User Guide

CHP. 3 GETTING STARTED
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Moving events
The position of the left edge of an event indicates when the event becomes audible during playback. You can
move events along the timeline either individually or as a group.
In addition, you can stack events on top of one another. A longer event placed over a smaller event conceals
the smaller event and makes it inaudible. A smaller event placed over a larger event is audible and renders
the section of the longer event it covers inaudible.
1. Click the Draw Tool button ( ).
2. Click the event to be moved. The event is highlighted to indicate that it is selected.
Tip: You can hold or to select multiple events.
3. Drag the event to a new location on the track.
Note: Multiple selected events move in relation to the event
being dragged.
Using the cursor
ACID’s cursor is a flashing vertical line that spans the track view of the entire project. The cursor position
determines where events split, where playback/recording starts, and where clipboard contents are pasted. In
addition, the positioning of the cursor is essential to the creation of time selections.
Positioning the cursor with the mouse
1. Click the Draw Tool button ( ).
2. Click in the track view to position the cursor.
Positioning the cursor with the keyboard
While using the mouse to position the cursor in the timeline is quick and intuitive, it is not always precise.
For example, you may want the beginning of a guitar solo to coincide with a snare drum hit, or background
vocals to enter exactly 3 minutes and 24 seconds into a song. For these reasons, ACID also allows you to
position the cursor using your keyboard. For more information, see Cursor placement commands on page 20.
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