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Working with projects
Editing parts and events
• Use the Select submenu on the Edit menu.
The following options are available:
• Select all events on a track by right-clicking on it in the track list and selecting
“Select All Events” from the context menu.
• It is also possible to select ranges, regardless of the event and track boundaries.
This is done using the Range Selection tool (see “Range editing” on page 80).
• Use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to select the closest event to the
left, right, above, or below.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be kept,
allowing you to select several events.
By default, tracks are selected with the up/down arrow keys on the computer
keyboard. Therefore using these to select events, too, can be confusing. If you want to
use the navigation controls for track selection only (a most vital operation in both
editing and mixing), you can activate the “Use Up/Down Navigation Commands for
selecting Tracks only” option in the Preferences dialog (Editing page). The following
applies:
- When this option is deactivated and no event/part is selected in the Project
window, the up/down arrow keys on the computer keyboard are used to step
through the tracks in the track list.
- When this option is deactivated and an event/part is selected in the Project
window, the up/down arrow keys still step through the tracks in the track list – but
on the currently selected track, the first event/part will automatically be selected as
well.
Option Description
All Selects all events in the Project window.
None Deselects all events.
Invert Inverts the selection – all selected events are deselected and all
events that were not selected are selected instead.
In Loop Selects all events that are partly or wholly between the left and
right locator.
From Start to Cursor Selects all events that begin to the left of the project cursor.
From Cursor to End Selects all events that end to the right of the project cursor.
Equal Pitch These are available in the MIDI Editors (see “Selecting notes” on
page 494) and the Sample Editor (see “Using the Select menu”
on page 335).
Select Controllers in
Note Range
This is available in the MIDI Editors (see “Selecting controllers
within the note range” on page 495).
All on Selected Tracks Selects all events on the selected track.
Events under Cursor Automatically selects all events on the selected track(s) that are
“touched” by the project cursor.
Select Event This is available in the Sample Editor (see “Window overview” on
page 325).
Left/Right Selection
Side to Cursor
These two functions are only used for range selection editing
(see
“Creating a selection range” on page 80).
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Note that these functions work differently when the Range Selection tool is selected
(see
“Creating a selection range” on page 80).