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What this all means in practise is that the snap-to-grid can be relied on to be at the optimum grid size
no matter how far you are zoomed into, or out of, the current edit.
Tip: To see the current snap resolution in the pop-up form shown in Figure 6.1.2, simply position the
mouse pointer over the time-line for a few seconds.
You can use your mouse-wheel, or the CURSOR UP / DOWN keys to adjust the current zoom level.
In addition you can use the F4 key to zoom to the selected clip, or the F7 key to zoom to a few seconds
either side of the cursor.
By using either the mouse wheel, or the CURSOR UP / DOWN keys, you can zoom into, and out of,
the edit very quickly.
When dragging or editing clips and MIDI, holding down the CTRL (CMD for Mac users) key tempo-
rarily toggles the state of the snap-to-grid mode.
Holding down the SHIFT key whilst moving clips or MIDI notes locks them to their current offset. This
is particularly useful with MIDI notes, as it makes it easy to transpose the notes without losing their
groove.
Chapter 3.3 contains useful information on navigating around inside edits that you may want to refer
to if you have not yet done so, or if you simply need a refresher on the subject.
The snapping button in the control panel (Fig. 6.1.3) provides some options for controlling snapping
and quantising behaviour.
Enable snapping: This option toggles whether clips and MIDI
events snap to the current grid.
Keyboard shortcut: Q.
Snap clips to neighbours: This option toggles whether clips will
snap to edges of neighbouring clips. When enabled, snapping oc-
curs even if the neighbouring clip boundaries are not themselves
snapped to any grid.
Snap cursor movement: This option toggles whether the play-
head cursor snaps to the current grid when manually repositioned.
Edit groove templates: Displays the groove template editor. The
groove template editor is described in Chapter 4.5.
6.2 : The Global Track, And Setting Tempos, Keys, And Time
Signatures
The global track (Fig. 6.2.1) displays time signatures and keys alongside a tempo change curve,
making it easy to to keep track of key changes and tempo changes in your edit. To enable the global
track, click the global button at the top right hand corner of the edit page.
Figure 6.1.3
Figure 6.2.1