User Guide

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GETTING STARTED CHP. 3
Painting events with the Paint tool
Unlike the Draw tool, the Paint tool allows you to quickly paint multiple events across several tracks. This
can be useful when you need to quickly add several seemingly random events to a project. The Paint tool is
also best used for painting multiple one-shot events that will be evenly spaced on the grid lines.
1. Click the Paint Tool button ( ) or choose Editing Tool from the Edit menu and choose Paint from the
submenu. The mouse pointer displays as a brush icon.
2. Click and hold the mouse button while dragging the Paint tool randomly across the several tracks. Notice
that events are painted in every grid space the Paint tool contacts.
3. Release the mouse button to stop adding events.
4. Click the Play from Start button ( ) on the transport bar. All new events play back.
Tip: With the Paint tool selected, you can use +click to
paint an entire event for one-shot, Beatmapped, and MIDI
tracks.
Changing the length of events
After an event is painted on the track view, you may discover that it is too long or not long enough;
however, ACID makes it easy to change the length of an event. You may find it helpful to turn snapping
options on by choosing
Snapping from the Options menu and choosing Enable from the submenu.
To alter an event’s length, click the
Draw Tool button ( ) and drag either end of the event. When you drag
the event past the end of the file, looped files repeat, but one-shot and Beatmapped tracks draw silence.
Erasing sections of events
Occasionally you may need to delete only specific sections of an event and leave the rest of it intact. The
easiest method of deleting a section of an event is to use the Erase tool.
1. Click the Erase Tool button ( ) or choose Editing Tool from the Edit menu and choose Erase from the
submenu. The pointer displays as an eraser icon.
2. Drag in the track view to delete event data.
Tip: With the Erase tool, you can delete an entire one-shot,
Beatmapped, or MIDI event. Just hold while you click
the event.
Ctrl
Original event
Drag the end
of the event...
...to increase its length.
Ctrl