Aligning regions (sometimes called "spotting") means moving one or more regions based on a defined location, which in Ardour is always the <ahref="@@edit-point-control">edit point</a>. An alignment operation moves the region(s) so that some part of the region is positioned at the edit point. Available alignment commands include:
<dd>Selected region(s) are moved so that the start of the earliest region is located at the current edit point, and all others maintain their relative position relative to that region</dd>