User Guide
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GETTING STARTED CHP. 3
Creating time selections
ACID does not limit you to selecting events. Frequently, you may want to select only audio events occurring
within a time selection. You can do this using the Time Selection tool.
1.
Click the Time Selection Tool button ( ) or choose Editing Tool from the Edit menu and choose Time
Selection
from the submenu. The pointer displays with an adjacent cursor ( ).
2.
Drag the mouse in the track view. The selection area is highlighted on the track view.
3.
Release the mouse button. A time selection is created and all events within it are selected.
Note:
If the selection area is automatically snapping to the
track view’s grid lines, ACID’s snapping feature is turned on.
You can turn snapping off by pressing .
Creating event selections within time selections
ACID also allows you to select specific events within a general time selection. This technique is useful for
selecting individual instruments from a particular section of a song. For example, you may want to copy all
percussion events from a song’s bridge and re-use them in the coda.
1.
Click the Time Selection Tool button ( ) or choose Editing Tool from the Edit menu and choose Time
Selection
from the submenu. The pointer displays with an adjacent cursor ( ).
2.
Drag the mouse in the track view. The selection area is highlighted on the track view.
3.
Release the mouse button. A selection is created and all events within it are selected.
4.
Hold and click any event that extends beyond the time selection. The entire event appears
highlighted; however, only the section of the event contained within the time selection is actually
selected.
Tip:
You can select additional events within the time selection
by continuing to hold while clicking events. In addition,
holding allows you to select the events of multiple
adjacent tracks within a selection.
Working with tracks
ACID automatically creates a new track for each media file added to a project, and all events placed on the
track derive from that file. Because of this, you can use track-level functions to affect every event on the
track. The following sections explain several basic track functions and features.
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