Parts

Parts are small regions inside an audio or a midi track. Parts separate sections of the track visually and logically.

You may select to work with or without parts by using the "Part" button in the Track Manager, or by using the "P" key (for more, see Keyboard Shortcuts).

A ghost part is a mirror of an existing part. When that original part is altered, all ghost parts that reference the original part are also altered.

In Audio Tracks

Parts in audio tracks are represented with actual disk files (so if your audio track has 5 parts, there are 5 disk files). This separation allows you to:

• Create a new part at the clicked position (or Shift+N).
• Save the part as preset. Preset parts are shown in the browser.
• Mute, or Lock a part.
• Set part name and colors.
• Apply pitch shift to selected parts.
• Move part around. The moving snaps to grid, unless you hold down Shift while moving.
• Extend or truncate the part. This can also apply time shifting when selected.
• Copy,Cut,Paste or delete a part. (Ctrl+C,Ctrl+V,Ctrl+X,Del).
• Paste part as ghost. Ghost parts are mirrors of the original part, and when the original part changes, they also change.
  Note: To prevent cpu overworking, midi ghost parts are updated when the relative midi editor (Pianoroll or Score) has been closed. You can change that behaviour from Options.
• Repeat a part, either normally or as a ghost.
• Time stretch or resize a part using pitch shifting or time stretch.

Ghost parts refer to the same file (they have duplicated file handles) and therefore, once you manipulate a part, all its ghosts are automatically converted.

Because audio parts are single files, they can overlap.

In Midi Tracks

Parts in midi tracks are not different disk files, but they are only visually groupped. That means that a midi note can be outside a midi part. You can do pretty much the same functions discussed above for audio parts. The exceptions are:

• Midi notes are not stretched when you resize a part, you have to use pianoroll or score options to stretch or enlarge notes.
• Ghost parts are updated once you exit the pianoroll or score editing.
• Midi parts can temporarily overlap, but once the project is saved, notes are mixed.

Byzantine midi tracks cannot have parts.