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title: Align (Spot) Regions
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<p>
- Aligning regions (sometimes called "spotting") means moving one or more
- regions based on a defined location, which in Ardour is always the
- <a href="/editing-and-arranging/edit-point/">edit point</a>. An
- alignment operation moves the region(s) so that some part of the region
+ Aligning regions (sometimes called "spotting") means moving one or more
+ regions based on a defined location, which in Ardour is always the
+ <a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-toolbar/the-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:
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