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I have several tracks with chopped up live drums with many split points/crossfades ready for editing. The split points are right on the transients and I want to move all split points/crossfade centers simultaneously. Is there a way to select multiple crossfades/split points and drag them right or left?
iMac 27″, macOS 14.7
Following up reply based on yo-yo Ben’s response .
In Logic Pro, there isn’t a direct way to select and move multiple split points or crossfades simultaneously like you’re describing. However, there are a few workarounds that can help you achieve this kind of editing:
1. Track Edit Grouping: If your drum tracks are part of a group, you can use the group function to make edits across all tracks simultaneously. To do this:
• Select all your drum tracks.
• In the Inspector (the left-hand pane), click the “Group” field and assign a group.
• In the Group settings (accessible by clicking the “Group” tab), make sure “Editing (Selection)” and “Phase-locked Audio” are enabled.
This will allow you to edit crossfades and split points on multiple tracks at once, but not on individual regions with separate split points.
2. Adjusting Multiple Crossfades: If your primary need is to adjust crossfades rather than split points:
• You can manually select multiple crossfades by using the Marquee Tool. Hold down the Command key and draw a selection box around the crossfades.
• Once selected, you can adjust their length, but Logic doesn’t allow moving the crossfade center positions all at once.
3. Quantize Transients and Re-edit: If the split points are precisely on the transients, you could:
• Use Flex Time to quantize the transients, which could move all the slices together based on the transient markers.
• After quantizing, you can manually readjust the crossfades.
While there’s no one-click solution to select and move all split points/crossfades at once, these methods can help you work more efficiently when editing multiple drum tracks. Does this fit what you’re looking for, or do you need further clarification?
Yes I just mentioned this method in my previous post. The problem with this workaround is it still makes it difficult to find the best split point because you have to:
thats 4-5 steps that have to be repeated perhaps 10 or more times to find the ideal split point. Its features like this and more that makes me realize that Apple/Logic is more focused on the masses/average consumer than on the professional market. And from a money making perspective it’s understandable but Ive been looking at other daws recently that are able to perform tasks like this (move multiple splits points simultaneously) and have many other important features for more demanding editing tasks.
You then just do it the other way around in two steps or two clicks.
There must be something wrong. More exact:
By moving the left corner of the second region (shrinking or expanding without timestretchin), you automatically move the split point of the x-fade. And this can done in a batch.
None of these seem to be a suitable workaround. There are 200 split points and I want to move them all a little to the left. The only workaround I thought of is to remove the crossfades and trim the regions simultaneously to where I want them to start and end and then reapply the crossfades. But even then it makes difficult to audition the best location for the split points back to back.
Diegel wrote:
There are 200 split points and I want to move them all a little to the left.
This can be done very easily. Just select the (not grouped!) 200 regions and just move the left corner at once (don't change the position of the region), then just lengthen the end of the regions at once to fill the gap either manually or with the key command Trim Region End to Next Region.
Diegel wrote:
1. remove all crossfades
Why do you have to remove the crossfades? I would expect to keep the same crossfades.
2. trim the end of the region
This can be done manually at once with the short cut. But keep in mind that the end of the regions don't matter for x-fade. Only the region start matters. Because of this I would first start changing the left corner of the regions at once.
3. key command to fill gap
This can be done manually at once with the short cut. Trim Region End to Next Region.
4. reapply crossfade
Not necessary, because I would expect to keep the same x-fade like before. They automatically re-apply after the gaps are filled.
5. edit crossfade time
Not necessary, because I would expect to keep the same x-fade like before. They autmatically re-apply after the gaps are filled. Even if you need to re-apply fades or fade time, this can be done at once.
I believe you answered my question about this in a separate thread. When 2 adjacent regions are crossfaded but not overlapping that logic does not start the 2nd region in the background where there crossfade begins. So if thats true doesnt that mean it is susceptible to pops/clicks since the 2nd region would be starting at the center of the fade in portion of the crossfade and similarly the 1st region would be ending before the fade out portion of the crossfade has completed?
Like in final cut pro I know when i apply a crossfade to 2 adjacent regions it automatically extends the regions in the background so the regions start and end in sync with the crossfades. I have a feeling Logic works the same way which would save some steps if true. Thats why I was surprised/confused about your answer on how Logic handles crossfades of adjacent (non overlapped) regions.
Yes, Logic does have the capability to move multiple split points on a single track simultaneously, even if they don’t have crossfades. Simply select the regions you want to shrink or expand, just as you would if it were one region.
I have tried this but as soon as I start dragging one split point it deselects all other regions and only moves the split point that my cursor is dragging. To be clear Im not talking about trimming the regions shorter, I mean moving the split point itself.
Ugh so close. It makes no sense that the 1 step method of dragging the left edge (lower half) of a region to the left works on moving multiple split points but it only works on single split points when dragging the right edge (lower half) to the right.
No i definitely did not reach the end of the regions. I am able to drag them all to the right when I do them individually. But when I do multiple regions it will drag but when I let go of the mouse they just go back to their starting positions. I am talking about dragging the lower half of the right edge of the regions to the right (not dragging the lower half of the left edge to the right which would create a gap). Seems like a bug to me. Your step 2 is unnecessary if dragging the right edge to the right worked the same way as dragging the left edge to the left.
I reported this as a bug to Apple. I posted a video link below to demonstrate the problem. It makes no sense that trimming multiple adjacent clips only works to the left and not to the right. https://vimeo.com/1019013130/5eff6882cf?share=copy
How to move multiple split points/crossfades?
