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+Global Edit mode
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+ Ardour has a global edit mode selector at the left of the
+ Editing toolbar, which affect how regions are moved or copied:
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+ - Regions move freely. Ardour creates overlaps when necessary.
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+ - Editing affects the regions to the "right" of the edit (see below).
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+ - No region motion is permitted (except for "nudge").
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+ Ripple Edit mode provides the following conveniences:
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+ - Deleting a range will move later regions to compensate for the deleted time
+ - Deleting a region will move later regions to compensate for the deleted region's length
+ - Moving a region will move later regions to compensate for the length of the move
+ - Inserting a new region (via dragging or via Paste) will move later regions to the right to compensate
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+ If is enabled, then regions can
+ only move so that they align with locations determined by the current
+ snap settings (beats, or seconds, or other region boundaries, etc).
+ See Snap To the Grid
+ for details.
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+
+The Smart switch
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+ The Smart Mode button to the left of the mouse mode buttons
+ modifies the Grab Mode. When enabled, the mouse behaves as if it
+ is in "Range Mode" in the upper half of a region, and in "Grab Mode" in the
+ lower half. This allows avoiding constant switching between these two modes.
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+Mouse Modes
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+
+ - Grab Mode
+ - The Grab Mode is used for selecting, moving, deleting and
+ copying objects. When in object mode, the mouse pointer appears as a hand
+ whenever it is over the track canvas or the rulers. The mouse can now be
+ used to select and perform operations on objects such as regions, markers etc.
+ This is the most common mode to work in, as it allows you to select and move regions,
+ as well as modify automation points on the automation tracks.
+
+ - Range Mode
+ - When in Range Mode, the mouse pointer appears as a vertical line
+ whenever it is over the track canvas or the rulers. The mouse will now be
+ able to select a point or range of time. Time ranges can be selected over
+ one or several tracks, depending on the selection of your tracks.
+ If none of your tracks are selected, the Range Tool will operate on all the
+ session track visualized in the Editor.
+ If you want to edit only particular tracks, select them before you apply
+ the range tool.
+
+ - Cut Tool Mode
+ - When in Cut Tool Mode, the mouse pointer appears as a pair of scissors
+ whenever it is over the track canvas or the rulers. This tools allows to cut
+ any region into 2 regions at the mouse cursor, regardless of the Edit Point.
+ If one or more track(s) is selected, then all the regions on these tracks will
+ be split at the mouse cursor position.
+ If no track is selected, then only the region hovered by the mouse cursor will
+ be split.
+
+ - Stretch Mode
+ - When in time fx mode, the mouse pointer appears as a
+ distinctive expanding square symbol whenever it is over the track canvas or
+ the rulers. This mode is used to resize regions using a timestretch
+ algorithm. Click on an edge of a region of audio and drag it one way or the other to
+ stretch or shrink the region.
+
+ - Audition Tool
+ - Clicking a region using the audition tool will play this
+ region to the control room outputs.
+ You can also scrub with this tool by clicking and dragging in
+ the direction you wish to listen. The amount you drag in one direction or
+ the other will determine the playback speed.
+
+ - Draw Tool
+ - When in Draw Tool mode, the mouse pointer will change to
+ a pencil. You can then click within an audio region to change the gain
+ envelope for that region. This curve is separate from fader automation
+ for individual tracks. It will remain locked to the region's time, so if the
+ region is moved, the region gain envelope is moved along with it.
+ The draw tool works on automation too, allowing the creation and modification
+ of control points on the automation curves.
+ Last, it is used on a MIDI region to edit the notes.
+
+ - Internal/Region Edit Mode
+ - When in Internal Edit mode, the mouse pointer will change to
+ cross-hairs. This tool acts on gegion gain and automation as the Draw tool.
+ On a MIDI region, it allows to lasso-select multiple notes at a time.
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