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Working with tracks and lanes
Lanes are handled differently, depending on whether you
work with audio or MIDI:
• Audio
As each audio track can only play back one single audio event at a time,
you will only hear the take that is activated for playback (e.
g. the last lap
of a cycle recording).
• MIDI
Overlapping MIDI takes (parts) can be played back simultaneously. For
example, if you recorded in “Mix-Stacked” mode, you hear all takes from
all cycle laps. There is no playback priority between lanes on a MIDI
track.
Lanes can be reordered, sized, and zoomed like regular
tracks.
In the following you will learn how to play back, cut, and
activate different takes on different lanes.
Comping operations
After recording different takes in a cycle recording and ac-
tivating the “Show Lanes” button to display the recorded
laps on separate lanes, you have several possibilities to
assemble a “perfect” take. This process is often referred to
as comping. You can comp your takes using the Object
Selection or the Range Selection tools.
Comping with the Object Selection tool
With the Object Selection tool selected, you can perform
the following actions:
• To select a take for playback, click on it in the event dis-
play.
The selected take is displayed in the current track color on the lane and
on the main track. All other takes are dimmed. On playback, you will only
hear the selected take.
• To audition a certain section of a take, hold down [Ctrl]/
[Command] and click with the Speaker tool.
This works even if the take is not selected for playback.
• To cut a take, hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click at the
desired position.
The cutting affects all lanes of a track. If you cut a MIDI part and the cut
position intersects one or several MIDI notes, the result depends on the
“Split MIDI Events” option in the Preferences dialog, see
“Splitting
events” on page 62.
• To adjust the cut position, position the mouse pointer
over a cut and move the cut point to the left or to the right.
This way you can finetune your edits. If you position the mouse pointer in
the lower part of a cut take, you will adjust the length instead.
• To correct the timing of a take, select the desired take,
hold down [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Alt]/[Option] (the tool mod-
ifier for Slip Event) and drag with the mouse.
The mouse pointer changes its shape to indicate that you can change
the timing.
Comping with the Range Selection tool
With the Range Selection tool selected, you can perform
the following actions:
• To bring the selected range to front, select a range on a
lane and double-click it.
Double-clicking the range brings it to front.