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Toolbar
The toolbar allows you to quickly access commonly used functions and features in ACID Music Studio software.
New Opens a new project. You will be
prompted to save any changes to the
current project.
Open Displays the Open dialog. From this
dialog, you can browse all of the available
drives to select an ACID project or audio
file to open.
Save Saves any changes to the current
project. The first time you save a project,
the Save As dialog appears.
Publish Opens the Publish wizard so you
can share your ACID creation on the Web.
ACIDplanet Profile Opens your profile on
the ACIDplant Web site.
Get Media from the Web Opens a dialog
where you can download media from the
Internet.
Cut Clears the selected items from the
timeline and places them on the ACID
clipboard. You can then paste them to a
new location.
Copy Creates a copy of the selected items
from the timeline on the ACID clipboard.
You can then paste them to a new
location.
Paste Inserts the contents of the ACID
clipboard at the current cursor position.
The pasted items cover any existing
events. To make room for pasted events,
choose Paste Insert from the Edit menu.
Undo Reverses the last action performed.
ACID supports unlimited undos, allowing
you to restore the project to any state
since the last save.
Redo Reverses an undo.
Enable Snapping Turns the snapping
feature on or off. With snapping enabled,
you can decide whether to snap to the
grid or to all elements, such as markers
and regions.
Automatic Crossfades Allows you to
automatically create crossfades when you
overlap two events.
Lock Envelopes to Events Locks envelope
points so they move with an event when it
is moved along the timeline.
Enable Inline MIDI Editing Allows editing
of MIDI events directly on the timeline. In
this mode, you can draw and erase notes
in a piano roll or drum grid view.
Draw Tool Activates the Draw tool to add
and edit events.
Selection Tool Activates the Selection
tool to select multiple events.
Paint Tool Activates the Paint tool to
insert events across multiple tracks. When
used in conjunction with the Ctrl key, the
Paint tool can paint an entire one-shot,
MIDI, or Beatmapped media file to an
event with one click.
Erase Tool Activates the Erase tool to
erase events or parts of events. When
used in conjunction with the Ctrl key, the
Erase tool can erase an entire one-shot,
MIDI, or Beatmapped media file to an
event with one click.
Envelope Tool Activates the Envelope
tool to select and modify envelope points.
Time Selection Tool Activates the Time
Selection tool to quickly select all events
within a range of time.
Show Me How Starts an interactive guide
that shows you each part of the ACID
Music Studio interface and teaches you
how to create a project.
Context-Sensitive Help Activates context-
sensitive help to obtain information about
a specific option, menu, or part of the
ACID Music Studio window.
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