Arranger tracks

Overview

An Arranger track is an arrangement tool that provides several workflow benefits:

Easily rearrange sections of the entire project as one unit instead of moving individual clips. For example, instantly swap the positions of the first and second chorus for all tracks, or copy the first verse in order to double its duration (see Arranger track drag operations).

Experiment with different song structures in a non-destructive and non-linear manner. For example, does your song work best in AABA, ABAB, or ABAC song form? Define time range sections and sequence them in any order without destructively moving any clip data. You can even save multiple arrangements within each project (see Creating arrangements), and create Arranger templates that can be used in any project (see Arranger templates).

Create a color coded overview of the song structure, and use the Arranger Inspector to quickly navigate around the project and jump to song sections (see Navigating by Arranger sections).

Create arbitrary song sections anywhere on the project timeline, then later string them together for seamless playback (see Defining sections of your song and Creating arrangements).

Sections provide an additional way to perform time based selections and edits of the project.

Create an unlimited number of arrangements per project, which can all be exported simultaneously (see Exporting arrangements).

Arranger functionality is distributed across two views:

Arranger track (see Arranger tracks)

Arranger Inspector (see Arranger Inspector)

Figure 156. Arranger track.

A. Arranger Inspector B. Arranger track(s)/timeline C. Sections D. Current arrangement 

An arrangement is comprised of Sections, each spanning a unique time range. Other section properties include name and color, to clearly delineate regions of time and track content by musical function.

 

Important: By default, clicking an Arranger section also selects underlying track events. Clicking again deselects track events, while retaining selection of the section. This behavior allows you to easily determine whether or not track events are included in section edit operations. Note that the selection highlight in the Clips pane indicates selected track events. To disable automatic selection of track events when selecting sections, right-click in the Arranger track timeline and disable Select Events with Sections.

Tip: You can prevent data on individual tracks from being selected when you select Arranger sections. For details, see Excluding tracks from following arrangements.

Basic workflow

1.	Create and edit sections either within the Arranger Inspector or Arranger track timeline (see Defining sections of your song).

2.	Move, add, delete, trim and reorder sections (see Editing sections).

3.	[Optional] Create arrangements (see Creating arrangements):

a)	Create alternate orders of sections, called arrangements, without affecting track events.

b)	Arrangement sections can be edited and previewed independently of project sections.

c)	An arrangement can subsequently be rendered to the project timeline and/or exported (see Exporting arrangements).

 

See:

Arranger tracks

Arranger Inspector

Defining sections of your song

Section types

Editing sections

Creating arrangements

Navigating by Arranger sections

Exporting arrangements

Arranger templates