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Arranging and editing
Arranging Clips
• Name. You can also assign each clip a descriptive name, which is displayed in the upper-left
corner of the clip.
Contents. At your option, clips can be displayed with a graphical representation of the events in
the clip. The effect is slightly different for MIDI and audio information.
A. A MIDI clip shows each event; by looking at the clips, you can “see” the notes that are being played B. An
audio clip shows the actual waveform C. Controller or automation data are also displayed
To inspect the clip contents more closely, use the zoom tools to increase the size in which clips are
displayed. Note that displaying the contents of each clip makes your computer work a little harder.
As a result, if your computer has an older, slower CPU you may want to turn off the display of clip
contents.:
Figure 46. Zoom controls
A. Zoom Clips pane out vertically B. Vertical Zoom fader for Clips pane C. Zoom Clips pane in vertically
D. Zoom Bus pane out vertically E. Vertical Zoom fader for Bus pane F. Zoom in horizontally G. Horizontal
zoom fader H. Zoom out horizontally
The Track view toolbar contains the Zoom tool:
To Zoom Horizontally
• Click the horizontal zoom buttons to zoom in or out by a fixed percentage each time you click.
Or
• Drag the horizontal zoom fader to zoom in or out by the amount you drag.
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