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Subject:rearranging song
Posted by: ryanw
Date:3/13/2000 4:36:00 PM

hi how do i re arrange a song with mulitple tracks in acic
music 2.0. lets say i have multiple tracks with verse-
chorus-bridge-verse-chorus, and i want to make it verse-
bridge-chorus-chorus-verse. is my only option to split at
the changes and select (control mouse click) all the little
chunks and slivers then move them? is there a way to just
mouse hi-lite all the little parts like in a spread sheet,
then move them? parts may overlap from verse to chorus and
need to be cut at the transition. the control-mouse click
would require a bout a zillion moves to get the job done.
thanks

Subject:Re: rearranging song
Reply by: ATP
Date:3/13/2000 9:14:00 PM

You can select several "chunks" at a time with the Select Tool. It's
the button with a mouse logo on it, which you can find in the ACID
toolbar next to the Pencil Tool. Click on this button.
Now click on an event and (while holding the mousebutton down) drag
the mouse over the other parts you wish selected.


ryanw wrote:
>>hi how do i re arrange a song with mulitple tracks in acic
>>music 2.0. lets say i have multiple tracks with verse-
>>chorus-bridge-verse-chorus, and i want to make it verse-
>>bridge-chorus-chorus-verse. is my only option to split at
>>the changes and select (control mouse click) all the little
>>chunks and slivers then move them? is there a way to just
>>mouse hi-lite all the little parts like in a spread sheet,
>>then move them? parts may overlap from verse to chorus and
>>need to be cut at the transition. the control-mouse click
>>would require a bout a zillion moves to get the job done.
>>thanks

Subject:Re: rearranging song
Reply by: ryanw
Date:3/14/2000 9:44:00 AM

actually i do that, but when i copy- paste it it moves that section
plus the start or tail of those individual tracks, rather than taking
only the hi-lited section. the sloution would be to split at cursor
for all the tracks, the hi-lite-move. what i would like to do is just
hi-lite move woithout splitting so i dont have to commit to the split.

example:


i would like
to take
this section

I I but it takes
^ ------------------ this too
tracks -------------------------
----------------------
-------------
=======================

time>

Subject:Re: rearranging song
Reply by: ATP
Date:3/14/2000 9:55:00 AM

Ok, I know what you mean. And I have the same problem. To my
knowledge want we want is not possible. Indeed, you'd have to split
the events at cursor and then move them. But that leaves the annoying
task of 'glue-ing' the splitted events together again...


ryanw wrote:
>>actually i do that, but when i copy- paste it it moves that section
>>plus the start or tail of those individual tracks, rather than
taking
>>only the hi-lited section. the sloution would be to split at cursor
>>for all the tracks, the hi-lite-move. what i would like to do is
just
>>hi-lite move woithout splitting so i dont have to commit to the
split.
>>
>>example:
>>
>>
>> i would like
>> to take
>> this section
>>
>> I I but it takes
>> ^ ------------------ this too
>> tracks -------------------------
>> ----------------------
>> -------------
>> =======================
>>
>> time>

Subject:Re: rearranging song
Reply by: Kelly_S
Date:3/14/2000 5:08:00 PM

That's right - unfortunately it is not possible.

The S (split) command is the only way.

Thanks.

ATP wrote:
>>Ok, I know what you mean. And I have the same problem. To my
>>knowledge want we want is not possible. Indeed, you'd have to split
>>the events at cursor and then move them. But that leaves the
annoying
>>task of 'glue-ing' the splitted events together again...
>>
>>
>>ryanw wrote:
>>>>actually i do that, but when i copy- paste it it moves that
section
>>>>plus the start or tail of those individual tracks, rather than
>>taking
>>>>only the hi-lited section. the sloution would be to split at
cursor
>>>>for all the tracks, the hi-lite-move. what i would like to do is
>>just
>>>>hi-lite move woithout splitting so i dont have to commit to the
>>split.
>>>>
>>>>example:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i would like
>>>> to take
>>>> this section
>>>>
>>>> I I but it takes
>>>> ^ ------------------ this too
>>>> tracks -------------------------
>>>> ----------------------
>>>> -------------
>>>> =======================
>>>>
>>>> time>

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