Logic Pro 9 I don't get how to move audio regions

[edurbrow]

I played a guitar part that is not perfect and I want to move regions around. I use the scissors tool and can slide regions forwards and backwards with the pointer tool. So let's say a note was played too late. I cut it and move it backwards in time so it lines up with the beat. What I want to do is extend the audio region after it to the left to fill the silence and put a cross fade if necessary. I was able to do that, but sometimes when I pull the edge I just get a line instead of a wave form. I see that there are takes below it, but only one take. I wish I could just hide all the takes and just work on the comp. I try to just work on the comp because the takes are really just drop-ins where I stopped and started again, not truly different takes. When I try to edit the take the cursor sometimes turns into a double bar rather than a squared C. I hope this makes sense.
TIA

 

[georgelegeriii]

Flatten your comp...

 

[edurbrow]

Thanks. That seems to work. There is a little triangular white line on the right edge. Is that some kind of fade? There are quite a lot of regions but I couldn't find a way to flatten all in one command. Do you have to do them individually?
Thanks again.

 

[Jay Asher]

Read the manual.

 

[edurbrow]

I could divide and conquer using the scissors and pointer tool to cut up audio and line the regions up. However, I finally "got" the flex tool thanks to this tutorial: http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/production/quantizing-audio-with-logic-pro-9s-flex-time/ and it became way easier. This is much easier. I have only used it on monophonic parts so far but it is much easier than cutting up the audio and shifting things around.