Deleting a section of your arrangement

Maybe your song is a little long for the airplay you hope to get, or a transition from one section to the next is not quite as impactful as it should be. While not all editing in the Tracks area is destructive, it helps to get an idea about what it will sound like without the deleted section.

Cut Section Between Locators

Let's hear what your arrangement would sound like without a section. I am choosing bars 13–21:

1. Create a Cycle for the eight bars to set the locators.
2. Hold down the Ctrl key and the mouse on the cycled area in the Bar Ruler and choose Swap Left and Right Locators. This creates a Skip Cycle.
3. Press play to start playback a few bars before and note that when you reach bar 13 it immediately jumps to bar 21, skipping those eight bars:

   Figure 12.8: A Skip Cycle

   If you are happy with what you hear, you can proceed. You might want to create yet another Project Alternative.

4. Go to Edit | Cut/Insert Time...