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Click on the background of the Rip at one point of time and then
x
/Shift+click on the background
of the Rip at another point of time to select all time in between. (This is particularly useful when
selecting long sections of audio.)
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Double-click on the background of the Rip within a bar to quickly select all time within that bar.
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Hold down
x
/Shift and then press Left/Right to select all time from the position of the cursor to
the previous/next beat marker.
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Also hold down
X
whilst doing this to instead select all time from the position of the
cursor to the previous/next bar line.
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Hold down
x
/Shift and press Left/Right to extend or shorten an existing time selection to the
nearest beat maker.
Groups
Notes and unpitched sound can be grouped together so that they can be selected and
edited as a single object. For example, this is particularly useful when copying & pasting
a vocal phrase from one Rip to another. Grouping the phrase once it has been pasted
will allow it to be more easily tweaked to fit the timing and key of the surrounding audio.
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To group notes/unpitched sound, select them and then click Audio>Group or press
X
/Ctrl+G. A
box is shown around them whose color depends on the color of the layer(s) to which they belong.
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Select the group by clicking on one of its notes/unpitched sounds.
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Change the pitch of the entire group by clicking & dragging it up/down.
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Change the time of the entire group by clicking & dragging it left/right.
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Click & drag the left/right edge of the box to change the time at which the group starts/ends.
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Hold down
z
/Alt whilst clicking or clicking & dragging over a grouped note/unpitched sound to
select it independently of the rest of the group. (See
DeepRemix: Essential Step-By-Step
Editing Instructions
for more information on how to edit notes and unpitched sound.)
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Right-click on a grouped note/unpitched sound and click Hide Grouped Audio, or press
z
/Alt+G,
to hide the grouped notes/unpitched sound in the box. This also causes the group box to always
be displayed and allows them to be selected and moved by simply clicking & dragging the box
instead of its contents. Right-click on the box and click Show Grouped Audio, or press
z
/Alt+G,
to show them again.
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Select grouped notes/unpitched sound and click Audio>Ungroup or press
x
X
/Ctrl+Shift+G to
ungroup them.
Applying Adjustments & Effects to Selections
Above the Rip and to the right of the Play button is the Adjust / Effects menu. This contains a number of
powerful tools and effects that can be quickly applied to all notes within a note or time selection. It can also
be accessed by
z
/Alt+Right-Clicking on a selection.
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Click on the name of an item in the menu to apply a default amount of the adjustment/effect to
the selection.