Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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Dividing Groups
You can divide a Group into two by clicking with the Pencil tool at the desired position
and dragging to the end of the Group.
Actually, this is just a consequence of the fact that Groups cannot overlap. As soon as
you create a Group that overlaps another Group, the other Group is automatically re-
sized. For example, if you were to draw a small Group within a larger Group, you
would end up with three Groups:
Tip: Splitting Groups on several Tracks
If you have Groups on several tracks and want to split these at the same position, you
can use the following method:
1. Set both the Left and the Right Locator to the desired split position.
2. Select “Insert Bars Between Locators” from the Edit menu.
The Groups are split.
Combining Groups
There are two main ways to combine two or more Groups into one:
By using the Group command
1. Select the first and the last Group that you want to combine.
All Groups in between these will be included as well.
2. Select Group from the Edit menu.
You will now have one larger Group.
By Resizing
1. Click the size handle of the first Group and drag to the right.
2. Release the mouse button at the end of the last Group.
All Groups in between are combined to one larger Group.
Find Identical Groups
This command on the Edit menu helps you locate all Groups with the same contents:
1. Select a Group.
2. Select “Find Identical Groups” from the Edit menu.
All Groups with the same contents are selected in the Arrange View.
Ungrouping
There are two ways to dissolve a Group:
D Select it and select Ungroup from the Edit menu or sequencer context
menu,
or
D Click on the Group size handle and drag it all the way to the left.
Neither of these methods affect the events in the Group, they just remove the Group-
ing.
Editing with Groups
You can work with Groups much like you edit selected events in the Arrange view:
D To move a Group, click on it and drag it to a new position, taking the
Snap value into account.
If you move the Group so that it partially overlaps another Group, the other Group
will automatically be resized. If the moved Group overlaps the other Group com-
pletely, you will get one large Group containing the events from both.
D To duplicate a Group, hold down [Option] (Mac) or [Ctrl] (Windows) and
proceed as when moving.
This duplicates the Group and all its contents. You can also use Copy and Paste
for this, following the same rules as for selected events.
D To delete a Group, either select it and press [Delete], [Backspace] or se-
lect Delete from the Edit menu.
or
D Select the Eraser tool and click on a Group.
Both of these methods will delete the Group and all its contents.
You can also draw selection rectangles with the Selection tool or the Eraser tool, en-
compassing several groups and delete them all at once. The same rules apply as
when selecting groups. That is, if Snap is on, the selection rectangle will be magnetic
to the Snap value positions. Also note that a Group doesn’t have to be fully enclosed
by the rectangle to be selected - the selection rectangle only needs to intersect or
touch the Group.