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Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement 311
In cases where the zoom level is extremely low (macroscopic), and a fine Snap value
(such as Division or Frames) is chosen, normal mouse movements will result in larger
grid units. In these situations, either alter the zoom level, or hold Control to actually use
the chosen Snap value.
Using Control-Shift breaks the 1:1 relationship between mouse cursor and region (or
edit tool) movements. This means that you may need to move the mouse a long way
(horizontally) to make the region (or edit tool) move one pixel. Watch the help tag for
exact numerical readouts.
Imagine you want to shorten a region in a 4/4 bar so that the 4 is played, but not the “4
and” of the last bar.
To shorten a region by one division value when Snap is set to Beat:
1 Horizontally zoom the screen display until you can see quarter notes in the Bar ruler.
2 Grab the bottom right corner of a region, and move the mouse to the left, until the
region is shortened by one quarter note.
3 Press Control, and move the mouse carefully to the right, until the region has become
one division longer.
While you’re doing this, the help tag shows the region start position, track number, and
the current length of the region in bars, beats, divisions, and ticks. The three right-hand
numbers should be 3 1 0.
Using Drag Modes
Logic Express provides several drag modes that determine the behavior of regions
when you edit them. You can set the drag mode in the Drag menu, available in the
Arrange area and several other editor windows.
Note: The Drag menu options discussed in this section refer to regions. The behaviors
outlined below (for regions) are identical for dragged events in the editor windows. The
Drag menu setting of the Arrange and each editor window is independent.
To change the drag mode:
m Choose one of the following settings in the Drag menu:
 Overlap: This mode is the default, and allows you to drag a region over another one.
The original region borders are preserved.