User Guide

CHP. 6 USING THE CHOPPER

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Using the Chopper

The Chopper allows you to quickly create slice-and-dice effects. For creative ways to use the Chopper, see

Slicing and dicing in the Chopper on page 193.

Working in the Chopper window

Selecting a track automatically places it in the Chopper where it can be immediately manipulated and

inserted into the track view.

Viewing the Chopper

To display the Chopper, choose Chopper from the View menu or press .

Changing the Chopper grid

The Chopper’s grid uses the same increments available on the track view. To change the grid display, right-

click the waveform area of the Chopper, choose

Grid Spacing from the shortcut menu, and choose the

desired display from the submenu.

Changing Chopper snapping options

The snapping behavior of the track view and Chopper are linked. To enable snapping in both components,

choose

Snapping from the Options menu and choose Enable from the submenu, or press .

When snapping is turned on, you can choose between snapping only to the grid or snapping to all elements.

For more information, see Using snapping on page 78.

Toolbar

Beat ruler

Transport bar

Time ruler

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