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Chapter 27: Editing Basics 587
Audio Clips and Automation
Data
Automation data for audio resides in tracks and not
in the Clips List. This means that when you drag an
audio clip from the Clips List to a new track, no au-
tomation data is placed in the track. However, if
you drag an audio clip from an existing track (that
contains automation data) to another track, the au-
tomation from the source track is placed in the des-
tination track.
You can edit automation data by switching track
views or by revealing the automation lanes under
the track.
MIDI Clips and MIDI Data
The two most common Track Views you will use
for MIDI and Instrument tracks are Notes and
Clips:
 Use Clips view for arranging clips.
 Use Notes view for inserting and editing indi-
vidual MIDI notes, and for working with and af-
fecting groups of notes.
Clips View for MIDI and
Instrument Tracks
MIDI and Instrument tracks can be viewed as
Clips, which is similar to Waveform view for au-
dio tracks. While a track’s notes are visible in Clips
view, individual note editing is not available in this
view. Instead, all editing occurs across a time
range encompassing all track data, including con-
tinuous controller events, program changes, and
System Exclusive events.
Use Clips view to define clips that represent song
sections and clips, or to rearrange or assemble
track material.
In Clips view, the vertical zoom is automatically
scaled to fit the entire range of pitches of MIDI
notes on a track.
There are a few things to consider when selecting,
copying and cutting, and trimming MIDI clips:
 When cutting or clearing a clip or clip group se-
lection that includes a note’s start point, the entire
note is removed. This is even the case when only a
portion of the note (that includes its start point) is
selected.
 When cutting or clearing a clip or clip group se-
lection that includes a note’s end point (but not its
start point), the note remains and overlaps the edge
of the clip.
For more information on automation, see
Chapter 50, “Automation.”
For more information on setting Track View,
see “Track Views” on page 236.
To toggle the Track View between Notes and
Clips, click in the track you want to toggle
and press Control+Minus (Mac) or
Start+Minus (Windows) on the alphanu-
meric keyboard.
You can double-click a MIDI clip to open it in
the MIDI Editor window. See Chapter 35,
“MIDI Editors.”