Specifications

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To duplicate a selection or region:
1 If working with material that is bar- and beat-
based, such as loops, set the Main Time Scale to
Bars:Beats.
2 If you want to constrain the selection to the
current grid value, set the Edit mode to Grid.
3 Drag with the Selector in the track to select
the material you want to duplicate.
– or –
Click in the track and enter the start and end
points for the selection in the Event Edit area.
4 Choose Edit > Duplicate. The material is
placed immediately after the selection’s end
point.
In Shuffle mode, the duplicated data is placed
directly after the end of the selection. Regions
occurring after it are slid to accommodate the
duplicated material. In Slip mode, the dupli-
cated material overlaps any adjacent data.
When using Duplicate or Repeat with MIDI
notes that were selected with the Grabber, mate-
rial is always duplicated one measure later, and
is merged with existing track material (instead
of replacing).
Duplicating Audio
When using Duplicate or Repeat for audio that
must fall cleanly on the beat (for loops), it is im-
portant that you select the audio material with
the Selector, or by typing in the start and end
points in the Event Edit area. If you select an au-
dio region with the Grabber (or by double-click-
ing it with the Selector), the material may drift
by several ticks because of sample-rounding.
If, on the other hand, you want to Duplicate or
Repeat audio that is not bar- and beat-based, set
the Time Scale to any format except Bars:Beats.
This ensures that the duplicated audio material
will have the correct number of samples and will
be placed accordingly.
Repeat Command
The Repeat command is similar to Duplicate,
but allows you to specify the number of times
the selected material is duplicated.
As with the Copy and Paste commands, certain
rules apply when repeating material on multiple
tracks. For details, see “Editing Across Multiple
Tracks” on page 283.
To repeatedly paste copied data until it com-
pletely fills a selection (TDM systems only), see
“Repeat Paste To Fill Selection” on page 293.
To repeat a selection or region:
1 If working with material that is bar- and beat-
based, such as loops, set the Main Time Scale to
Bars:Beats.
2 If you want to constrain the selection to the
current grid value, set the Edit mode to Grid.
3 Drag with the Selector in the track to select
the material you want to repeat.
– or –
Click in the track and enter the start and end
points for the selection in the Event Edit area.
The Repeat command does not operate on
conductor events.