MACKIE HDR24/96 - Manual (Page 97)

HDR 24/96
[t] – Toggles between the I-Beam and Hand tools.
[F1] – Selects the I-Beam tool
[F2] – Selects the Hand tool
[F3] – Selects the Volume Envelope tool
[F4] – Selects the Magnifying tool
Working with the History List Open
The History List contains a chronological list of all your editing operations, which can be viewed
occasionally or continuously, as you are editing, or recording. We’ll explain the History List in
detail further on, but we suggest that you open it and watch it grow as you experiment with
editing. Toggle it open or closed by clicking on the List View arrow at the right end of the
Time/Marker bar and selecting the History tab, by selecting History from the pull-down
Windows menu, or by using the keyboard shortcut, [C
TRL +6].
You can find more information on the operation of the History List in the GUI Overview (page
34) describing the various List Panels , and an even more detailed discussion at the end of this
section on editing under History List and Undo / Redo (page 120).
Selection
Region Selection (Hand Tool)
The Hand tool is used for selecting (grabbing), moving, and resizing regions, plus
changing fade-in and fade-out curves. The hand tool works on single or multiple
regions, so it's possible to move or re-size a group of selected regions at one time. This
is particularly handy for stereo tracks, or all of the drum kit’s tracks.
A region is selected for editing by clicking anywhere in the region with the Hand tool. The Hand
tool’s function changes, depending on where it’s placed in the active region area, with its cursor
shape changing to indicate its function.
Every region starts and ends with a fade-in or fade-out and we’ll talk about them in more detail
later in this section. When the Hand Tool cursor is placed on either end boundary and above the
region's centerline its shape changes to a quarter-circle and it becomes a fade adjustment tool,
allowing you to extend or reduce the fade time by dragging the boundary of the fade region.
When the Hand Tool cursor is placed on an end boundary below the region's centerline, it
changes to a double-ended arrow and becomes a re-sizing tool to shrink or stretch (up to the full
recorded length) the end boundaries of a region.
Within the region boundaries, the Hand Tool displays the hand cursor and is used for dragging
the entire region.
A region or regions (selected as group) may be dragged around with the Hand tool and dropped
on top of blank track area, on top of other regions or a little bit of both. The Splice and Cross-
fade functions affect the way a region will intersect or overlay another region. These functions
are described in the Nudge and Region editing tools sections, along with the other audio cookie
cutting tools.
Multiple Region Selection
Regions follow the usual conventions of multiple selection and de-selection. Multiple
regions can be selected and operated upon as a group (moving, deleting, resizing, or changing
cross-fades) by [C
TRL +click]ing on each region of the desired group with the hand tool.
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