User guide

336 Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement
Using the Arrange Section Editing Buttons
The Arrange Toolbar features a number of section editing buttons that can be used to
perform some of the operations covered below. Whenever these Toolbar buttons are
used, the operation will affect all regions that fall between the locators, regardless of
the selection status of regions in this area. If you want to perform these operations on
selected regions within the locators, you should not use the Arrange Toolbar buttons.
Make use of the appropriate Region > Cut/Insert Time menu command (or key
command), after making your region selection.
To insert a gap into the arrangement, using the locators (the cycle length):
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 values in the Transport’s Locator fields.
2 Select the regions you want to move by the cycle length. If no selection is made (or
you use the Insert Silence button, in a customized Arrange Toolbar), all regions that fall
between the locators will be affected.
3 Choose Region > Cut/Insert Time > Insert Silence Between Locators (or use the
corresponding key command).
 For selected regions that are longer than the cycle length: This cuts them at the left
locator position, and moves the second region (newly-created from the cut) to the
right right locator position, creating a gap between the regions.
 For selected regions that fall wholly within the locators: Regions which began at the
left locator position now begin at the right locator position.
 For a combination of partially and wholly selected regions that fall within the
locators: The encompassed section will be cut, and moved to the right locator
position.
You can also remove empty space between selected regions, creating seamless joins
between them.
To remove gaps between regions:
1 Select the desired regions.