I appreciate your feedback, and you're correct that those are very useful programs. Thanks very much for mentioning them. However, the point of the article was to encourage the idea that one can do a lot of useful editing just by using cut, copy, and paste. Since it was in the Getting Started series, it was aimed at less experienced users, and it was designed to make them feel comfortable with the concept of moving notes, chords, and drum hits in time with their basic editing tools.