MACKIE HDR 24/96 - Manual (Page 26)

HD24/96 Technical Reference 26
To reset the Template to the factory defaults (See Appendix B for the default
settings):
From the File menu, select Reset Template. Click OK in the Confirm Reset
Template dialog box.
Playlist Management
Regions
A region is a graphic representation of an entire audio file or a portion thereof. A region
contains editable start and end boundaries (or borders) which define the start and end times
of the audio file for playback and looping purposes.
A Playlist is a list of regions within the project, with the start and end times of each region or
portion of a region that has been selected for playback. Thus, the Region is the
fundamental unit for recording, playback, and editing. Regions are what we hear when we
play our recording.
Whenever a recording pass is first made, a region is created which includes the entire audio
file. A region may be trimmed to represent only a portion of the audio file for playback by
defining new start and/or end points. Region boundaries can be modified by sliding their end
points, or new regions can be created by cutting, copying, or pasting sections of a
recording. Some of the tools and procedures have been described in previous sections.
Since the region boundaries are merely pointers as to what portion of the original recording
to play, any region can always be expanded all the way back to the original size of the
complete audio file from which it was derived.
Regions are represented on screen either as solid colored blocks (View Waveforms OFF) or
with waveform representations drawn within the blocks (View Waveforms ON), as selected
from the Options menu. The region's name appears in the upper left corner of the block,
provided the screen resolution is high enough to display the text. The name also appears in
the Regions list. The region name originally inherits the track name followed by the “take”
number, a sequentially numbered recording pass on that track.
Other graphics representations within a region boundary include fade curves, region loop
points and the volume level envelope.
Region characteristics can be viewed and modified from the Region Editor, which will be
discussed in detail further on (page 55).
Region List
The Region List is a list of all recorded passes, imported audio files, captured regions,
and rendered tracks within a Project. It represents the library of recordings on disk. Note
that only recordings are placed on the Region List, not segments of a Region that have
been split up for editing purposes. Even if you have deleted a region from a track, it’s
still on the region list, so you can easily recover it.
This list is in alphabetical order, so naming your tracks will make it easier to identify the
contents of the listed regions.
A region can be placed on to a track by clicking on its name in the Region List and
dragging it into the Track Display area and on to the desired track.