how INSERT or DELETE measures in entire song

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how INSERT or DELETE measures in entire song

For example, I don't start any track before measure 2 of the song, just to have the extra count in; but when I'm done with all the tracks, how do I remove that 1 measure space? Conversely, if I wanted to insert a measure in every track (in the whole song), how do I do that?

thanks,
~Nico

Posted on Oct 2, 2005 11:20 PM

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Answer 1

chellman

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Oct 3, 2005 12:51 AM in response to LatinRock

I think in the Logic way of going about things, the timeline is immutable. So if you want to add or remove measures at the beginning of your song, you just select all regions and move them. Logic makes it really easy to do that, just by selecting all (command-A) and moving them.

The timeline is like a ruler in a graphics program -- you don't insert inches into the ruler, you move stuff to where you want it to be relative to those rulers.

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Answer 2

Oct 3, 2005 7:50 AM in response to chellman

Yeah, I wish there were an easier way to do this (not that it's hard as it is). But I like Joe's analogy.

You know, you can set the metronome to count off one or more bars before you start recording. That way you get your countoff even if you start all tracks at the first bar.

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Answer 3

LatinRock Author

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Oct 3, 2005 9:36 AM in response to Arch Alcantara

that makes sense about the immutable timeline/ruler; I guess I was wondering how to shift everything accordingly. The select-all & moving/dragging works very easily for my beginning of the song scenario; but how would you do it if you had some changes in the middle of the song. For example, you have a continuous drum loop on track 1, so you keep that as is, but 3/4s into the song you want to have an extra 4 measures for a bridge, how would you go into shifting only the last fourth of the song back 4 measures (all the tracks)? Is there a way to select just that portion (last fourth of all the tracks)and move it?

thanks,
~Nico

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Answer 4

Oct 3, 2005 9:43 AM in response to LatinRock

Yeah, select all the tracks and cut with the scissors at the beginning of the measure where you want to add bars. I think it'll keep everything after (to the right of) the cut selected; but if not, click-drag over all those regions (making sure not to select anything on the other side of the cut). Then move them however many bars you want to add.

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Answer 5

Oct 3, 2005 10:46 AM in response to Arch Alcantara

Is there not an inset/cut time by locators thing in the regions menu on the arrange page? There is in Pro, and I can't see this being a Pro only feature. If you want to insert more time at the beginning of a song, just move the song start marker back by however many bars just like you do to trim bounces at the end of your song. As for inserting time in the middle, Arch's idea seems the best to me if you haven't got the insert and cut things... Best, Fred

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chellman

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Oct 3, 2005 12:05 PM in response to Freddie Woolfe

Nope, there isn't. Those menus are way simpler in Express, which is unfortunate.

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Answer 7

Lukas

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Oct 5, 2005 7:09 AM in response to LatinRock

quote "For example, I don't start any track before measure 2 of the song, just to have the extra count in; but when I'm done with all the tracks, how do I remove that 1 measure space?"

Besides of going to Song Preferences > Recording > Count-In and setting the desired value you can also click-drag the white rectangle at the very left side of the ruler to any positive or negative position. Its standard position is at the beginning of bar 1.

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