# Managing Regions

Capo's regions are a very powerful mechanism for marking up your songs and helping you practice the parts that are important to you. Using a combination of Capo's built-in beat detection system and looping facilities, Capo's regions will help you learn your songs more effectively than ever.

Regions can be exported as m4a or aiff files. The speed and pitch setting of the song will be reflected in the exported audio clip.

A context menu is also available for performing a number of functions. To invoke the context menu Control-click on the region.

#### To create a new region

- Click in the waveform area at the point where you want your region to begin
- Drag the region out to the desired size
- Release the mouse button to create the region

Note that while setting up a region, Capo will use its beat markers to snap the region to beat boundaries. This means that while looping, your regions will play perfectly in tempo with the recording.

To help distinguish regions from one another, you can drop a few different kinds of regions that vary in color. Capo offers a generic region type in addition to a chorus, verse, and bridge region. These are called 'high-level' regions.

#### To drop a verse region

- Follow the steps to create a new region above, but hold the command key when clicking in the waveform area.

#### To drop a chorus region

- Follow the steps to create a new region above, but hold the option key when clicking in the waveform area.

#### To drop a bridge region

- Follow the steps to create a new region above, but hold the command and shift keys when clicking in the waveform area.

In addition to offering regions with different colors, Capo also allows you to easily rename them.

#### To change the type of a region

- Bring up the region's context menu.
- Select the corresponding color for the other region type you wish to use.

#### To rename a region

- Double click the region's title, or select the "Rename..." command in the context menu.
- Type in a new name, and press return to end editing

Regions can also be moved and resized after they are created, so you can quickly shift your practice from one section to another.

#### To move a region

- Move your mouse on top of a region, and it will turn into a hand cursor
- Click and drag the region around to move it
- Holding down the Shift key while moving a region supresses snapping to beats.

#### To resize a region

- Move your mouse above the resize handle near the end of the region, or over the edge of the beginning, and your cursor will change to indicate resizing
- Click and drag the resize handle around to change the region's duration
- Holding down the Shift key while resizing a region supresses snapping to beats.

#### To delete a region

- Select a region by clicking on it and press the Delete key.

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- Bring up the region context menu and select the 'Delete Region' command.

#### To export a region

- Bring up the region context menu and select the 'Export Region...' command.

You will be able to set the name, location and type of file you wish the audio clip to be.