ardour/manual
13
0
Fork 0
Code Pull Requests Releases Activity

Document region groups and a few other things

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Alexandre Prokoudine 2023-10-10 00:06:35 +02:00
parent b724fa9648
commit 3c2d493394
1 changed files with 69 additions and 3 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

72
include/working-with-regions.html
View File

@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<h2>Working With Regions</h2> <h2>What Regions Are</h2>
<p> <p>
<dfn>Regions</dfn> are the basic elements of editing and composing in <dfn>Regions</dfn> are the basic elements of editing and composing in
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
region. Things to know about regions: region. Things to know about regions:
</p> </p>
<h3>Regions Are Cheap</h3> <h2>Regions Are Cheap</h3>
<p> <p>
By themselves, regions consume very little in terms of computer's resources. By themselves, regions consume very little in terms of computer's resources.
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
whenever needed should not be much of an issue CPU wise. whenever needed should not be much of an issue CPU wise.
</p> </p>
<h3>Regions Are Not Files</h3> <h2>Regions Are Not Files</h3>
<p> <p>
Although a region can represent an entire audio file, they are never Although a region can represent an entire audio file, they are never
@ -52,3 +52,69 @@
class="menu">Reverse</kbd> operations create new audio files). class="menu">Reverse</kbd> operations create new audio files).
</p> </p>
<h2>Selecting regions</h2>
<p>
Pointing at a region and single-clicking it with the Grab tool selects that
region. Multiple regions can be selected at the same time:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd class="mouse">left</kbd>-click adds individual
regions to the selection.
</li>
<li>
<kbd>Shift</kbd>-<kbd class="mouse">left</kbd>-click adds consecutive
regions to the selection, Ardour considers all regions of the same track
to the right from the currently selected track as consecutive regions.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Selection of multiple regions is always temporary and is not preserved once
you click elsewhere or press <kbd>Esc</kbd>. To make such a selection
permanent, create a group of regions in one of the following ways:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd></li>
<li>
Use <kbd class="menu">Region &gt; Group Selected Regions</kbd> in the main
menu
</li>
<li>
Use <kbd class="menu">Selected Regions &gt; Group Selected Regions</kbd>
in the right-click menu.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
To break a group of regions back into individual regions, do one of the
following things:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Press <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd></li>
<li>
Use <kbd class="menu">Region &gt; Ungroup Selected Regions</kbd> in the main
menu
</li>
<li>
Use <kbd class="menu">Selected Regions &gt; Ungroup Selected Regions</kbd>
in the right-click menu.
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Region Operations</h2>
<p>
Selecting a region with a single-click makes it possible to perform various
operations on it. These operations are mostly accessible from the
main <kbd class="menu">Region</kbd> menu on top or from the right-click menu.
</p>
<p>
Some operations like editing fade in/out are accessible with just the mouse
pointer.
</p>