Operation Manual

THE SEQUENCER
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Drawing clips
You can draw empty clips in Arrange mode using the Pencil tool. This is useful if you
want to manually draw events into a clip.
D Select the Pencil tool and draw over the range you want the clip.
Snap is taken into account. The type of clip you create depends on the lane type
(note lane, pattern lane etc.).
Muting clips
Selected clips can be muted:
D Select the clips and then select “Mute Clips” from the Edit menu or from
the clip context menu.
You can also select clips and press “M” to mute them. Unmute by selecting “Unmute
Clips” or by pressing M again. Muted clips are shown without colors and with dimmed
borders.
A muted clip.
Joining clips
Separate clips on a lane can be joined to one clip. You can even join clips that aren’t
directly adjacent on the lane. It works in the following way:
1. Select the clips you wish to join.
2. Select “Join Clips” from the Edit menu or from the clip context menu.
A single clip is created. If there was a gap between the clips before the operation
this area will be empty - the relative positions of all events in the original clips will
be kept in the joined clip. See also the note about events outside clips on page 73.
D You can also join selected clips that have other unselected clips between
them.
The unselected clips in between will then overlap and mask the joined clip at their
original positions.
Splitting clips
You can split clips using the Razor tool in the following ways:
D Clicking with the razor tool on a clip splits it at the click position (taking
the Snap setting into account).
The Razor tool’s left edge has a line that indicates where the split will take place.
D You can also click and drag with the razor tool to cut out a range, on one
or several lanes.
D To split clips on all tracks and lanes, click (or click and drag to make a
range selection) in the ruler.
Naming clips
You can name an individual clip by selecting it and then selecting “Add Labels to
Clips” from the Edit menu (or the clip context menu). A text field is opened where you
can enter a name for the clip.
When adding labels to several selected clips in one go, they will all get generic names
according to the clip type (e.g. “untitled note clip”). Double-clicking on a label opens
the text field where you can enter the label text.
About the inspector strip and selected clips
The inspector strip is located above the ruler. Here you can edit clips and events nu-
merically using value fields, or add automation or pattern lanes. What is shown in the
inspector strip varies according to whether a track, clip or an event of some type is se-
lected.
For clips it works as follows:
D If no clip is selected (or if the track list has focus), only the Track Param-
eter Automation pop-up (see page 84) and the Create Pattern Lane but-
ton are shown.