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To capture a new region:
1
With the Selector tool, drag in an existing re-
gion to select the material for the new region.
2
Choose
Region > Capture
.
3
Type a name for the new region and click OK .
The new region appears in the Region List. The
original region remains intact and unchanged.
Separate Commands
The Separate commands define a selection
within an existing region, or a partially selected
region, as a new region and separate it from sur-
rounding material. The
Separate
commands can
also be applied to MIDI notes (see “Separating
MIDI Notes” on page 586).
New regions appear in the tracks in which they
are created, separate from the data surrounding
them. They also appear in the Region List.
There are three different
Separate
commands:
At Selection (or Edit Cursor)
Creates new region
boundaries at the selection start and end points.
If there is no selection and the edit cursor is
placed within the region, the region is split into
two new regions at the insertion point. Likewise,
MIDI notes can be separated at the selection
start and end points (or at the Edit cursor).
On Grid
Creates new regions according to the se-
lected Grid value (see “Defining the Grid Value”
on page 725). Likewise, MIDI notes can be sepa-
rated on the grid.
At Transients
Automatically creates region
boundaries on detected transients within a se-
lection. This uses the same algorithm for tran-
sient detection as the Tab to Transients feature
(see “Tabbing to Transients” on page 484). On
Elastic Audio-enabled tracks, the
Separate At
Transients command uses the transient events
detected by Elastic Audio analysis (see “Elastic
Audio Analysis” on page 772).
Separate At Tran-
sients
only applies to audio and is not applicable
to MIDI notes or regions.
To separate one or more regions (or MIDI notes) at
the selection (or at the edit cursor):
1
Do one of the following:
• With the Selector tool, make an Edit selec-
tion.
– or –
• With the Selector tool, click at the point
where you want to separate the region (or
MIDI note).
2
Do one of the following:
• Choose
Edit > Separate > At Selection
.
– or –
• With an Edit selection, Right-click near the
cursor position or selection and choose
Separate
from the pop-up menu.
3
If the Editing preference for
Auto-Name Sepa-
rated Regions is disabled, type a name for the
new region when prompted, then click OK .
Selecting a portion of a region
Press R (Windows) or Com-
mand+R (Mac) for Capture Region.
Press E (Windows) or
E (Mac) for Separate At Selection.