With the Tab to Transients button enabled, you can automatically navigate to transients in audio waveforms in Waveform view, placing the cursor just before the detected transient peak. This lets you define selections and play ranges, as well as start and end points for new clips, without having to zoom in on the waveform.
In Warp view, Tab to Transients tabs to all Event and Warp markers in a clip. Normal Tab tabs to clip boundaries and all Warp markers. In Analysis view, pressing Tab always tabs to Event markers, regardless of whether or not Tab to Transients is enabled.
For MIDI and Instrument tracks in Notes view, pressing Tab always tabs to the next note, regardless of whether or not Tab to Transients is enabled. In Clips view, Tab to Transients tabs to notes and Normal Tab tabs to clip boundaries.
For MIDI notes, when tabbing to chords, each note in the chord is recognized as a single event. This lets you tab to each note in the chord.
When Tab to Transients is enabled, the Tabbing function also locates the cursor to clip start and end points, but not to sync points.
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To set the start and end points of a selection with Tab to Transients:
1 In the upper left of the Edit window, click the Tab to Transients button so it becomes selected.
2 If you will be setting the play range with this selection, enable Options > Link Timeline and Edit Selection.
3 Click in the audio track just before the beginning of the material you want to select.
4 Press Tab repeatedly until the cursor locates to the transient where you want to start the selection.
If necessary, you can move to the previous transient by pressing Control+Tab (Windows) or Option+Tab (Mac).
5 Press Shift+Tab until the cursor locates to the end of the material you want to select.
To move the selection end point to the previous transient, press Control+Shift+Tab (Windows) or Option+Shift+Tab (Mac).
Once selected, the material can be looped for recording or playback, or it can be turned into a new clip with the Separate or Capture command.
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With the edit cursor inserted across multiple tracks, you can use Tab to Transients to tab to the next transient on any of those tracks. When transients on multiple tracks are closely aligned, Tab to Transients tabs to the first transient on any of those tracks.