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6:4 Other Editor functions
A number of additional editing functions are available in the Editor area.
Editor display settings
Follow
If you’re zoomed into a Groove so that only part of it is visible, enabling the Follow function causes the display to
scroll and follow the playback position indicator.
Focus
By default, the Editor shows the currently selected Groove.
With the Focus button enabled, the Editor shows the currently playing Groove instead.
This means that if, for instance, a Groove’s End Action setting results in a transition to another Groove, the new Groove is shown
in the Editor when the transition takes place.
With this button disabled, the Editor only ever shows the currently selected Groove.
Metronome
Enabling the Metronome button results in a click or other sound being played on each beat. Normally, the
metronome is only active when using the recording function. However, if you require it during playback you can
enable it in the BFD2 Grooves preferences, as well as select from a number of different metronome sounds.
You can also change the level and sound of the metronome in the Grooves preferences.
Grid controls
Snap
If this function is activated, event drawing and moving operations are snapped to the currently selected grid resolu-
tion.
Grid Type selector
Here, you can set different grid resolutions for quantizing and snapping. Straight,
triplet and dotted note grid resolutions are available.
Swing control
If a straight grid type is chosen, the Swing control moves every off-beat grid divi-
sion. This is useful for easy creation of swung grooves when entering new notes
using the Snap function. Do not confuse this function with the Swing functions
in the Groove FX panel. The grid Swing function is only used to manipulate the
Editor grid.
Grid-based destructive processes
Quantize events
Clicking this button causes every selected event to be quantized to the nearest Grid division. Do not confuse this function
with the non-destructive Quantize function in the Groove FX panel, which can be set to its own grid resolution and option-
ally applied to the current or all Grooves. The grid-based Quantize Events function is a destructive quantizing process that is
applied to currently selected events in the current Groove only, applied with reference to the current grid settings.
Shift Events Left
Every selected event is moved left (earlier in the Groove) by one grid division. Any event which moves past the start of the
Groove cycles round to the end.
Shift Events Right
Every selected event is moved right (later in the Groove) by one grid division. Any event which moves past the end of the
Groove cycles round to the start.
Grid
controls
Grid-based
destructive
processes
Editor display settings
Edit
menu
Grid type
selector
Swing control
