Operation Manual

You can trim the left or right edge of any sound. The sound will trim based on the snap settings. If you cannot trim
a sound to a specific length it is probably because snap is on and you need to turn it off.
Trim Silence
You can automatically trim the silence from the start and end of sounds by select them and then clicking Trim
Silence from the Sound menu. (This is currently only available for Audio Clips.)
Setting Exact Length
You can set a sound's exact length by clicking on the Sound Detail Tab and editing the Length's minutes, seconds
and milliseconds edit boxes directly.
Looping Sounds
You can loop any sound by dragging. Move the mouse to the left or right edge until the cursor turns into a left right
resize cursor .
Simply click on the left or right edge of the sound, hold the mouse down and drag left or right. In the example
below, the user drags it to the right creating two and a half loops.
Each loop is represented by a triangle on the top and bottom of the sound.
The sound will loop based on the snap settings. (If you cannot change a sound to a specific length it is probably
because snap is on and you need to turn it off.)
Creating A New Loop
You can re-loop a sound or make a loop out of any section of any sound. Click on the Sound Details Tab and use
the Loop Editor to adjust the start and end loop points.
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lternatively, you can trim the sound and then click Make Into Loop from the Sound menu. This sets the loop
points to the start and end of the trimmed sound. The Loop Editor will show more details.
Setting Exact Loop Length
You can set a sound's exact length by clicking on the Sound Detail Tab and editing the Length's minutes, seconds
and milliseconds edit boxes directly. This will allow you to easily change the number of loops in a sound.
Splitting Sounds
Splitting allows you to take one sound and cut it into two parts without any gaps. Splitting occurs at the caret's
position.
In this image, we show two selected sounds. We've highlighted the caret in red to show its position ( the caret
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