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About masked performance controllers and automation events
Masked performance controller and parameter automation events just outside a clip can still affect the clip, since
they affect the curve shape. The example below shows a masked note clip with Mod Wheel performance controller.
The first Mod Wheel automation event to the right of the masked part of the clip determines the direction of the au-
tomation curve from the last event in the unmasked area. These types of automation events are not blue, but black
and white, just like unmasked events.
The result in this example is that the Mod Wheel value will continue to rise all the way to the end of the masked clip,
at which point the value will drop down to the Static Value - in this case “0”.
The “Crop Events to Clips” function
There may be situations when you want to delete all masked events, i.e. events located outside the left and/or right
clip boundaries. This function only works for note and parameter automation clips and will delete all masked notes
that begin in the masked clip section, plus any performance controller or parameter automation events:
1. Reduce the size of the clips to your liking.
2. Select one or several clips and choose “Crop Events To Clips” from the Edit menu or from the context menu.
3. After the cropping operation, all events outside the clip have been deleted.
Tempo scaling clips
It is possible to tempo scale the content of clips, i.e. make the clip play back at faster or slower tempos. This can be
achieved in two different ways:
• By manually “stretching” selected clip(s)
• By editing the tempo scaling numerically in the Tool Window.
! Tempo scaling can be applied to all clip types, except for Time Signature automation clips.
! Note that Pattern Automation Clips will only be resized - the pattern tempo in the source device will NOT be
scaled but will still be synced to the main sequencer tempo!
Below, we will describe how to use the scale tempo “tool” to manually “stretch” clips. Numerical tempo scaling in the
Tool Window is explained in “Scale Tempo” in the “Note and Automation Editing” chapter.
Masked event which still affects the clip