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Editing Looped Regions
Looped regions can be edited as a group or as in-
dividual regions. For example, selecting a
looped region with the Grabber tool will select
the entire loop (the source region and all its loop
iterations), but clicking the Loop icon of one of
the loop iterations will select only that one iter-
ation.
Moving a looped region moves the source re-
gion and all its looped aliases together as a
group. Loop iterations cannot be moved inde-
pendent of their source region. If you move or
paste another shorter region over of a looped re-
gion the loop is continued after the new region.
The parts of a separated looped region can be ad-
justed independently.
To select a looped region as a group, do one of the
following:
With the Grabber tool or Smart Tool, single-
■
click the looped region.
– or –
With the Selector tool, double-click the
■
looped region.
The source region and all its loop iteration will
be selected.
To select an individual source region or loop
iteration, do one of the following:
With the Grabber tool or Smart Tool, single-
■
click the Loop icon of the source region or loop
iteration.
– or –
With the Selector tool, single click the Looped
■
Region icon and drag to the left until the region
is selected.
Tabbing to Transients and Region Boundaries
Tab to Transients tabs to transients and region
boundaries in a looped region. Normal Tab (Tab
to Transients disabled) tabs to the start and end
boundaries of the entire looped region.
Trimming Looped Regions
Trimming looped regions can be done using the
Trim tool, the Loop Trim tool, or one of the
Trim Region commands. The Trim tool trims
the entire looped region. The Loop Trim tool
provides the most unique feature of loop editing
and trims the duration of the individual loop it-
eration while filling the total length of the
looped region.
To trim a looped region as a group:
Select the Standard or Scrub Trim tool.
1
Trim the start or end of the looped region as
2
desired.
Trimming a looped region with the Standard Trim tool
Hold down the Start key on Windows, or
the Control key on Mac, while trimming to
trim in loop iteration increments.
Trimming a loop does not trim any under-
lying Fades.
The TC/E Trim tool unloops and consoli-
dates the looped region.
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