Reference Manual
CHAPTER 6. ARRANGEMENT VIEW 77
Moving a Clip.
Dragging a clip moves it to another song position or track.
Changing a Clip's
Length.
Dragging a clip's left or right edge changes the clip's length.
6.6 Selecting Clips and Time
With the exception of moving and resizing clips, Arrangement editing in Live is selection-
based: You select something using the mouse, then execute a menu command (e.g., Cut,
Copy, Paste, Duplicate) on the selection. This editing method lends itself to an efcient
division of labor between the two hands: One hand operates the mouse or trackpad, while
the other hand issues the keyboard shortcuts for the menu commands. The menu eventually
is only used as a reference for looking up the keyboard shortcuts.
Here is how selection works:
Clicking a clip selects the clip;
Clicking into the Arrangement background selects a point in time, represented by a
ashing insert mark;
Clicking and dragging selects a timespan.
To access the time within a clip for editing, unfold its track by clicking the button
next to the track name.