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•To specify which of these properties should be affected by the Lock 
function, use the “Lock Event Attributes” pop-up menu in the Prefer-
ences dialog (Editing page).
•To lock events, select them and select “Lock...” from the Edit menu.
The events will be locked according to the options specified in the Preferences dialog.
•You can adjust the lock options for a locked event by selecting it and 
selecting “Lock...” from the Edit menu again.
This opens a dialog in which you can activate or deactivate the desired lock options.
•To unlock an event (turn off all lock options), select it and select “Un-
lock” from the Edit menu.
•It is also possible to lock a whole track, by clicking the padlock symbol 
in the Track list or in the Inspector.
This disables all editing of all events on the track.
The padlock symbol indicates that 
one or more of the lock options are 
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Muting events
To mute individual events in the Project window, proceed as follows:
•To mute or unmute a single event, click on it with the Mute tool.
•To mute or unmute several events, select them – either by using the 
standard selection techniques, or by using one of the options on the 
Edit–Select submenu – and click on one of the selected events with 
the Mute tool.
All selected events will be muted.
•You can also click in an empty area with the Mute tool and drag a se-
lection rectangle around several events you want to mute or unmute, 
and then click on one of them with the Mute tool.
•You can mute events by selecting them and selecting “Mute” from the 
Edit menu.
Similarly, you can unmute the selected events by selecting “Unmute” from the Edit 
menu.
•You can also change the mute status of selected events on the info line.
Muted events can be edited as usual (with the exception of adjusting 
fades), but are not played back.
Muted events are “greyed out”.
•You can also mute whole tracks by clicking the Mute (“M”) button in 
the Track list, the Inspector or the mixer.
Clicking the Solo (“S”) button for a track mutes all other tracks. Note that there are two 
modes for the track solo function: 
If the option “Enable Solo on Selected Track” is activated in the Preferences dialog 
(Editing page) and you have soloed a track, selecting another track in the track list will 
automatically solo that track instead – the solo state “moves” with the track selection.
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Removing events
To remove an event from the Project window, use any of the following 
methods:
•Click on the event with the Eraser tool.
Note that if you press [Alt]/[Option] while you click, all following events on the same 
track will be deleted, but not the event you clicked and all events before it.
•Select the event(s) and press [Backspace], or select “Delete” from 
the Edit menu.
Creating new files from events
As described in the Getting Started book, an audio event plays a sec-
tion of an audio clip, which in turn refers to one or more audio files on 
the hard disk. However, in some situations you may want to create a 
new file that consists only of the section played by the event. This is 
done with the function “Bounce Selection” on the Audio menu:
1.Select one or several audio events.
2.Set up fade in, fade out and event volume (on the info line or using the 
volume handle) as desired.
These settings will be applied to the new file. For details on fades and event volume, 
see page 186.
3.Select “Bounce Selection” from the Audio menu.
You are asked whether you want to replace the selected event or not.
•If you click “Replace”, a new file is created, containing only the audio 
in the original event. A clip for the new file is added to the Pool, and 
the original event is replaced by a new event playing the new clip.
•If you click “No” a new file is created and a clip for the new file is 
added to the Pool.
The original event is not replaced.
You can also apply the Bounce Selection function to an audio part. In 
that case, the audio from all events in the part will be combined into a 
single audio file. If you choose “Replace” when asked, the part will be 
replaced with a single audio event playing a clip of the new file. 
						

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Editing in Lane Display mode
When you are recording in Stacked cycle recording mode, each take 
ends up on a separate lane on the track as described on page 70 and 
page 82. However, you can also select this lane mode manually for in-
dividual tracks, and use it when editing in the Project window. This 
makes it easier to view and handle overlapping events and parts.
Audio tracks
1.Make sure the Lane Display Type button is visible in the track list.
If it is hidden, you need to select Track Controls Settings from the context menu for the 
track and add the Lane Display Type item in the dialog that appears.
2.Click the Lane Display Type button and select “Lanes Fixed” from the 
pop-up menu that appears.
The audio track is divided vertically into two lanes. By default, all audio events end up 
in the first (top) lane.
3.Now you can move events or parts between lanes, either by dragging 
or by using the “Move to Next Lane/Previous Lane” commands on the 
Edit menu or Quick menu.
Note that if there are overlapping audio events, the audio on the lowest lane has play-
back priority – moving events between lanes affects what will be heard!
If the vertical zoom factor is sufficiently high, the sections that will be heard on 
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•Note that there will always be an extra, empty lane at the bottom of the 
track – if you move an event there, another lane will always be added.
Depending on the number of lanes used, you may want to adjust the vertical zoom for 
the track – simply drag the track edges in the track list.
4.After rearranging the overlapping events so that you hear what you 
want, you can select all events and select “Delete Overlaps” from the 
Advanced submenu on the Audio menu.
This puts all events in the top lane and resizes events so that overlapping sections are 
removed.
5.To turn off Lanes mode, select “Lanes Off” from the Lane Display 
Type pop-up menu.
If you do this without using the “Delete Overlaps” function, all overlapping sections will 
be kept. However, the sections that were green will now be the sections visible (“on 
top”) and thus the sections that will be heard.
