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Shift the playback position of regions in the Tracks area
You can shift the playback position of regions on a track using the Delay parameter. Positive
values shift regions ahead in time (laid-back playing style or dragging), while negative values
shift regions back in time for a pre-delay (driving or rushing the music). The Delay value is shown
in both ticks and milliseconds.
Shift the playback position of selected regions on a track
1 Select the regions.
2 In the Region inspector, do one of the following:
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Click the left area of the Delay parameter, then drag up or down to set the value.
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Click-hold the right area of the Delay parameter, then choose a value from the Delay
pop-up menu.
The Delay parameter in the Region inspector is mainly intended for creative musical purposes,
such as rhythmically osetting regions. It can also be used to x timing problems in cases such
as the following:
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The attack phase of the sound is too slow. A good musician will automatically compensate for
this by playing the notes slightly early. With very slow sounds, you may need a pre-delay of
over 100 ms to even them out.
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The sound generator is reacting too slowly to the incoming note on messages. Older multi-
timbral sound generators often take tens of milliseconds before outputting a voice.
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The delay in output is not constant, as it is dependent on the order of notes arriving at the
external MIDI sound generator. You should therefore try pre-delaying rhythmically important
tracks by as little as one tick—it can work wonders on timing.