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title = "Using ranges"
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#pre = "<b>1. </b>"
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A **Range** is a selection of the Timeline that can include one or more
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Tracks.
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The Range tool (shortcut "*R*") is located just below the
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Transport Menu in the Edit Window.
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When you have selected the Range tool, your mouse pointer will look like a vertical line.
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It can be useful to create Range selections that align with the edges of
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regions on your Timeline. Selecting the "*Grid*" and "*Region bounds*"
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items for Grid and Grid Point menus respectively makes this easy.
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To make a Range selection, drag anywhere on the Timeline. The current
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Grid and Grid Point options determine exactly how the Range selection
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behaves. Once a Range has been selected, Right-Clicking on it opens a
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menu with Range-specific operations.
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**Loop range**, for example, sets up **Loop Markers** around the current
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Range and begins looped playback. The **Loop Start** and **Loop End**
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points can be changed by moving the green triangles which correspond to
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each point.
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Other useful options here for editing allow you to **Duplicate** the
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Range, **Select All** within the Range or **Crop** the Range.
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Setting Up a Loop
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Returning to our rhythmic passage example, we will want to hear the
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passage we are composing, perhaps as a loop, while we are moving the
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samples around. To do that, we must create a Range to listen to within
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our session, so that we can return to exactly this point in the Session
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again and again.
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Zoom out if needed (shortcut "*-*") to see full bars in the timeline.
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Use the Range tool to select an entire bar with the help of the Grid
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settings, and right-click inside that range to "*Set loop from
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selection*". You will probably want to set the **Grid** so that your
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actions snap to certain metric elements of the session (for example,
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snapping to **Beats**). Once the one-bar loop has been set up, the
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screen will look like this:
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This will set up a loop range which you can play by using the **Play
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Loop** button in the **Transport Menu** at the very top of the Editor
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Window (shortcut: "*L*"). While the Range is looping, you can use the
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**Solo** button on each track to listen to each instrument individually.
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Continuing
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In the next step, we will learn about **Working With Regions** to
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compose a rhythm with these samples.
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Next: [WORKING WITH REGIONS](../working-with-regions)
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