Selection; Area Selection (I-Beam Tool) - Mackie HDR24 Editing Manual

Selection

Area Selection (I-Beam Tool)

The I-Beam tool is used to mark the start and end times of an area for editing
operations. It operates on a single track, a group of selected tracks, or all the
tracks.
Clicking and dragging the I-Beam across a track selects an area. The same
selection can be made on all tracks by clicking and dragging the I-Beam
across the time bar.
Once an area has been selected, the area boundaries and its position can be
adjusted in several ways:
• Placing the I-Beam cursor on either edge of a selection boundary turns
the cursor into a double-headed arrow. When this arrow appears, click
and drag the edge of the selection to move it. The selection boundaries
can also be dragged from the time bar at the top of the track area. The
selection is marked on the time bar by a gray band with its upper
corners darkened. Those dark corners are "handles" by which you can
drag the selection ends.
• CTRL-click on the Selection Range Start or End time field to capture
the current transport time into that field. This can be done either with
the transport stopped or while playing, to select an area on the fly.
• The entire selection (at its present length) can be repositioned by
dragging the gray area on the time bar.
Multiple Area Selection
To make the same selection on multiple tracks, after an area is selected on
one track, CTRL-click anywhere in another track's area to duplicate the
selection on that track. Shift-clicking on another track will duplicate the
selection on all the tracks between the first one selected and the one on
which the mouse pointer is clicked.
Selection Range Display
The Selection Range Start and End time
fields in the Tools panel show start and
end times of the area currently selected
via the I-beam tool. This time display is
interactive with the selected area. The
area boundaries can be updated by
editing the numbers in the time fields.
Conversely, as the selection boundaries
are changed by dragging with the mouse,
the time fields are updated.
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