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Chapter 3 Arrange Window 167
Arrange Window Techniques
If necessary, you should reread the “Using the Mouse” section on page 13, the
“Selection Techniques” section on page 36, and the “Edit Operations” section on
page 34.
These sections, and the techniques covered in the MIDI Regions section (see “MIDI
Regions” on page 128), will teach you how to perform most Arrange window
operations.
This section describes functions that
• only affect a particular part of the song, determined by the Locator positions, or
• cause an interraction between objects and Locator positions.
Adding or Removing Passages
The Region > Cut/Insert Time functions allow you to remove a passage from a complete
arrangement. All bar changes, tempo changes and global score symbols are shifted
accordingly. You can also insert a gap within your arrangement. As with cutting time,
all tempo changes and so on are moved accordingly. You can also cut and paste a
section of your song from one location to another.
You can change just a few selected objects as well. In this situation, you need to tell
Logic whether any bar changes, tempo changes and global score symbols should also
be shifted. A dialog box will ask whether or not you also want to move Tempo Changes
and Global Score Symbols.
Press Enter if you don’t want to move tempo changes and global score symbols.
The abovementioned global edit is then performed on all objects, if selected. These
functions are otherwise restricted to tracks that contain selected objects (at least those
that fall between the locator points).
Inserting a Gap across All Tracks
Region > Cut/Insert Time > Insert Time and Move by Locators—The selected objects are
cut at the left locator. All objects to the right of the left locator are moved to the right
by the cycle length. This creates a gap between the locators. Objects which began at
the left locator now begin at the right locator.
Removing a Section
Region > Cut/Insert Time > Snip: Cut Time and Move by Locators—The selected objects
are cut at the left and right locators. The objects created between the locators are
deleted (in fact, they’re copied to the Clipboard and erased from the song, as with Cut)
and all objects to the right of the right locator are moved to the left by the length of
the cycle zone. All objects which began at the right locator now begin at the left
locator, and the section between the locators is removed from the arrangement.