Using the Paste command

1.Place the cursor at the desired position on the timeline.

2.Paste the clipboard contents using any of the following methods:

•Click the Paste button ( ) on the toolbar.

•Choose Paste from the Edit menu.

•Right-click the track view and choose Paste from the shortcut menu.

•Press Ctrl+V.

Using Paste Repeat

When building projects, you often need to paste the contents of the clipboard several times. Rather than repeatedly pasting and moving the content, the Paste Repeat command allows you to specify the number of times and at what interval the clipboard’s contents are pasted on the track view. This is a useful way of quickly building a project that uses a repetitive riff or structure. For example, you can build the backing tracks for a twelve-bar blues, copy them, and use Paste Repeat to paste several copies of it in the project.

1.Click the Time Selection Tool button ( ).

2.Drag the mouse in the track view to create a time selection spanning several events and copy it to the clipboard.

3.Click the Go To End button ( ) on the transport bar or press Ctrl+End to send the cursor to the end of the project.

4.From the Edit menu, choose Paste Repeat or press Ctrl+B. The Paste Repeat dialog appears.

5.Enter a number in the Number of times to paste box.

6.Select the End to end radio button and click OK. The events are pasted end to end the number of times specified in step five, starting at the cursor position.

Using Paste Insert

To insert the contents of the ACID clipboard at the current cursor position and force existing events to move in time to accommodate the pasted events, choose Paste Insert from the Edit menu.

If the cursor is in the middle of an event, the event splits at the cursor position where the new events are pasted. For more information, see Splitting events on page 58.

Pasting events at the play cursor

You can also paste the contents of the clipboard at the cursor during playback. You can use this feature to create rhythms on one-shot tracks while listening to the track you’re editing in the context of the rest of your project. When you’re done creating events, you can use the Render to New Track command (on the Edit menu) to save the rhythm to a new track, or you can copy and paste your new events across the timeline.

1.Create a time selection in the portion of the project you want to edit.

2.Select the Loop Playback button ( ).

3.Copy the one-shot you want to use.

4.Click the Play button ( ) to start playback.

5.Press Shift+Y to paste at the play cursor (during playback, the edit cursor remains fixed, and the play cursor follows playback). If snapping is enabled, events are pasted at the next snap point. You can use snapping to quantize your events.

6.Repeat step 5 as needed.

7.Click the Stop button ( ) when you’re finished creating events.

8.Edit event positions as necessary.

Tip: If you're using this feature to tap rhythms with one-shot tracks, try applying a groove to adjust the timing of your rhythm. For more information, see Working with grooves on page 123.

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