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Working with projects
• Double-clicking on an event with the Range Selection
tool creates a selection range encompassing the event.
If you hold down [Shift] you can double-click several events in a row, and
the selection range will expand to encompass them all. Double-clicking a
second time on an event opens it for editing in the Sample Editor.
Making selection ranges for several non-contiguous
tracks
You can create selection ranges that cover several tracks.
It is also possible to exclude tracks from a selection range:
1. Create a selection range from the first to the last de-
sired track.
2. Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click in the selection
range on the tracks that you want to exclude from the se-
lection.
3. In the same manner, you can add a track to the selec-
tion range by [Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking in the selection
range area on the track.
Editing selection ranges
Adjusting the size of the selection range
You can adjust the size of a selection range in the follow-
ing ways:
• By dragging its edges.
The pointer takes the shape of a double arrow when you move it over an
edge of the selection range.
• By holding down [Shift] and clicking.
The closest selection range edge will be moved to the position at which
you clicked.
• By adjusting the selection range start or end position on
the info line.
• By using the Trim buttons on the toolbar.
The left Trim buttons will move the start of the selection range and the
right buttons will move the end. The edges will be moved by the amount
specified on the Grid pop-up menu.
• By using the Nudge buttons on the toolbar.
These will move the whole selection range to the left or the right. The
amount of movement depends on the selected display format (see
“The
Project Setup dialog” on page 54) and the value specified on the Grid
pop-up menu.
Ö The Trim buttons and the Nudge buttons are located
in the Nudge palette, which is not visible on the toolbar by
default.
See “The setup context menus” on page 534 for instruc-
tions on how to show and hide items on the toolbar.
Moving and duplicating
• To move a selection range, click and drag it to a new
position.
This will move the contents of the selection range to the new position. If
the range intersected events or parts, these will be split before moving,
so that only the sections within the selection range are affected.
• To duplicate a selection range, hold down [Alt]/[Option]
and drag.
You can also use the Duplicate, Repeat and Fill Loop functions, just as
when duplicating events (see
“Duplicating events” on page 61).
Left Selection
Side to Cursor
Moves the left side of the current selection range to the
project cursor position.
Right Selection
Side to Cursor
Moves the right side of the current selection range to the
project cursor position.
Option Description
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Note that the contents of the selection are not
moved – using the Nudge buttons is the same as ad-
justing the start and end of the selection range at the
same time, by the same amount.