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diff --git a/manual/xml/editing_concepts.xml b/manual/xml/editing_concepts.xml index 354ef8db95..c73bb00c2a 100644 --- a/manual/xml/editing_concepts.xml +++ b/manual/xml/editing_concepts.xml @@ -5,321 +5,335 @@ ]> <section id="sn-editing-concepts"> - <title>Editing Concepts</title> - <para> - In Ardour, "editing" describes the process of - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - making modifications to playlists. Recall that - <glossterm linkend="gt-playlist">playlists</glossterm> are nothing more - than lists of <glossterm linkend="gt-region">regions</glossterm> arranged - over time. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - recording/modifying automation data - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <section id="editing-cut-copy-paste"> - <title> Cut/Copy/Paste </title> - <para></para> - </section> - - <section id="sn-snap-settings"> - <title>Snap Settings</title> - <para> - By default, when you move objects around, they move freely. There - <emphasis>is</emphasis> a "granularity" to the motion, but it is a single - audio frame (so typically on the order of 1/48000'th or 1/96000'th of a - second), and at most zoom levels it will not be apparent in any way. - </para> - - <para> - However, this is not always the way you want to move some kinds of objects. - If you are working with structured compositions that utilize traditional - concepts of bars, beats, rythmn and so forth, you will often want to move - regions so that that they always align to specific periodic time points - that correspond to the start of a bar, or a beat etc. If you are working on - a movie soundtrack, you may prefer to have regions always align to SMPTE - frames, or perhaps even to whole seconds. - </para> - - <para> - Ardour provides a wide variety of "snap" settings. If any but "None" is - selected, they define a grid of timepoints which will be used to "snap" - object positions as they are dragged. The grid can be regular (as is the - case if you choose "Beats", for example), or it can be completely irregular - (if you choose "Marks", for example). It can even consist of a - <emphasis>single</emphasis> timepoint (if you choose "Edit cursor", for - example). - </para> - - <variablelist> - <title> Possible Snap Settings </title> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>None</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - no alignment used at all - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> CD Frames</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to 1/75th of a second intervals, as defined by the "Redbook" Audio - CD standards - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> SMPTE Frames</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to whatever the current SMPTE frame interval is (defined in the - options editor) - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> SMPTE Seconds</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to whole seconds, adjusted to account for any SMPTE start offset - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> SMPTE Minutes</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to whole minutes, adjust to account for any SMPTE start offset - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Seconds</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to whole seconds - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Minutes</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to whole minutes - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Beats/32</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to 1/32 divisions of the beat - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Beats/16</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to 1/16 divisions of the beat - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Beats/8</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to 1/8 divisions of the beat - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Beats/4</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to 1/4 divisions of the beat - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Beats/3</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to 1/3 divisions of the beat - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Beats</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to beats - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Bars</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to the start of bars - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Marks</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to the nearest mark of some kind - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Edit Cursor</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to the current position of the edit cursor - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Region starts</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to the nearest start of a region in the (first) selected track - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Region ends</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to the nearest end of a region in the (first) selected track - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Region syncs</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to the nearest region sync point in the (first) selected track - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel> Region bounds </guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - align to the nearest region start or end in the (first) selected track - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - <section id="changing-snap-settings"> - <title> To change snap settings </title> - <para> - Move the mouse pointer to the toolbar panel of the editor window. Click on - the "expansion arrow" of the "Snap setting" chooser. This will popup a - list of available snap settings. If necessary, scroll down to see your - desired choice. Click on your choice in the list to dismiss it and make - Ardour switch to the new setting. - </para> - - <note> - <para> - Changing snap settings has <emphasis>no</emphasis> effect on the position - of any existing region. Its effect is only on objects being moved. - </para> - </note> - <tip> - <para> - The snap setting also affects moving the playhead, the edit cursor, - loop/punch and location markers, and dragging/moving range selections. - </para> - </tip> - </section> - - <section id="snap-mode"> - <title> Snap Mode </title> - <para> - There are two subtly different ways in which the snap setting can affect - region motion: - </para> - - <variablelist> - <title></title> - <varlistentry> - <term>normal snap mode</term> - <listitem> - <para> - regions can only be moved to positions defined by the snap setting. It - is not possible to move them to intermediate positions. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>magnetic snap mode</term> - <listitem> - <para> - regions can still be moved to positions not defined by the setting, but - they "stick" to the timepoints that are when dragged across them. - Imagine that the timepoints and the regions are magnetic - or just try - it and see. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - <para> - However, you can press the <emphasis>snap modifier</emphasis> key while - dragging, and the snap setting will be ignored. By default, this is the - key on your keyboard that generates <emphasis>Mod3</emphasis> , but you - can modify this from the <emphasis>Options Editor</emphasis> keyboard tab. