
About regions
Each time you record a Real or Software Instrument, you create a “region” in the instrument’s track that contains the music you record. When you drag a loop to the timeline, you create a region from the loop. Any changes you make to the region, such as splitting or transposing it, do not change the original recording or loop.
Real Instrument regions you record are purple, Real Instrument regions created from loops are blue, and Real Instrument regions from imported audio files are orange. Software Instrument regions, from recordings, loops, or imported MIDI files, are green.
Regions, along with tracks, are the building blocks of a project. There are several ways you can edit regions, including:
- Cutting, copying, and pasting regions
- Resizing regions to change how long they play
- Transposing regions to a different key (regions created from loops and from Software Instrument recordings only)
- Moving regions to another track or to another point in the timeline
- Setting whether Real Instrument regions match the project tempo
- Fixing the timing of notes (Software Instrument regions only)
- Editing the individual notes of Software Instrument regions in the editor, to adjust their timing, length, and pitch
For more information on editing Real and Software Instrument regions, see Related Topics below.
Related Topics
Editing Real Instrument regions
Editing Software Instrument regions
