Operation Manual

example, if a sound has a key of A and the project's key is B, the sound will play back two semitones higher than
normal in order to be in tune with the key of B.
Project Time Signature *
The time signature affects the software's snap behavior if the snap is set to Snap To Measure or Snap Bar. For
example, if the time signature is 3/4 and the software is snapping to the measure, it would mean that the software
is snapping every three beats, instead of four beats for 4/4 time. As expected, the metronome plays based on the
current time signature.
The numerator of the time signature indicates the number of beats per measure and the denominator indicates
what type of note receives a beat.
* Keep in mind that this setting only affects the time period from the first marker to the second and is really just a
shortcut or convenient interface to access the first marker's settings.
Author Information
Click on the Author Info... button on the Project Details Tab to edit the tag or information about this project.
This information is saved with all projects and also is saved in the textual tag information when mixing down to
audio files, such as MP3 files.
z Title
z Author
z Album
z Genre
z Year
z Copyright
z Comments
Metronome
The metronome helps to keep time and will play a sound on each measure and beat. To turn the metronome on or
off, go to the Project Details Tab and toggle the Metronome button. Alternatively, you can click the Mix menu
followed by clicking Metronome (a checked state indicates that it is on). The easiest way to toggle the state of the
metronome is to click the metronome icon on the Master Bar.
Customizing The Metronome
You can customize the metronome's sounds and volume level by going into the Preferences and choosing the
Metronome page.
Play Every X Beats
By editing a marker, you can also instruct the metronome to play every Nth beat (it defaults to playing every beat).
Auto Beat Match
A
uto Beat Match is a mode that analyzes all sounds for tempo, beat and key data. It attempts to detect the beats
in any supported audio file. The drawback to automatic beat match mode is that it takes longer to detect tempos
and key information (initial loads are two times longer although subsequent loads will be cached and load faster).
If you click the Auto Beat Match button on the Project Details Tab after loading in some songs or sounds, it will
detect the tempos and keys of loaded sounds and adjust them to match the project tempo.
A
lternatively, you can toggle Auto Beat Match mode by choosing Automatically Beat Match New Sounds from the
Mix menu.
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