Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 321)

Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement 321
Using the Marquee Stripe
The marquee stripe is a thin yellow line that can be displayed at the top of the Bar ruler.
You can directly drag in this area to create a marquee selection.
To activate the marquee stripe:
m Click the note icon at the right-hand end of the Bar ruler, and choose the Marquee
Stripe setting from the menu.
To make a marquee selection:
m Click-drag in the marquee stripe area to create a marquee selection on all Arrange
tracks.
To remove the marquee stripe selection:
m Click outside the marquee stripe.
Common Marquee Functions
You can use the following commands both when working with the Marquee tool or
marquee stripe.
To set locators with a marquee selection:
m Choose the Region > Set Locators by Regions function (or key command).
This sets the locators to the marquee selection boundaries, rather than the whole
region.
To remove all parts of regions outside the marquee selection:
m Use the Crop Regions outside Marquee Selection key command.
This removes all unselected areas from regions which are partly marquee-selected.
If your selected area falls between musically relevant values, the marquee selection will
automatically snap to the nearest musically relevant position. The snap resolution is
determined by the current Snap menu setting.
To snap to the finest possible resolution in the chosen snap mode:
m Hold Control-Shift while making your marquee selection.
This will snap to ticks or samples when editing MIDI or audio regions, dependent on
the current zoom level (see “
Overriding the Snap Grid ” on page 310).
Marquee stripe