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Working with tracks and lanes
Working with lanes
Lanes are handled differently, depending on whether you work with audio or MIDI:
• Audio
As each audio track can only play back one single audio event at a time, you only
hear the take that is activated for playback, for example, the last lap of a cycle
recording.
• MIDI
Overlapping MIDI takes (parts) can be played back simultaneously. If you recorded
in “Mix-Stacked” mode, you hear all takes from all cycle laps.
Lanes can be reordered, sized, and zoomed like regular tracks.
To solo a lane, you can activate the Solo button for it. This allows you to hear the lane
in the project context. If you want to hear the take without the project context, you also
have to activate the main track’s Solo button.
In the following you will learn how to play back, cut, and activate takes to combine the
best parts of your recording in a final take.
Assembling a perfect take
1. Select the Comp tool or the Object Selection tool.
2. Bring a take to front to select it for playback, and listen to it.
3. Audition different takes to compare them in more detail.
4. If necessary, cut your takes into smaller sections, create new ranges and bring
them to front.
5. Proceed until you are satisfied with the result.
Assembling operations
Unless it is clearly stated, all operations can be performed in the Project window and
in the Audio Part Editor. Snap is taken into account, and all operations can be undone.
To assemble a perfect take, you can use the Comp tool or the Object/Range
Selection tool:
• The Comp tool modifies all takes on all lanes simultaneously.
This is useful if the recorded takes have the same start and end positions.
• The Object/Range Selection tool affects single takes on individual lanes.
If this is not what you want, you can either perform your edits on the main track or
use the Comp tool.
The following operations can be performed:
Operation Comp tool Object/Range Selection tool
Select Hold down [Shift] and click on a take. Click on a take.
Bring to front
(Project window only)
Click on a take. Click twice to toggle. Position the mouse pointer over the
middle of the lower border of a take until it
changes to a Comp symbol, and click.
Click twice to toggle.
For MIDI this mutes/unmutes a take.
Comp
(create a new range
and bring it to front,
Project window only)
Click and drag on a lane. All takes are
cut at the range start and end.
If the audio takes are adjacent without
gaps or fades and the material itself
matches, the takes are merged within
the range.
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