Using time commands

When arranging a song we sometimes want to check different arrangement styles.…For example, I want to delete these four bars of Part A. So instead of deleting…them, then choosing all of Part B, and getting it closer to Part A, we can…simply--let me first undo.…We can simply highlight the time, right-click on the Beat Time Ruler, and choose…one of the time commands.…We can cut, copy, paste, duplicate and delete.…

Let's cut the time, and let's paste it after Part B.…You can see the clips are not on their designated tracks.…That's because I didn't click on the right track.…So I'm going to undo, click on the first one, and then paste time.…Let's delete these transition effects; we don't need it.…We can also duplicate time.…For example, let's duplicate the Intro.…So I'm going to highlight the time, go to Edit, and choose Duplicate Time.…

So you can use the time commands from the Beat Time Ruler or from the Edit menu.…Using time commands will help to quickly audition different arrangement styles…to our song, and will help you to achieve maximum creativity when using the…