The Region Menu is where the user can tweak its regions, the parts of audio or MIDI that sit on the timeline.

Insert Region from Region List

If a region is selected in the Editor List, add it at the Edit point

Play

Starts playback at the beginning of the selected region(s), and stops at its(their) end

Loop

Creates a loop range on the selected region's boundaries, and starts the looped playback

Rename...

Changes the name of the region, that appears in its top left area

Properties...

Shows the Region properties window, that displays detailed information about the region and allow for some modifications

Loudness Analysis...

Shows the Audio Report/Analysis window, that displays detailed dBFS information as well as a spectrogram (dBFS of frequency against time)

Spectral Analysis...

Shows the Audio Report/Analysis window, that displays a integrated spectral view of the region (dBFS agaisnt frequency)

Edit

Combine

Creates a new region by joining the selected audio regions in the same track, and replaces those region with the newly created compound. The same rules are applied to create the compound as for playback regarding e.g. layering

Uncombine

Splits back the compound created by combining into its original audio regions

Pitch Shift...

Changes the tune of the audio region, by octave, semitones or percentage, based on spectral analysis. Optionaly, and if they have been set for the region, preserves the formants

Split/Separate

Cuts the selected regions at the Edit point, separating them in two regions

Split at Percussion Onset

Allows splitting the selected regions on its PErcussion Onsets marker as set by the Rhythm Ferret (Not usable as of 5.5)

Make Mono Regions

Creates mono regions out of a stereo or multichannel region by splitting it into its discrete channels. The created regions are added to the Editor List

Close Gaps

Extends (or reduces) the selected regions to be perfecltly aligned. Optionnaly, sets up a crossfade duration, or a pull-back (spacing between regions)

Place Transient

Places a transient at the Edit Point. Used e.g. for the Pitch Shift... action

Rhythm Ferret...

Opens the Rhythm Ferret which is a powerfull tool to sequence audio files

Strip Silence...

Opens the Strip Silence window which is a very handy tool to remove all audio under a user-chosen threshold (with a preview)

Reverse

Mirrors the audio horizontally

Layering

Raise to Top

On overlapping regions, puts the selected one(s) on top

Raise

On overlapping region, makes the selected one(s) one layer higher

Lower

Makes the selected region(s) one layer lower

Lower to Bottom

Sends the selected region to the background

MIDI

Transpose...

On a MIDI region, shows the Transpose MIDI window, allowing to shift the pitch of the whole MIDI region by ± n semitones or octaves

Insert Patch Change...

Inserts a patch change at the Edit Point, allowing a change of patch, channel, program and/or bank

Quantize...

Shows the Quantize window, allowing to perfectly align the MIDI notes to the musical grid

Legatize

Shortens or elongates the MIDI notes to make them perfectly sequentials, i.e. the end of a note is the start of the following one

Remove Overlap

FIXME Shortens or elongates the MIDI notes to make them perfectly sequentials, i.e. the end of a note is the start of the following one

Transform...

Transform window, that allows for mathematical operations on the midi notes

Unlink from Other copies

Makes the selected MIDI region independant, e.g. editing this region won't affect any other one.

List Editor...

Shows the List Editor which sequentially lists all the MIDI events in the region, and allows for precise modifications

Gain

[] Opaque

When checked, makes the region opaque audio-wise, i.e., the underlying regions won't be audible

[] Mute

When checked, mutes only the selected region on the track, without muting the track. The muted regions will have !! prepended to their name and will be semi-transparent

Normalize...

Shows the Normalize region dialog, which allows to scale the region level by setting its maximum level, optionaly constraining the RMS

Boost Gain

Increases the gain on the selected region by boosting the audio, without touching the enveloppe or automation

Cut Gain

Reduces the gain without touching the enveloppe or automation

Reset Envelope

If the gain enveloppe has been edited, resets it to its initial value (constant at 0 dB)

[] Envelope Active

When unchecked, disables any enveloppe editing that has been made. The enveloppe will be displayed in yellow instead of green.

Position

Move to Original Position

Moves the region where it was initially recorded or inserted in the session

Snap Position to Grid

If the Grid Mode is set to Grid, snaps the region to the nearest grid line

[] Lock

Blocks the selected regions at their current positions in time and tracks, avoiding any movement on the timeline. The region name will be surrounded by > and < brackets

[] Glue to Bars and Beats

Locks the region position to relative to the musical grid, i.e. a change of tempo will move the region to keep it on the same bar/beat

[] Lock to Video

Same as above, relative to the position in the video

Set Sync Position

Creates or move the Sync position, i.e. the point of the region that will be aligned or snapped to the grid, and that is (by default) the beggining of the region.

Remove Sync

Removes any user defined Sync point, and resets the sync position to the beginning of the region

Nudge Later

Moves the region to the right by the amount shown in the nudge timer

Nudge Earlier

Same as above, to the left

Nudge Later by Capture Offset

Moves the region to the right by the capture latency computed by ardour based on the user's settings regarding latency

Nudge Earlier by Capture Offset

Same as above, to the left

Sequence Regions

Puts the selected regions one after the other, so that the end of one region is the beggining of the next one, removing any overlap or silence. The reference point is the earliest region.

Trim

Trim Start at Edit Point

If the Edit Point is within the region boundaries, shortens the region to align its start with the Edit Point

Trim End at Edit Point

Same as above, for the end of the region

Trim to Loop

Uses both the start and end Loop markers to shorten the region

Trim to Punch

Same as above with the Punch markers

Trim to Previous

On overlapping regions, shortens the selected one so that the previous region is complete, i.e. the new start point for the selected region is the end point of the previous region on the timeline

Trim to Next

Same as above, with the end of the selected region aligned to the start of the following one.

Ranges

Set Loop Range

Creates a Loop range based on the selected regions, i.e. the strt of the loop range is the start of the earliest region, and the end of the loop is the end of the latest region.

Set Punch

Same as above, for the Punch range

Add Single Range Marker

Same as above, for the Edit range

Add Range Marker Per Region

For each selected region, creates its own Edit range based on the boundaries of each region

Set Range Selection

Creates a range selection based on the boundaries of the selected regions

Fades

[] Fade In

Activates/desactivates the Fade In at the start of the region

[] Fade Out

Same as above, for the Fade out at the end of the region

[] Fades

Shortcut to activate/desactivate both the fade in and fade out

Duplicate

Duplicate

Creates a copy of the selected region(s) and happend it to the original

Multi-Duplicate...

Shows the Duplicate dialog, allowing to create multiple copies, or a not-integer number of copies (the last one will then be truncated)

Fill Track

Creates duplicates until it fills the session, i.e. reaches the End marker of the session. The last duplicate may be truncated to fit in

Export...

Shows the Export dialog, with all parameters set to export only the selected region(s)

Bounce (without processing)

Creates a bounce, i.e. a version of the region with all the edits (boundaries, enveloppe), as a new region in the Editor List, without any of the effects of the mixer strip

Bounce (with processing)

Same as above, with the effects of the mixer strip

Remove

Deletes the region from the edit (no file is harmed in the process, and the region stays in the Editor for later use)