MACKIE HDR 24/96 - Manual (Page 27)

HD24/96 Technical Reference 27
A region in the Region List can be renamed by double clicking on its name field and
typing the new name. This does not automatically change the name of that region in the
Playlist (the track area), however, when a renamed region is dragged from the Region
List on to a track, it will carry the new name.
Hint: If you want to give a region both on the Region List and in the track area the same
name, you can use the keyboard Copy (Ctrl-C) and Paste (Ctrl-V) commands to carry
the new name (on the clipboard) from the Region List to the Name field in the Region
Editor.
Enter a new name in the Region List, and with it highlighted, press Ctrl-C to copy it
to the clipboard.
Double click on the region in the track area to bring up the Region Editor.
Double click on the Name field in the Region Editor to highlight it.
Paste the name from the clipboard to the Region Editor by pressing Ctrl-V
NOTE: Edit functions such as copying and pasting, or drag-copying regions will create
new regions within the track area but those do not get placed on the region list since
they are already there as part of other regions.
Region Views
Regions caught in the act of being recorded are drawn as red rectangles, but are shortly
transformed into either the waveform display or solid filled rectangular blocks after
recording has ceased (see Waveform views). The various visual shades of unselected,
selected, locked, and cross-faded regions will become apparent to you after working
within the track area for a few minutes or a day.
Locked regions change to a dark gray background and must be unlocked using the
Region editing tools before they can moved or edited.
Region Names
Regions are automatically named upon creation using their original track name. You
can rename both a region and a track, but renaming a track after a region has been
created does not automatically change the region’s name to the new track name. The
link between track and region names exists only when the region is originally created.
Because of this, it's usually good practice to name your tracks before you begin
recording if you want to be able to identify regions easily for editing purposes. If you
have a standard track layout, for instance, you’re recording several sessions with the
same band, you can save your track names as a Template using the
Files | Save As New Template
command.
Double-clicking on a region with the Hand tool pops up the Region Editor dialog box,
where you can rename the region. Note, however, that when renaming a region, its
original on the Region list does not automatically get updated. Don’t get confused.
Capture Region
The Capture Region command creates a new audio file (and therefore a new Region)
from a portion of an existing Region. Use the I-Beam tool to select an area of a region
for capture, then select Capture Region. You will be prompted to enter a name for the
captured region. When capture is complete, the selected area will appear on the Region
List and can be dragged into the current project, or imported into another project.