MIDI tracks
1.Make sure the Lane Display Type button is visible in the track list.
If it is hidden, you need to select Track Controls Settings from the context menu for the 
track and add the Lane Display Type item in the dialog that appears.
2.Click the Lane Display Type button and select “Lanes Auto” or “Lanes 
Fixed”.
•In Lanes Auto mode, extra lanes will automatically be added where 
necessary – if two MIDI parts overlap, they will automatically be put on 
separate lanes.
•In Lanes Fixed mode, you have to move MIDI parts between lanes 
manually (by dragging them or by using the “Move to Next Lane/Previ-
ous Lane” commands on the Edit menu or Quick menu).
In this mode, there will always be an extra, empty lane at the bottom of the track – if you 
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3.You can edit the overlapping parts as usual – by cutting, deleting or 
muting sections in the Project window or by opening them in a MIDI 
editor.
In an editor, parts on different lanes will be treated just like parts on different tracks – 
you can use the part list pop-up menu to select an active part for editing, etc. 
Note that there is no playback priority between lanes on a MIDI track – all unmuted 
parts will be heard during playback.
4.To merge all overlapping parts into one, make sure the MIDI track is 
selected, position the left and right locator around the parts and select 
“Merge MIDI in Loop” from the MIDI menu.
In the dialog that appears, activate the Erase Destination option and click OK. This 
merges all unmuted MIDI between the locators to a single part.
5.To turn off Lanes mode, select “Lanes Off” from the Lane Display 
Type pop-up menu.
Range editing
Editing in the Project window isn’t necessarily restricted to handling 
whole events and parts. You can also work with selection ranges, 
which are independent from the event/part and track boundaries.
Creating a selection range
To make a selection range, drag with the Range Selection tool.
When the Range Selection tool is selected, the Select submenu on 
the Edit menu has the following items for making selection ranges:
Option Description
All Makes a selection that covers all tracks, from the start of the 
project to the end (as defined by the Length setting in the 
Project Setup dialog).
None Removes the current selection range.
Invert Only used for event selection (see page 130).
In Loop Makes a selection between the left and right locator, on all 
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•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.
Adjusting the size of the selection range
You can adjust the size of a selection range in the following 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.
From Start to Cursor Makes a selection on all tracks, from the start of the project to 
the project cursor.
From Cursor to End Makes a selection on all tracks, from the project cursor to the 
end of the project.
All on Selected Tracks Only used for event selection (see page 130).
Select Event This is available in the Sample Editor (see page 410).
Left Selection Side 
to CursorMoves the left side of the current selection range to the project 
cursor position.
Right Selection Side 
to CursorMoves the right side of the current selection range to the 
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• 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.
This Trim button will move the end of the selection range to the right by 1 beat.
• By using the Nudge buttons on the toolbar.
These will move the whole selection range to the left or the right. The amount of move-
ment depends on the selected display format (see page 111) and the value specified 
on the Grid pop-up menu.
Note that the contents of the selection are not moved – using the Nudge 
buttons is the same as adjusting the start and end of the selection range 
at the same time, by the same amount.
• The Trim buttons and the Nudge buttons are located in the Nudge pal-
ette, which is not visible in the toolbar by default. 
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Making selection ranges for several non-contiguous tracks
As described above, selection ranges can cover several tracks. How-
ever, it is also possible to exclude tracks from a selection range:
1.Create a selection range from the first to the last desired track.
2.Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click in the selection range on the tracks 
you want to exclude from the selection.
3.In the same manner, you can add a track to the selection range by 
[Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking in the selection range area on the track.
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 in-
tersected 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 duplicat-
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Using Cut, Copy and Paste
When working with selection ranges, you can either use Cut, Copy 
and Paste on the Edit menu, or use the functions “Cut Time” and 
“Paste Time” on the Range submenu on the Edit menu. These work 
differently to their related functions on the Edit menu:
Deleting selection ranges
Again, you can either use “regular” Delete or “Delete Time”:
•If you use the Delete function on the Edit menu (or press [Backspace]), 
the data within the selection range is replaced by empty track space.
Events to the right of the range keep their position.
•If you use “Delete Time” on the Edit menu’s Range submenu, the se-
lection range is removed and events to the right are moved to the left 
to close up the gap.
Function Description
Cut Cuts out the data in the selection range and moves it to the 
Clipboard. The selection range is replaced by empty track 
space in the Project window, meaning that events to the right 
of the range keep their positions.
Copy Copies the data in the selection range to the clipboard.
Paste Pastes the clipboard data at the start position and track of the 
current selection. Existing events are not moved to make room 
for the pasted data.
Paste at Origin Pastes the clipboard data back at its original position. Existing 
events are not moved to make room for the pasted data.
Cut Time Cuts out the selection range and moves it to the Clipboard. 
Events to the right of the removed range are moved to the left 
to fill out the gap.
Paste Time Pastes the clipboard data at the start position and track of the 
current selection. Existing events are moved to make room for 
the pasted data.
Paste Time at Origin Pastes the clipboard data back at its original position. Existing 
events are moved to make room for the pasted data.