User Manual

ARRANGING IN THE SEQUENCER
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About this chapter
This chapter describes how you can arrange and work with the clips in your song. The chapter covers both audio,
note and parameter automation clip arrangement. Special arrangement techniques pertaining to the Blocks View are
described in the separate chapter “Working with Blocks in the Sequencer”.
Before reading this chapter, it’s recommended that you are familiar with the sequencer functions and definitions de-
scribed in the “Sequencer Functions” and “Recording in the Sequencer” chapters.
Clip handling
Clip arrangement in the sequencer is done mainly in the Song View - but could also be done in Edit Mode, if the clips
you’re arranging are on the same lane. The descriptions in this chapter refer to arrangement in the Song View, unless
otherwise stated.
Creating Clips
Clips are created automatically when you record, but you can also create empty clips and add notes and other events
in them by drawing with the Pencil Tool.
D To create a clip, double click with the Selection (Arrow) Tool on a track.
This will create an empty clip with the length of the current Snap value setting (e.g. 1 bar). To create longer clips,
double click, keep the mouse button pressed and drag to the right.
D You can also create clips by selecting the Pencil Tool and drawing on a Lane in the sequencer.
Selecting clips
D To select any type of clip in the Song View, just click on it.
A selected clip is indicated with a thick black border with Clip Resize handles on either side. In Edit Mode, the Clip
Resize handles appear in the Clip Overview area.
Selected clips in Song View.
D To de-select clips, just click anywhere on the Arrange Pane background.
Clip Resize handles
Audio clip
Parameter automation clip
Note clip
Pattern clip