User guide

332 Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement
To tie selected regions between locators:
1 Set the left and right locator positions by doing one of the following:
 Drag from left to right across the desired portion of the Bar ruler.
 Set the desired value in the Transport’s Locator fields.
2 Select the desired regions within the locator boundaries.
∏ Tip: You can quickly select all regions inside the locators by choosing Edit > Select
Inside Locators (or using the corresponding key command, default: Shift-I).
3 Choose Region > Tie Regions within Locators (or use the corresponding key command).
This function lengthens all selected regions (within the locator boundaries), closing the
gaps between them. The last region on each track (within the locator boundaries) is
not affected.
Time Stretching the Contents of a Region When Changing Length
In normal use, the position of events within MIDI regions is not affected by changes to
the region length. Similarly, changes to audio region lengths have no impact other
than starting and stopping playback at particular song positions.
You can, however, time stretch or compress the contents of regions when altering their
length.
To time stretch or compress the position of events within a MIDI region:
m Option-drag the end of a MIDI region.
The events within the region are stretched or compressed, proportionately, by the
amount that the MIDI region is altered in length.
You can make a rhythmic MIDI region play in half-time by stretching it to twice the
original length, or in double-time by shortening it to half the original length.