18—Editing Tracks

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Copying Data by Dragging with Your Mouse

1. Set the PHRASE•REGION•AUTOMIX button as desired.
2. Select the desired phrase(s) or region(s).
The FROM point is automatically placed at the front of the earliest data you
select. Reset the FROM point to another location if you want to.
3. Move your mouse cursor over the desired data. The cursor changes to an
opened hand to show that you can grab the data.
4. Click on the desired data and hold the mouse button down—the cursor
changes to a closed hand to show the data is ready to be dragged.
The TO point is automatically reset to the current position of the FROM
point—you’ll be setting a new TO location as you drag.
5. Hold down SHIFT—a plus sign appears in the closed-hand cursor icon.
6. While continuing to hold SHIFT, drag the data to the desired location.
You see the TO flag move as you drag, as well as a light gray copy of the data to
show you where you’re dragging it. Watch the closed hand for the appearance of
any desired position cursors described below.
7. Release the mouse button and then release SHIFT.
8. If edit messages—see “Edit Messages” on Page 240—are:
•

turned off

—the data is moved to the new location, and you’re done.
•

turned on

—you can set the operation’s parameters as desired and press ENTER/
YES to proceed, or EXIT/NO to cancel the operation.

Snapping to Grid

When you’ve set up a tempo map (Page 312) for your project, you can turn on the Home
screen’s Track Edit Grid feature.
When the grid is active, the front edge of a phrase or region you’re dragging “snaps” to
the nearest gridline as you drag. You can have a gridline for every measure or beat. To
place the audio at the gridline, release the mouse button after the snap. If you’re
dragging a group of phrase or regions, the first one you select snaps to the grid, and the
others retain their positions relative to that first phrase or region.

To turn on the Track Edit Grid feature:

1. Right-click on the Home screen’s playlist.
2. Select GRID from the Edit Pop-Up menu——the Grid Options window opens.
3. Select the desired grid setting. You can select:
•

Off

—so that the grid is turned off.
•

Measure

—so that there’s a gridline for every measure in the
project.
•

Beat

—so that there’s a gridline for every beat in the project.
4. If you select Measure or Beat, the grid appears immediately in the playlist.
If you can’t see the grid, hold down SHIFT and press

or

to zoom in or out until the
gridlines appear.
This illustration shows
measure gridlines.
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