FXpansion BFD Eco - Manual (Page 22)

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6:6 Manipulating Parts on the Drum Track
Selecting Parts
Click on a Part to select it. Several adjacent Parts can be selected by clicking on the song background and drawing a selection box over the
desired Parts. You can also select multiple parts in the following ways:
• CTRL-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac)
Adds the Part to the current selection. If a Part is already selected, this operation de-selects it.
• SHIFT-click
Creates a contiguous selection between two Parts.
Moving selected Parts
Using drag & drop
To move Parts within the Track using drag & drop:
1. Select one or more parts and then drag them left/right along the Track.
2. The posi tion at which they will be dropped is shown by the red
Insert marker.
3. Release the mouse button to drop the part at the desired position.
If there is a gap between the insert marker and subsequent Parts identical to or greater than the size of the moved Part(s), the moved Part(s)
simply slot into the gap.
If there is no gap, or a gap smaller than the moved Part(s), all subsequent Parts in the track are nudged later in time by the length of the moved
Part(s) – in other words, the gap is preserved.
Using the Track context menu
The Track context menu features Cut selected Parts and Paste Parts at Marker functions for Part selections, which can be used as an
alternative method of moving Parts.
Copying selected Parts
Parts are copied using drag and drop while holding down the ALT key. This follows exactly the same behaviour as that which occurs when
moving Parts, except that the original Part is copied instead of being moved.
Parts can also be copied using the
Copy selected Parts and Paste Parts at Marker functions in the Track context menu.
Truncation indicators show Part
has been shortened and start
point has been changed
Changing the size of Parts
When the mouse cursor is moved over the right/left edges of a Part, it indicates that you can change its size by
clicking and dragging left/right.
Click the right edge and drag towards the left in order to shorten the Part. A truncation indicator at the right of
the Part shows that it has been shortened. The length of a shortened Part can be increased by clicking the right
edge and dragging towards the right.
Click the left edge of a Part and drag towards the right in order to change the Part’s start point. A truncation
indicator at the left of the Part shows that its start point has been changed. Click the left edge of the Part and
drag towards the left in order to move the start point towards the start of the Part.
It is not possible to change the length of a Part beyond that of the original Groove.
Track context menu when right-
clicking on a Part
Track context menu
Right-click (or CTRL-click on Mac) on the Drum Track to display the Track context menu, featuring several
additional functions for manipulating Parts on the Drum Track. The available functions on the menu depend on
whether you click on an empty area of the Track, or on a selection of Parts.
Cut selected Parts
Removes the selected Parts from the track and stores them in the clipboard.
Copy selected Parts
Stores the selected Parts in the clipboard.
Paste before selection / Paste after selection
These functions are visible in the Track context menu when the Insert marker is positioned within a selected
Part. They allow you to paste any Parts in the clipboard before or after the currently selected Part in the Track.
Track context menu when right-
clicking on empty Track
Paste Parts at Marker
Pastes any Parts stored in the clipboard to the point indicated by the Insert marker.
This function is visible in the Track context menu when the Insert marker is positioned on an empty section of
the Track.
Parts are inserted sequentially in their original order. Their relative positions when they were originally copied
are not retained.
Repeat selected Parts
Creates a copy of all selected parts, which are inserted sequentially at the end of the last selected part.
Split Part at marker
Splits the Part at the Position marker.
When a Part is split, the first of the resulting two Parts has a truncation indicator at its right, to show that it has been shortened, and can be
increased. The second of the resulting Parts has a truncation indicator at its left side, to show that the start point has been changed.
Clear all Parts
Clears the current contents of the Drum Track. You are asked for confirmation before you can continue.