Edit Groups - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

6.5.2 Music Loops
A Music Loop consists of everything required to recreate a musical performance, including the
virtual instrument preset, multichannel FX chain presets for the virtual instrument outputs, the
music-performance file, and an audio loop. Music Loops can be dragged in from the Browser,
just like a MIDI file, but they are much more powerful in that they can re-create the exact setup
used to make the original performance.
To create a Music Loop, drag any Instrument Part into the Browser. You will see a pop-up
display indicating whether you are exporting a Music Loop or a MIDI file. By default, Music
Loop is selected. To change this selection, press [Alt]/[Option] on the keyboard. Once
exported, you will see the .musicloop file in the Browser.
To see the contents of the Music Loop, right-click on the Music Loop and choose Show
Package Contents. You will now see a drop-down arrow that, when clicked, reveals the
elements described above. Each element can be dragged in separately; for instance, if you just
wanted to load the instrument preset from the Music Loop. Another nice benefit of Music
Loops is that the rendered audio can be used even if the instrument and effects used to create
the Music Loop are not installed.
Note that when creating Music Loops, the related channel volume, pan, FX sends, and/or
busing is not a part of the rendered audio or stored preset.
Music Loops are an excellent way to store a personal library of original material very easily and
to share that material with others without worrying about what instruments or effects they
have.
6.6

Edit Groups

It can be useful to group multiple tracks together so that any edits done to an Event on one
track in the group are automatically done to all Events for each Track in the group. For
instance, you may wish to group all of your drum tracks together so that when the Events are
cut and moved, the relative timing between the tracks remains intact.
6.6.1 Creating Edit Groups
To create a new edit Group, do the following:
Select the Tracks you wish to group.
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You can now drag this Music Loop into any Song to instantly
re-create that performance, including creating the Instrument
Track, loading the virtual instrument, and loading any effects
on the virtual instrument outputs. A Music Loop can be
previewed in the Browser, just like audio; the Browser will
play the rendered audio file.