Management and Importing and Exporting Layers.

You can rearrange layers by drag and dropping them within the Layers Panel.

layerscomposite Composite Layers View: (shortcut: C) When activated, all layers are summed into a single color-mapped view. The Composite Layers View Color Mapping selector exposes different color maps that can be chosen from.

layersselected Selected Layers View: (shortcut: S) When activated, only the selected layers are rendered in full colors, while unselected layers are dimmed. The Selected Layers View Color Dimming slider defines how much dimming is applied (from full color, to gray, to black).

[Note] Note

You can switch between Composite Layers View and Selected Layers View using the mouse wheel over the icon, or by pressing C and S.

You can create new layers by clicking the newlayer New Layer button. This is equivalent to clicking Layer › New Layer or pressing Ctrl+Shift+N (Windows) Cmd+Shift+N (macOS).

You can create new groups by clicking the newgroup New Group button. This is equivalent to clicking Layer › New Group. Groups can contain multiple layers. To add existing layers to a group, you can drag layers inside that group. When a group is closed, instead of displaying each layer individually within that group SpectraLayers Pro will show the mix of all its layer with the color of that group.

You can delete selected layers or groups by clicking the trash Delete Layer or Delete Group button.

[Note] Note

You can’t delete an external layer or group, such as layers or groups created by an external host DAW when SpectraLayers Pro is used in ARA mode.