Play some MIDI notes after 1 bar of metronome Resize all tracks vertically to fit in window: F: Resize and zoom tracks to see entire project: SHIFT+F: Show and fit selection: CTRL+ALT+H: Fit content: CTRL+F: Manage track visibility: H: Show only selected tracks: CTRL+SHIFT+H: Hide selected tracks: CTRL+H: Show all tracks: SHIFT+H: Open/Close current Track Folder: ALT+SHIFT+H: Expand. While I'm recording, I notice that the play marker stop moving at exactly '00:00:00:07' every time, and every single note I've played while recording is bunched up there, at that spot in the timeline, with a length of 1 tick. To add a 'Master Bus' to a project that does not have one already setup: Create a bus. Honestly, I have not made any changes to the Preferences, other than ensuring that my MIDI device is enabled to play the notes I'm trying to record. Right-click the bus header in the track view and select 'Set as Default Bus' and optionally rename the bus. any new audio/instrument tracks will automatically point to this bus. Learn how to master your tracks on BandLab in under two and a half minutes.

I know it's something stupid, but for the life of me, after watching a number of 'beginner videos', I just can NOT determine what is happening here.

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