User Guide

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EDITING EVENTS CHP. 4
When events are cut/copied to the clipboard and subsequently pasted into a project, ACID maintains and
pastes the time data inherent in the cut/copied events. For example, if you select two events on the same
track that are separated by five seconds of silence, copying and pasting these events results in the five
seconds of silence also being pasted into the project.
Taking this concept a step further, if you select discontinuous events from several tracks, copying and pasting
these events results in any selected time data being pasted into the project as well. This maintains the
relative position of events in the project.
Using the Paste command
1. Place the cursor at the desired position on the timeline.
2. Paste the clipboard contents using any of the following methods:
• Click the
Paste button ( ) on the toolbar.
• Choose
Paste from the Edit menu.
• Right-click the track view and choose
Paste from the shortcut menu.
• Press .
Using Paste Repeat
When building projects, you often need to paste the contents of the clipboard several times. Rather than
repeatedly pasting and moving the content, the
Paste Repeat command allows you to specify the number of
times and at what interval the clipboard’s contents are pasted on the track view. This is a useful way of
quickly building a project that uses a repetitive riff or structure. For example, you can build the backing
tracks for a twelve-bar blues, copy them, and use
Paste Repeat to paste several copies of it in the project.
1. Click the Time Selection Tool button ( ).
2. Drag the mouse in the track view to create a time selection spanning several events and copy it to the
clipboard.
3. Click the Go To End button ( ) on the transport bar or press to send the cursor to the end of
the project.
4. From the Edit menu, choose Paste Repeat or press . The Paste Repeat dialog appears.
5. Enter a number in the Number of times to paste box.
6. Select the End to end radio button and click OK. ACID pastes the events end to end the number of times
specified in step five, starting at the cursor position.
Using Paste Insert
To insert the contents of the ACID clipboard at the current cursor position and force existing events to
move in time to accommodate the pasted events, choose
Paste Insert from the Edit menu.
If the cursor is in the middle of an event, the event splits at the cursor position where the new events are
pasted. For more information, see Splitting events on page 62.
Original events
Pasted events
Original events Pasted events
Ctrl +V
Ctrl +End
Ctrl
+B