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The Project window
Editing markers in the Project Browser
If you have a Marker track in the Project window, you can
create and edit all marker parameters, including marker
IDs, in the Project Browser. For details about editing
markers in the Project Browser see “Editing the Marker
track” on page 418.
Options
The Snap function
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.
When you are moving audio events with Snap activated, 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 position 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 226). You can however also set
the snap point directly in the Project window, in the follow-
ing 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.
Exactly how Snap works depends on which mode is se-
lected on the Snap mode pop-up menu.
The following sections describe the different Snap modes:
Grid
In this mode, the Snap positions are set with the Grid Type
pop-up menu to the right. The options depend on the dis-
play format selected for the ruler. For example, if the ruler is
set to show bars and beats, the grid can be set to bars,
beats or the quantize value set with the next pop-up menu
to the right. If a time or frame-based ruler format is selected,
the Grid Type pop-up menu contains time or frame-based
grid options, etc.
When Seconds is selected as ruler format, the Grid Type pop-up menu
contains time-based grid options.
Grid Relative
When you move events and parts in this mode they will not
be “magnetic” to the grid. Rather, the grid determines the
step size for moving the events. This means that a moved
event will keep its original position relative to the grid.
For example, if an event starts at the position 3.04.01 (one
beat before bar 4), Snap is set to Grid Relative and the
Grid Type pop-up menu is set to “Bar”, you can move the
event in steps of one bar – to the positions 4.04.01,
5.04.01 and so on. The event will keep its relative position
to the grid, i.e. stay one beat before the bar lines.
• This only applies when dragging existing events or parts
– when you create new events or parts this mode works
like the Grid mode.