User Manual

NOTE AND AUTOMATION EDITING
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About drawing notes outside an open clip
If you draw notes outside the boundaries of an open clip, the result depends on the setting "Keep Events in Clip
While Editing" on the Options menu:
• If the “Keep Events in Clip While Editing” option is active, the notes will belong to the open clip after they have
been drawn, but become masked since they are drawn outside the clip boundaries.
The clip position and length will remain unchanged.
• If "Keep Events in Clip While Editing" is deactivated and you draw notes outside the clip, the notes will be
placed in an existing clip - or in another new clip on the lane, depending on where you draw.
The picture below shows three scenarios when drawing a note outside an open clip with the “Keep Events in Clip
While Editing” option off:
About drawing notes outside a closed clip
If you draw notes outside the boundaries of a closed clip in Edit Mode, i.e. where there are no clips available on the
lane, a new clip will be automatically created and opened. The clip length is determined by the Song/Block View
Snap value, if Snap is activated.
q This works best with "Keep Events in Clip while Editing" turned OFF because then you can continue drawing
notes - the clip will be resized to fit the new notes.
Here, we’re going to draw a note in beat 3 of bar 5...
The open clip expands by the set Arrange Mode Snap
value (1 bar) to fit in the new note.
Here, we’re going to draw a note in beat 3 of bar 8...
The note is placed in the existing clip at beat 3 of bar 8.
Here, we’re going to draw a note in beat 1 of bar 12...
A new clip is created at bar 12 with a length of the set
Snap value (1 bar) and the new note is placed in beat 1