Arranging; Quickly Duplicating Events; Duplicating Tracks - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

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Arranging

Arranging can entail repositioning recorded or imported audio and musical data to change
the song structure, inserting tempo or time-signature changes, and many other processes. The
following chapter discusses aspects of arranging in Studio One, including importing files,
working with audio loops, the Tempo Track, and more.
8.1

Quickly Duplicating Events

Events are often copied and pasted across a certain region to quickly build an arrangement.
For instance, you might want a 1-bar drum loop to continue for 8 bars, or you might want a 4-
bar synth melody to continue for 12 bars. You can use the Duplicate function to quickly copy
and paste any Event in this fashion.
To Duplicate an Event, select it and press [D] on the keyboard. The results are affected by the
current Arrange view Snap and Timebase settings. With Snap disengaged, the Event will be
copied, and a new instance of the Event will be placed precisely at the end of the original
Event. With Snap engaged, when an Event is duplicated, the new instance of the Event will be
placed at the next logical Snap position. For example, an Event approximately one bar in
length will be placed at the beginning of the next bar, whereas an Event one-half bar in length
would be placed at the next half-bar.
Press [D] on keyboard multiple times to quickly copy and paste a selected Event across any
region. If multiple Events are selected, they can all be duplicated simultaneously in the same
way as a single Event. For instance, you could duplicate an entire verse and chorus for 24
tracks in a few seconds. This is often done to build a rough arrangement of a Song, after which
unique parts for each section are recorded.
To understand the Duplicate function in Studio One, experiment with Events of various
lengths and with various Snap and Timebase settings in the Arrange view.
8.2

Duplicating Tracks

Tracks can also be easily duplicated, with or without the Events they contain. To duplicate a
Track, select the Track or any Event it contains and then select Duplicate from the Track menu.
This will duplicate the Track and all of its settings, including inserts and sends.
If you want the Events the Track contains to be duplicated, as well, select Duplicate with
Events from the Track menu. If multiple Tracks are selected when the Duplicate Tracks
function is used, each of the selected Tracks will be duplicated. To select multiple tracks in
order, select a Track, hold [Shift], and then press the Up or Down Arrow keys to select adjacent
tracks.
Alternatively, you can duplicate selected Tracks by holding [Ctrl] on the keyboard and clicking-
and-dragging the Tracks up or down in the Track Column. A horizontal blue line will appear in
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