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<h2> What is “Snap” and “Grid”?</h2>
<figure class="left">
<img src="/images/toolbar-grid.png" alt="Editor toolbar's grid">
<figcaption>
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</figcaption>
</figure>
<h2> What is “Snap” and “Grid”?</h2>
<p>
“Snap” will cause drags and other mouse-driven operations to jump to
positions determined by the nearest snap setting. Snap can be set to
multiple options: markers, region start/ends, and the grid. ( those
are all enabled by default. change them in prefs )
multiple options: markers, region start/ends, and the grid (those
are all enabled by default. change them in prefs).
</p>
<p>
Grid can be enabled, and it will draw lines at selected intervals;
which can be musical, like 16th notes, or can be timecode based
(minutes and seconds) . You can leave the Grid enabled, but snap
(minutes and seconds). You can leave the Grid enabled, but snap
disabled, if you just want to see the lines but not snap to them.
</p>
<p>
For example: if the Grid is set to “beats” and Snap-to-grid is
enabled, then any operations such as split, paste, or range-select
will happen exactly on a beat, according to the musical timeline and
tempo.
</p>
<p>
Alternatively, you can leave “Snap” enabled (so your mouse actions
can snap to Markers, or region edges) but disable the Grid.
</p>
<h2>A Warning, of sorts</h2>
<p class="warning">
The grid consist of lines running vertically in the edit canvas. If
you zoom too far out, you might see a coarser grid than you
expect. Ardour tries not to show “too many” or “too few” grid lines
depending on the zoom level. You might find that items snap in-between
the grid lines sometimes. That’s expected behavior. If you can’t see
or snap to the grid you’d like to use, you may have to zoom in or out.
</p>
<h2>About Snapping</h2>
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class="mod2n"></kbd> and <kbd class="mod4n"></kbd> keys.
</p>
<h2>A Warning, of sorts</h2>
<p class="warning">
The grid consist of lines running vertically in the edit canvas. If
you zoom too far out, you might see a coarser grid than you
expect. Ardour tries not to show “too many” or “too few” grid lines
depending on the zoom level. You might find that items snap in-between
the grid lines sometimes. That’s expected behavior. If you can’t see
or snap to the grid you’d like to use, you may have to zoom in or out.
</p>
<h2>Snap Modes</h2>
<p>