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The Project Logical Editor
Selecting a function
The pop-up menu in the top left corner of the Project Log-
ical Editor is where you select the function – the basic
type of editing to be performed. When you select an op-
tion from the pop-up menu, the field to the right displays a
comment, making it easier to see what the function does.
The available options are:
Delete
Deletes all elements found by the Project Logical Editor.
Ö When you delete automation tracks and undo this op-
eration by selecting Undo from the Edit menu, the automa-
tion tracks will be restored, but the tracks will be closed.
Transform
Changes one or several aspects of the found elements.
You set up exactly what should be changed in the action
list, see below.
Select
This will simply select all found elements, highlighting
them for further work in the Project window.
Specifying actions
The lower list in the Project Logical Editor window is the
action list. This is where you specify any changes that
should be made to the found elements, relevant for the
function type Transform.
You can perform two different kinds of actions: track-based
actions (such as Track Operation, Name) and event-based
actions (such as Position, Length, Name). There are also
actions that only take effect on automation data (Trim).
The handling of the action list is similar to the filter condi-
tion list, but without the brackets and booleans. You sim-
ply add lines by clicking the Add Line button to the right,
and fill out the columns as required. To remove a superflu-
ous action line, select it and click the Delete Line button.
Action Target
This is where you select the property that should be
changed. The Operations determine what to do with the
Action Target. Below, all available operations are listed:
Position
Adjusting this value will move the elements:
Operation Description
Add Adds the value specified in the Parameter 1 column to the
Position.
Subtract Subtracts the value specified in the Parameter 1 column
from the Position.
Multiply by Multiplies the Position value with the value specified in the
Parameter 1 column.
Divide by Divides the Position value by the value specified in the Para-
meter 1 column.
Round by This “rounds” the Position value using the value specified in
the Parameter 1 column. In other words, the Position value is
changed to the closest value that can be divided by the Pa-
rameter 1 value.
For example, if the Position value is 17 and Parameter 1 is 5,
the result of rounding will be 15 (the closest value that can
be divided by 5). Another word for this type of operation
would be “quantizing”, and it’s actually possible to use it for
this, by specifying a quantize value with Parameter 1 (in ticks,
with 480 ticks per quarter note).