Copying Data By Dragging With Your Mouse; Moving Data By Dragging With Your Mouse; Trimming Phrases By Dragging Your Mouse - Roland VS-2400CD Owner's Manual

18—Editing Tracks

Moving Data by Dragging with Your Mouse

1. Activate phrase or region editing as desired (Page 236).
2. Select the desired phrase(s) or region(s).
3. Move your mouse cursor over the desired data. The cursor changes to an
4. Click on the desired data and hold the mouse button down—the cursor
5. Drag the data to the desired location.
6. If edit messages—see "Edit Messages" on Page 237—are:
To learn how to snap dragged audio to a measures or beats, see "Snapping to Grid" on
Page 243.

Copying Data by Dragging with Your Mouse

1. Activate phrase or region editing as desired (Page 236).
2. Select the desired phrase(s) or region(s).
3. Move your mouse cursor over the desired data. The cursor changes to an
4. Click on the desired data and hold the mouse button down—the cursor
5. Hold down SHIFT—a plus sign appears in the closed-hand cursor icon.
6. While continuing to hold SHIFT, drag the data to the desired location.
7. Release the mouse button and then release SHIFT.
8. If edit messages—see "Edit Messages" on Page 237—are:
Using the Mouse To Trim the Front or Back of a Phrase
You can easily and quickly trim the front or back of a track phrase using your mouse—
this serves the same purpose as the TRIM IN and TRIM OUT phrase editing operations
(Page 253), though it's much faster. By simply dragging the phrase edge you want to
trim, you can change where a phrase begins or ends.
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The FROM point is automatically placed at the front of the earliest data you
select. Reset the FROM point to another location if you want to.
opened hand to show that you can grab the data.
changes to a closed hand to show the data is ready to be dragged.
The TO point is automatically reset to the current position of the FROM
point—you'll be setting a new TO location as you drag.
You see the TO flag move as you drag, as well as a light gray copy of the data to
show you where you're dragging it. Watch the closed hand for the appearance of
any desired position cursors described on Page 244.
• turned off—the data is moved to the new location, and you're done.
• turned on—you can set the operation's parameters as desired and press ENTER/
YES to proceed, or EXIT/NO to cancel the operation.
The FROM point is automatically placed at the front of the earliest data you
select. Reset the FROM point to another location if you want to.
opened hand to show that you can grab the data.
changes to a closed hand to show the data is ready to be dragged.
The TO point is automatically reset to the current position of the FROM
point—you'll be setting a new TO location as you drag.
You see the TO flag move as you drag, as well as a light gray copy of the data to
show you where you're dragging it. Watch the closed hand for the appearance of
any desired position cursors described below.
• turned off—the data is moved to the new location, and you're done.
• turned on—you can set the operation's parameters as desired and press ENTER/
YES to proceed, or EXIT/NO to cancel the operation.
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