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Add or remove gaps in an arrangement
Sometimes you may want to remove an entire passage from a project—for example, you may
want to remove the regions of all tracks between bars 17 and 20, so that all regions (and bar
changes, tempo changes, and global score symbols) from bar 21 on are moved four bars to the
left, closing the gap left by removing the four bars.
Alternatively, you may want to insert some empty bars in the middle of a project, to create space
for another chorus, verse, or bridge, for example. As with the previous example, all existing tempo
changes and so on are moved accordingly (to the right by the number of inserted bars).
You can limit changes to only selected regions. If you do this, rather than moving all regions
within a project section, you are asked if you want to move global events such as bar changes,
tempo changes, and score symbols. This global edit is performed on all regions, when used.
Note: The toolbar features a number of section-editing buttons that can be used to perform
some of the operations described below. When these buttons are used, the operation aects
all regions that fall between the locators, regardless of which regions in the area are selected.
To perform these operations on selected regions within the locators, use the appropriate key
command after selecting the regions.
Insert a gap between regions using the locators (the cycle length)
1 Set the left and right locator positions by doing one of the following:
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Drag from left to right across a portion of the ruler.
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Set the values in the locator elds in the LCD.
2 Select the regions you want to move by the cycle length. If no selection is made, all regions that
fall between the locators are aected.
Clicking the Insert Silence button in the toolbar also aects all regions that fall between
the locators.
3 Choose Edit > Cut/Insert Time > Insert Silence Between Locators (or use the corresponding key
command).
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For selected regions that are longer than the cycle length: Regions are cut at the left locator
position; the second region (newly created from the cut) is moved to the right of the right
locator position, creating a gap between the regions.
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For selected regions that fall wholly within the locators: Regions that began at the left locator
position now begin at the right locator position.
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For a combination of partially and wholly selected regions that fall within the locators: The
encompassed section is cut, and moved to the right locator position.