User Guide

USING THE CHOPPER CHP. 6

Inserting selections in the track view

You can add selections from the Chopper to your project in several ways.

Using the Insert Selection button

After you create the desired selection and increment, you can insert the selection in the project at the track

view’s cursor position by clicking the

Insert Selection button ( ). After the Chopper inserts the audio,

the cursor moves to the end of the increment.

• If the increment length is equal to the selection length, selections are painted end-to-end.

• If the increment length is greater than the selection length, an appropriate amount of silence is painted

prior to the next insert position.

• If the increment length is less than the selection length, selections overlap.

Using copy and paste

You can right-click the selection in the Chopper and choose Copy from the shortcut menu to copy the

current selection to the clipboard. You can then use the

Paste command to insert the selection in the track

view. After the event is pasted, the cursor advances to the end of the pasted event.

Note:

When you paste a selection from the Chopper to the

track view, ACID ignores the increment setting.

Dragging selections

You can drag a Chopper selection from the Chopper to the track view. Release the mouse at the location

where you want to insert the selection.

Moving the insert position in the track view

Click the Move Track View Cursor Left button ( ) and the Move Track View Cursor Right button ( ) to move

the current insert position in the track view left/right by the increment length.

Saving Chopper selections as new files

You can quickly create a new loop by making a selection in the Chopper and saving the selection as a new

file. ACID adds the file to your project as a new track.

Make a selection in the Chopper.

Right-click the selection and choose Chop to New Track from the shortcut menu. Alternately, press

. The Chop to New Track dialog appears.

Tip:

You can also drag a selection from the Chopper to the

track list.

In the File name box, enter a name for the new file.

From the Save as type box, choose a file format for the new file.

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