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Looping regions

You can loop regions so that they play repeatedly, and extend them to fill any amount of space in the timeline.

To loop a region:

  1. Move the pointer over the upper half of the right edge of the region. The pointer changes to a loop pointer (a vertical line and a circular arrow).
  2. Drag the edge of the region as far to the right as you want it to keep playing. The region will loop repeatedly to that point.
  3. Notice the “notches” that appear at the top and bottom of the region as you drag it. The notches show the beginning and end of each complete “loop” or repetition of the region.

You can resize a region, then loop it. When you loop a resized region, it loops from the beginning to the end to which you have resized it. If you add silence by lengthening a region, the silence will be included in each repetition when you loop it.

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