With the Draw Acid Pro b draw Adjusting an Events Length or Time Selection Acid Pro b timeselect Adjusting an Events Length tool selected, drag either end of an event. The waveform stays in place, but the beginning or end of the event will move.

The event edge will snap to grid lines if snapping is on; you can hold the Shift key while dragging to temporarily override snapping.

Acid Pro  Adjusting an Events LengthIf you drag the end of the event past the end of the media file, loops and MIDI clips (with the Looped check box selected in the Clip Pool) will paint continuously across the timeline. One-shots and Beatmapped clips do not repeat.

With the Draw Acid Pro b draw Adjusting an Events Length or Time Selection Acid Pro b timeselect Adjusting an Events Length tool selected, hold Alt while dragging an event. The mouse pointer is displayed as a Acid Pro slipcursor Adjusting an Events Length.

As you drag the event, the contents of the event shift, but the event will not move. You can use this technique when you want to maintain an event’s length and position, but have the event play a different section of the source media file.

This example demonstrates holding Alt while dragging an audio event to the right:

Acid Pro slipanimate Adjusting an Events Length

This example demonstrates holding Alt while dragging a video event to the left:

Acid Pro videoslipanimation Adjusting an Events Length

With the Draw Acid Pro b draw Adjusting an Events Length or Time Selection Acid Pro b timeselect Adjusting an Events Length tool selected, hold Alt while dragging the right or left edge of an event. The mouse pointer is displayed as a Acid Pro sliptrimcursor Adjusting an Events Length.

As you drag the event edge, the opposite edge of the event will remain fixed, trimming the media from the edge you drag.

This example demonstrates holding Alt while dragging the right edge of an event to the right:

Acid Pro  Adjusting an Events Length 

This example demonstrates holding Alt while dragging the right edge of a video event to the left:

Acid Pro videosliptrimanimation Adjusting an Events Length

Hold Ctrl+Alt while dragging an event. The mouse pointer is displayed as a Acid Pro slidecursor Adjusting an Events Length.

As you drag, the relative position of the media remains fixed on the track, and the event position changes. You can use this technique when you want to maintain an event’s length, but have the event play a different section of the source media file at a different point in your project.

The following image represents holding Ctrl+Alt while dragging an audio event to the right:

Acid Pro  Adjusting an Events Length

The following image represents holding Ctrl+Alt while dragging a video event to the right:

Acid Pro videoslideanimation Adjusting an Events Length

Adjusting an Event’s Length

Adjusting an event’s length determines which portion of a media file is played by an event and for how long.


What do you want to do?

Acid Pro  Adjusting an Events Length Trim the start or end of an event

Acid Pro  Adjusting an Events Length Shift the contents of (slip) an event

Acid Pro  Adjusting an Events Length Slip-trim an event

Acid Pro  Adjusting an Events Length Slide an event 

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Adjusting an Event’s Length