User Manual

TOOLS
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ZOOM TOOL
The Zoom tool (magnifying glass) in the
Tool palette lets you zoom in on a portion
of a graphic editor by dragging a zoom
box over it. Click to zoom in and Option/Alt-click
to zoom out. In the time ruler or continuous data
grid, drag horizontally to zoom the time axis only.
Figure 36-6: Zooming with the Zoom tool.
Zoom tool shortcuts
Here are some zooming shortcuts:
For other zooming features and shortcuts, see
“Zooming” on page 317.
SCRUB TOOL
The Scrub tool lets you scrub data as
follows:
LOOP TOOL
The Loop tool lets you graphically insert a
loop in a track by dragging in the
Sequence Editor or the Marker Strip of the
MIDI Editor and Notation Editor. For details, see
“Loops in the Marker Strip” on page 397. You can
also insert a loop in the Sequence Editor by
dragging directly over the portion of the track that
you wish to loop. For details, see “Inserting a loop”
on page 388. It also lets you insert a sampler loop in
the Waveform Editor as explained in “Creating a
sampler loop” on page 517.
MUTE TOOL
The Mute tool mutes and unmutes
soundbites or MIDI notes when you click
them or drag over them in the Sequence
Editor or Track Overview. The Mute tool only
works when soundbites or MIDI notes are the
active layer in the track. Muting occurs
independently of any volume automation in the
track. Muted soundbites appear with a grayed-out
waveform; muted MIDI notes appear as grayed out
notes.
The Mute tool is a handy way to temporarily mute
soundbites or notes, but it is also great for
arranging and creating interesting rhythm parts.
Here’s just one example: use the Scissors tool to
Shortcut What it does
Click once To zoom in horizontally.
Option/Alt-click To zoom out horizontally.
Shift click To zoom backward through
zoom history
Shift-control click To zoom forward through
zoom history
Drag in the time ruler To fill the window with the
region you select without affect-
ing the pitch zoom
Drag over an area in the note
grid
To zoom time and pitch simul-
taneously
Option/Alt-click the zoom
out button
To zoom all the way out
Option/Alt-click the zoom in
button
To zoom all the way in
Command/Ctrl-click the
zoom buttons
To toggle between the last two
zoom levels
To scrub this: Do this:
MIDI notes in the
MIDI Editor or
Drum Editor
Drag horizontally in the note grid.
Only notes in tracks that are cur-
rently being displayed in the grid
are scrubbed. (To scrub all play-
enabled tracks, drag the playback
wiper.)
A soundbite in the
Sequence Editor
Make sure the track is displaying
soundbites, and then scrub directly
on the soundbite.
Audio waveform data in
the Waveform Editor
Scrub anywhere on the waveform.