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The Project window
Other functions
On the Range submenu on the Edit menu, you will find
three more range editing functions:
Region operations
Regions are sections within a clip, with various uses.
While regions are perhaps best created and edited in the
Sample Editor (see “Working with regions” on page 244),
the following region functions are available in the Ad-
vanced submenu of the Audio menu:
Options
Snap
The Snap function helps you to find exact positions when
editing in the Project window. It does this by restricting
horizontal movement and positioning to certain positions.
Operations affected by Snap include moving, copying,
drawing, sizing, splitting, range selection, etc.
• You turn Snap on or off by clicking the Snap icon in the
toolbar.
Snap activated.
Ö When you are moving audio events with Snap acti-
vated, it isn’t necessarily the beginning of the event that is
used as Snap position reference. Instead, each audio
event has a snap point, which you can set to a relevant po-
sition in the audio (such as a downbeat, etc.).
The snap point is preferably set in the Sample Editor since it allows for a
higher degree of precision (see “Adjusting the snap point” on page 241).
You can however also set the snap point directly in the Project window,
in the following way:
1. Select an event.
2. Place the project cursor at the desired position within
the selected audio event.
3. Pull down the Audio menu and select “Snap Point To
Cursor”.
The snap point is set at the cursor position.
The snap point for an event is displayed as a blue line in the Project
window.
Function Description
Split Splits any events or parts that are intersected by the selec-
tion range, at the positions of the selection range edges.
Crop All events or parts that are partially within the selection
range are cropped, that is, sections outside the selection
range are removed. Events that are fully inside or outside
the selection range are not affected.
Insert Silence Inserts empty track space from the start of the selection
range. The length of the silence equals the length of the
selection range. Events to the right of the selection range
start are moved to the right to “make room”. Events that
are intersected by the selection range start are split, and
the right section is moved to the right.
Function Description
Event or Range
as Region
This function is available when one or several audio
events or selection ranges are selected. It creates a re-
gion in the corresponding clip, with the start and end po-
sition of the region determined by the start and end
position of the event or selection range within the clip.
Events from
Regions
This function is available if you have selected an audio
event whose clip contains regions within the boundaries
of the event. The function will remove the original event
and replace it with event(s) positioned and sized accord-
ing to the Region(s).