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="changing-snap-mode"> - <title> To change snap mode </title> - <para> - Move the mouse pointer to the toolbar panel of the editor window. Click on - the "expansion arrow" of the "Snap mode" chooser. This will popup a list - of available snap settings. If necessary, scroll down to see your desired - choice. Click on your choice in the list to dismiss it and make Ardour - switch to the new setting. - </para> - </section> - </section> + <title>Editing Concepts</title> + <para> + In Ardour, "editing" describes the process of + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + making modifications to playlists. Recall that + <glossterm linkend="gt-playlist">playlists</glossterm> are nothing + more than lists of + <glossterm linkend="gt-region">regions</glossterm> arranged over + time. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + recording/modifying automation data + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <section id="editing-cut-copy-paste"> + <title> Cut/Copy/Paste </title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="sn-snap-settings"> + <title>Snap Settings</title> + <para> + By default, when you move objects around, they move freely. There + <emphasis>is</emphasis> a "granularity" to the motion, but it is a + single audio frame (so typically on the order of 1/48000'th or + 1/96000'th of a second), and at most zoom levels it will not be + apparent in any way. + </para> + + <para> + However, this is not always the way you want to move some kinds of + objects. If you are working with structured compositions that utilize + traditional concepts of bars, beats, rythmn and so forth, you will + often want to move regions so that that they always align to specific + periodic time points that correspond to the start of a bar, or a beat + etc. If you are working on a movie soundtrack, you may prefer to have + regions always align to SMPTE frames, or perhaps even to whole + seconds. + </para> + + <para> + Ardour provides a wide variety of "snap" settings. If any but "None" + is selected, they define a grid of timepoints which will be used to + "snap" object positions as they are dragged. The grid can be regular + (as is the case if you choose "Beats", for example), or it can be + completely irregular (if you choose "Marks", for example). It can even + consist of a <emphasis>single</emphasis> timepoint (if you choose + "Edit cursor", for example). + </para> + + <variablelist> + <title> Possible Snap Settings </title> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>None</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + no alignment used at all + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> CD Frames</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to 1/75th of a second intervals, as defined by the + "Redbook" Audio CD standards + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> SMPTE Frames</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to whatever the current SMPTE frame interval is (defined + in the options editor) + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> SMPTE Seconds</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to whole seconds, adjusted to account for any SMPTE start + offset + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> SMPTE Minutes</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to whole minutes, adjust to account for any SMPTE start + offset + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Seconds</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to whole seconds + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Minutes</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to whole minutes + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Beats/32</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to 1/32 divisions of the beat + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Beats/16</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to 1/16 divisions of the beat + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Beats/8</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to 1/8 divisions of the beat + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Beats/4</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to 1/4 divisions of the beat + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Beats/3</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to 1/3 divisions of the beat + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Beats</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to beats + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Bars</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to the start of bars + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Marks</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to the nearest mark of some kind + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Edit Cursor</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to the current position of the edit cursor + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Region starts</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to the nearest start of a region in the (first) selected + track + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Region ends</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to the nearest end of a region in the (first) selected + track + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Region syncs</guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to the nearest region sync point in the (first) selected + track + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel> Region bounds </guilabel></term> + <listitem> + <para> + align to the nearest region start or end in the (first) selected + track + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + + <section id="changing-snap-settings"> + <title> To change snap settings </title> + <para> + Move the mouse pointer to the toolbar panel of the editor window. + Click on the "expansion arrow" of the "Snap setting" chooser. This + will popup a list of available snap settings. If necessary, scroll + down to see your desired choice. Click on your choice in the list to + dismiss it and make Ardour switch to the new setting. + </para> + + <note> + <para> + Changing snap settings has <emphasis>no</emphasis> effect on the + position of any existing region. Its effect is only on objects + being moved. + </para> + </note> + <tip> + <para> + The snap setting also affects moving the playhead, the edit + cursor, loop/punch and location markers, and dragging/moving range + selections. + </para> + </tip> + </section> + + <section id="snap-mode"> + <title> Snap Mode </title> + <para> + There are two subtly different ways in which the snap setting can + affect region motion: + </para> + + <variablelist> + <title></title> + <varlistentry> + <term>normal snap mode</term> + <listitem> + <para> + regions can only be moved to positions defined by the snap + setting. It is not possible to move them to intermediate + positions. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>magnetic snap mode</term> + <listitem> + <para> + regions can still be moved to positions not defined by the + setting, but they "stick" to the timepoints that are when + dragged across them. Imagine that the timepoints and the + regions are magnetic - or just try it and see. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + + <para> + However, you can press the <emphasis>snap modifier</emphasis> key + while dragging, and the snap setting will be ignored. By default, + this is the key on your keyboard that generates + <emphasis>Mod3</emphasis> , but you can modify this from the + <emphasis>Options Editor</emphasis> keyboard tab. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="changing-snap-mode"> + <title> To change snap mode </title> + <para> + Move the mouse pointer to the toolbar panel of the editor window. + Click on the "expansion arrow" of the "Snap mode" chooser. This will + popup a list of available snap settings. If necessary, scroll down + to see your desired choice. Click on your choice in the list to + dismiss it and make Ardour switch to the new setting. + </para> + </section> + </section> <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="Some_Subsection.xml" /> |