Is there a way to select different colors for the layers in a single track?
I’m learning how to create a composite (“comp”) vocal track from several takes. I’m using the layer-based method advocated by the instructor of a course I’m taking. I’ve got the basics down, I think:
- Use the range tool to select a major phrase across all takes and hit “s” to separate
- Audition the phrase from each take individually by selecting it and then using the “a” key, which I have set as follows:
<Binding key="a" action="RegionList/rlAudition"/> - RMB on the best take and use the Choose Top …
I have four takes of my “practice” vocal and once I get this procedure down there will likely be more. When I’m done with the comp track, it will have regions from all the different takes. I’d like to be able to see the composition of the comp track by color. This would require the ability to assign a unique color to a layer and have that color stick to regions of that layer that are promoted to the top.
The only way I can see to identify which region came from which layer is to individually select the regions one-by-one and watch the region names change in the right-hand navigator.
This is what the teacher’s comp track looks like, as an example (it’s a different DAW, of course):
Might it be possible to query the layers in a track in a Lua script and set them to unique colors, and to have these colors follow the regions from the layers as they are promoted to the top?