HD24/96 Technical Reference

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A region in the Region List can be renamed by double clicking on its name field and typing the new name. This does not automatically change the name of that region in the Playlist (the track area), however, when a renamed region is dragged from the Region List on to a track, it will carry the new name.

Hint: If you want to give a region both on the Region List and in the track area the same name, you can use the keyboard Copy (Ctrl-C) and Paste (Ctrl-V) commands to carry the new name (on the clipboard) from the Region List to the Name field in the Region Editor.

Enter a new name in the Region List, and with it highlighted, press Ctrl-C to copy it to the clipboard.

Double click on the region in the track area to bring up the Region Editor. Double click on the Name field in the Region Editor to highlight it.

Paste the name from the clipboard to the Region Editor by pressing Ctrl-V

NOTE: Edit functions such as copying and pasting, or drag-copying regions will create new regions within the track area but those do not get placed on the region list since they are already there as part of other regions.

Region Views

Regions caught in the act of being recorded are drawn as red rectangles, but are shortly transformed into either the waveform display or solid filled rectangular blocks after recording has ceased (see Waveform views). The various visual shades of unselected, selected, locked, and cross-faded regions will become apparent to you after working within the track area for a few minutes or a day.

Locked regions change to a dark gray background and must be unlocked using the Region editing tools before they can moved or edited.

Region Names

Regions are automatically named upon creation using their original track name. You can rename both a region and a track, but renaming a track after a region has been created does not automatically change the region’s name to the new track name. The link between track and region names exists only when the region is originally created. Because of this, it's usually good practice to name your tracks before you begin recording if you want to be able to identify regions easily for editing purposes. If you have a standard track layout, for instance, you’re recording several sessions with the same band, you can save your track names as a Template using the

Files Save As New Template

command.

Double-clicking on a region with the Hand tool pops up the Region Editor dialog box, where you can rename the region. Note, however, that when renaming a region, its original on the Region list does not automatically get updated. Don’t get confused.

Capture Region

The Capture Region command creates a new audio file (and therefore a new Region) from a portion of an existing Region. Use the I-Beam tool to select an area of a region for capture, then select Capture Region. You will be prompted to enter a name for the captured region. When capture is complete, the selected area will appear on the Region List and can be dragged into the current project, or imported into another project.