Event with the Draw Tool

Finally, we get to the meat-and-potatoes of ACDD music composition the creation of events. The easiest tool to use is the Draw Tool, which is selected hy default when ACID is first run. 

Using the Draw Tool to draw an event on the timeline. 

Events can be any length at all. Most events in a project are typically based on loops that can be repeated and are, therefore, contained in tracks that are loop tracks. Loop tracks are identified by the loop icon in the Ttack Header. In short, to create an event to be mixed into your project, double-click a media file in ACID Explorer to create a track and then draw the event on the timeline. 

This event contains three repetitions (meaning, it is looped three times) of a media file. A notch in the top and bottom of the event indicates each repetition. 

The Paint Tool is not unlike the Draw Tool in that you still drag the mouse on the timeline to create events. To use the Paint Tool, click the Paint Tool button on the toolbar or press the D key on your keyboard. Then click on the timeline and drag the mouse cursor horizontally to paint an event. The Paint Tool has four uses  

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