Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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Using Groups
Sometimes it is practical to work with a section of events as one entity. This is done
by Grouping the events. You may for example have a two-bar bass line that you want
to move or repeat in the song - by Grouping the events, you can select, move and han-
dle the bassline as a single object.
! This applies to the Arrange View only - you can still edit individual events
in a Group in the Edit View.
Appearance and Color
In the Arrange View, Groups appear as colored boxes.
The color of the Groups depends on their contents:
! Groups with the same color contain the same events.
This makes it easy to get an overview of the song, since variations will appear as
Groups in another color.
Creating Groups
There are two main ways to create Groups:
By using the Group command
1. Select the events that you want to Group.
It doesn’t matter which lanes you select - all notes, pattern changes and control-
lers within the area will be included in the Group.
D If you select events on several tracks, one Group for each track will be
created.
Each Group can only contain events on one track.
2. If you want the Group to have a specific length, activate Snap and select an
appropriate Snap value.
Often it is practical to create Groups that are one or several whole bars long.
3. Select Group from the Edit menu or the sequencer context menu.
Or, hold down [Command] (Mac) or [Ctrl] (Windows) and press [G].
The events are Grouped.
By drawing with the Pencil tool
1. Select the Pencil tool.
You can also select the Pencil tool momentarily by holding down [Command]
(Mac) or [Alt] (Windows).
2. If you want the Group to have a specific length, activate Snap and select an
appropriate Snap value.
Often it is practical to create Groups that are one or several whole bars of length.
3. Click where you want the Group to start, drag to the right and release the
mouse button.
A Group is created, containing the enclosed Events. It is also possible to create
empty Groups this way.
✪ Groups are also automatically created when you use the “To Track”,
“Copy Pattern to Track” and “Convert Pattern Track to Notes” functions.
See page 9.
These Groups are “variations”
- all the others have the same contents.