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Setting the project length

When you create a project, by default the project is 200 measures long. If you record a region past the end of the project, or drag a region or loop past the end of the project, the project lengthens to accommodate the region or loop.

You can also change the project length by scrolling to the end of the project and dragging the end-of-project marker either left to shorten the project, or right to make it longer. Projects can be up to 1999 measures long, in any tempo.

When you export a song to iTunes, the exported file extends from the beginning of the first measure to the end of the last region in the song, unless the cycle region is turned on. If the cycle region is turned on when you export a song, the exported file matches the length of the cycle region. If there are effects at the end of the song, you can drag the cycle region from the beginning of the project to a few measures after the last region to keep the effects “tail” from being cut off.

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