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Chapter 19: Playing and Selecting Track Material 407
Right-Click Commands and Selection
Preservation
You can use Right-click commands with key
combinations to perform operations on objects
while maintaining selections in the Edit and
Mix windows. For example, you can maintain
selections in the following areas while carrying
out certain commands:
• Region selections in the Timeline
• Region name selections in the Region List
• Track selections
To apply a command to an object while keeping
the current selection:
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Control-Right-click (Windows) or Command-
Right-click (Mac) the object and choose a com-
mand from the pop-up menu.
Tabbing to Transients
With the Tab to Transients button enabled, you
can automatically navigate to transients in au-
dio waveforms, placing the cursor just before
the detected transient peak. This lets you define
selections and play ranges, as well as start and
end points for new regions, without having to
zoom in on the waveform.
When Tab to Transients is enabled, the Tabbing
function also locates the cursor to region start
and end points, but not to sync points.
To set the start and end points of a selection with
Tab to Transients:
1
In the upper left of the Edit window, click the
Tab to Transients button so it becomes selected.
2
If you will be setting the play range with this
selection, enable Options > Link Timeline and
Edit Selection.
3
Click in the audio track just before the begin-
ning of the material you want to select.
4
Press Tab repeatedly until the cursor locates to
the transient where you want to start the selec-
tion.
If necessary, you can move to the previous tran-
sient by pressing Tab (Windows) or
Tab (Mac).
5
Press Shift+Tab until the cursor locates to the
end of the material you want to select.
To move the selection end point to the previous
transient, press Shift+Tab (Windows)
or Shift+Tab (Mac).
Once selected, the material can be looped for re-
cording or playback, or it can be turned into a
new region with the Separate or Capture com-
mand.
Tab to Transients button enabled
Peak transients are usually visible in the
waveform. However, some low-frequency
transients may not appear as visible peaks
in the waveform.