Apple Logic Express 9 - Manual (Page 391)

You can also insert a gap into your arrangement—creating several blank bars, for use as
a middle eight, to create space for another chorus or verse, or perhaps a bridge. As with
cutting time, all existing tempo changes and so on are moved accordingly (to the right
by the number of inserted bars).
You can also use the standard Edit menu commands—Cut, Copy, and Paste—to remove
or reuse a section of your arrangement, such as a chorus, from one location to another.
You can also limit changes to a few selected regions. If you do this, rather than moving
all regions within a project section, you are asked if you want to move global events such
as bar changes, tempo changes, and score symbols. This global edit is performed on all
regions, when used.
Important: The Arrange toolbar features a number of section editing buttons that can
be used to perform some of the operations described below. Whenever these toolbar
buttons are used, the operation affects all regions that fall between the locators, regardless
of the selection status of regions in this area. If you want to perform these operations on
selected regions within the locators, you should not use the Arrange toolbar buttons.
Instead, use the appropriate Region > Cut/Insert Time menu command (or key command),
after making your region selection.
To insert a gap into the arrangement using the locators (the cycle length)
1 Set the left and right locator positions by doing one of the following:
• Drag from left to right across the relevant portion of the Bar ruler.
• Set the values in the Transport bar’s Locator fields.
2 Select the regions you want to move by the cycle length. If no selection is made (or if
you use the Insert Silence button in a customized Arrange toolbar), all regions that fall
between the locators are affected.
3 Choose Region > Cut/Insert Time > Insert Silence Between Locators (or use the
corresponding key command).
• For selected regions that are longer than the cycle length: This action cuts them at the
left locator position, and moves the second region (newly created from the cut) to the
right of the right locator position, creating a gap between the regions.
• For selected regions that fall wholly within the locators: Regions which began at the
left locator position now begin at the right locator position.
• For a combination of partially and wholly selected regions that fall within the
locators: The encompassed section is cut, and moved to the right locator position.
You can also remove empty space between selected regions, creating seamless joins
between them.
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