MACKIE HDR 24/96 - Manual (Page 55)

HD24/96 Technical Reference 55
Pressing the Shift key when the Node tool is active turns the pencil cursor into a double-
headed vertical arrow. This tool allows you to drag the envelope line vertically and parallel to
itself. In reality, it’s dragging the pair of nodes that define the line segment. If the envelope
line is horizontal, Shift-clicking and dragging the line adjusts the overall playback level of the
track.
Note: Volume Envelope functions interact with the Envelope Active switch in the Region
Editor (see below) and the View Envelopes setting in the Options main menu (page 57).
Region Editor
The Region Editor displays and defines (for the selected Region) many of a Region's
attributes:
Region Name
Start time
End time
Region length
Whether the volume envelope is Active
Whether Region Loop is enabled
The region’s fade-in and fadeout length
The region’s fade-in and fadeout curve shape
Region Lock function
The Hand tool must be active to select regions to be edited with the Region Editor. The
Region Editor dialog box may be opened by:
Double clicking (using either the right or left mouse button) on the region.
Right-clicking on the region with the Hand tool and selecting Region Edit from the pull-
down menu which appears.
Selecting the region with the Hand tool and using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-E.
Selecting Region Edit from the GUI top level Edit menu.
Once the Region Editor is open, you can select any region and the Region Editor dialog box
will update with data from the selected region.
Here’s what you’ll find in the Region Editor dialog box:
Region Name
The name of a region is inherited from the track name at the time of the recording.
Regions created as a result of Capture, Import or track Rendering operations also carry
the track name. If a track is re-named, subsequently created regions from that track will
inherit the new track name, but previously created regions are not automatically
renamed when the track name changes.
The region name that appears in the upper left corner of the region block is updated
when the Name field in the Region Editor is updated, either by exiting the Region Editor
name field or clicking on another region or portion of the track area.
To edit the region name in the dialog box, double click on the name field to highlight it,
then enter the new name.
NOTE: It is possible, and even pretty darn easy, to have regions with the same name
within a project, originating from the same or different audio files. It is also possible to