Arrange View Mouse Tools - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

6.2

Arrange View Mouse Tools

The mouse tools allow direct interaction with Events, using the mouse. It is helpful to
remember that actions done using the mouse tools can be undone at any time, so feel free to
explore them. Click the middle mouse button (scroll wheel) to display a list of the tools and
then left-click to select the desired tool.
In the Arrange view, the following mouse tools and related functions are available from left to
right in the toolbar.
6.2.1 Arrow Tool
This tool is selected by default. Click on the Arrow tool button or press [number 1] (above the
regular QWERTY keys) on the keyboard to select the Arrow tool.
Holding [Ctrl]/[Cmd] on the keyboard while the Arrow tool is selected will temporarily switch
to the Range tool.
The Arrow tool can be used for the following purposes:
6.2.1.1 Move an Event
To move an Event using the Arrow tool, click anywhere on the Event and drag left, right, up, or
down. Dragging the Event left or right will move the Event backward and forward in time,
relative to the current Timebase and Timeline zoom. When dragging an Event left or right
beyond the viewable arrangement, hold [Space Bar] on the keyboard to speed up the
scrolling.
Dragging the Event up or down will move the Event to another existing track of the same
type. If the Event is dragged to a position where no track currently exists, Studio One will
create a new track of the same type.
When dragging an event from one track to another (up or down), the position of the event will
be constrained within an automatic snapping range to make it easy to keep the event at the
same time position. To defeat this snapping, hold Shift while dragging the event up or down.
6.2.1.2 Size an Event
Events can be thought of as windows into audio files and musical performances, where what
you see is what you hear. Sizing is a fundamental technique wherein Events are made shorter
or longer, so that only a portion of the audio or musical data they contain is seen and heard.
To size any Event using the Arrow tool, float the mouse to the left or right edge of the Event to
reveal the Sizing tool. When this tool appears, click-and-drag left or right to size the Event.
Events can be sized and resized nondestructively any number of times.
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