User Guide

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EDITING EVENTS CHP. 4
Shifting the contents of (slipping) events
Hold while dragging an event. The slip cursor appears ( ).
As you drag the event, the contents of the event shift, but the event does not move. You can use this
technique when you want to maintain an event’s length and position but want the to event play a different
section of the source media file.
For creative ways to use event slipping, see Duplicating with offset on page 188.
Slip-trimming events
Hold while dragging the right or left edge of an event. The slip-trim cursor appears ( ).
As you drag the event edge, the media moves with the event edge.
Sliding events
Hold while dragging an event. The slide cursor appears ( ).
As you drag, the relative position of the media remains fixed on the track, and the event position changes.
You can use this technique when you want to maintain an event’s length but want the event to play a
different section of the source media file at a different point in your project.
Changing event properties
To access event properties, right-click the event and choose Properties
from the shortcut menu, or simply double-click the event.
These properties are saved in the project but are not saved into the file
when you save changes to a track in the Track Properties window
. For
more information, see Saving file properties on page 109.
Original loop event
Slipping the event two measures to the right
Slip-trimming the event two measures to the right
Sliding the event two measures to the right
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