Cue: more work on the populating The Cue Grid subchapter

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 <h2>Adding tracks</h2>
 
+<p>
+       You can add tracks in the <dfn>Cue</dfn> window the usual way,
+       either by double-clicking on the free space in the canvas or
+       by choosing the <kbd class="menu">Track &lt; Add Track, Bus, or VCA</kbd>
+       menu item. The important part is to enable the
+       <kbd class="option">Show on Cue Page</kbd> checkbox in the newly
+       opened dialog.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+       Alternatively, you can drop an existing audio or MIDI file into
+       the empty part of the canvas to automatically create the cue track
+       and fill the first empty trigger slot with it. 
+</p>
+
 <h2>Loading clips to slots</h2>
 
 <p>Via right-click menu. FIXME</p>
@@ -12,8 +27,47 @@
 
 <h2>Setting Clip Properties</h2>
 
-<p>General settings. FIXME</p>
+<p>
+       The contents of this options box partially depends on the type of data
+       in the clip, audio or MIDI. The common settings are:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+       <li>
+               <dfn>Name</dfn>: the full name of the clip's file, usually visible in its
+               shortened form.
+       </li>
+       <li>
+               <dfn>Load</dfn>: this button allows loading a clip's file into
+               the selected trigger slot.
+       </li>
+       <li>
+               <dfn>Color</dfn>: here you can open a color chooser dialog to set
+               the color of the clip's title inside the trigger slot.
+       </li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+       The only audio-specific setting is <dfn>Gain (dB)</dfn> which adjusts
+       the output volume of a clip.
+</p>
 
-<p>Audio-specific settings. FIXME</p>
+<p>
+       For MIDI clips, there are several specific options:
+</p>
 
-<p>MIDI-specific settings. FIXME</p>
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+<ul>
+       <li>
+               <dfn>Velocity Adj</dfn>: this effectively adjusts the output volume
+               by increasing the velocity of MIDI notes.
+       </li>
+       <li>
+               <dfn>Send Patches</dfn>: this enables sending a control message
+               to load a particular patch. This is typically used for external
+               MIDI gear such a hardware synthesizers.
+       </li>
+       <li>
+               <dfn>MIDI Patches</dfn>: clicking this button will open a dialog
+               where you can select a patch to send when a MIDI clip is triggered.
+       </li>
+</ul>