Operation Manual

Reduce, followed by clicking either -1%, -5%, -25% or -50%.
Boost works in the opposite manner and raises the volume for selected areas.
Boosting or Reducing Pan, Low Pass or High Pass Filters
You can also boost or reduce the other envelope types by choosing the correct envelope type on the toolbar and
then using the boost or reduce commands.
Keyboard Shortcuts
The keyboard shortcuts are designed so that you can use the mouse to make selections and with the hand use the
keyboard to boost or reduce. Simply hold down the Alt and Ctrl key, make selections and push either W or S for
either a 5% boost or a 5% reduction.
Here are the actual keystrokes that correspond to the boosts and reductions:
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lt+Ctrl+Q Boost 1%
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lt+Ctrl+A Reduce 1%
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lt+Ctrl+W Boost 5%
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lt+Ctrl+S Reduce 5%
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lt+Ctrl+E Boost 25%
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lt+Ctrl+D Reduce 25%
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lt+Ctrl+R Boost 50%
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lt+Ctrl+F Reduce 50%
How To Beat Match Songs
Beat matching is a process of taking one or more songs and matching up their beats and adjusting their tempos so
that the beats stay locked through the transition. This example shows how to take two songs, beat match them
and then increase the tempo from 107 bpm to 119 bpm during the transition.
We are going to mix Atomic Dog by George Clinton with Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil. We've loaded in
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tomic Dog and the software has detected that the tempo is 107 bpm. Click on the Sound Details Tab to look at
the sound's detected tempo.
Next, we load in Beds Are Burning so that we now have two songs in our project. Notice that the project's tempo is
still 120 bpm.
We change the project's tempo to 107 by either going to the Project Details Tab or by right clicking the first marker
and choosing Edit... (we've highlighted the new tempo in red).
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