Owner's manual

Controls and Displays Page 11
Shortcut Audio Editor Owner’s Manual
PUBLIC DIRECTORY 48K TIME 3:45:17
A SHORTCUT PROMO 0:36
A SHORTCUT PROMO ORIGINAL 0:52
BOING
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CAR DOOR
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CAR PEEL OUT
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DOG GROWL
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3
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A SHORTCUT PROMO EDITED
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FILE LISTING
The Directory Name appears in the top line, along with the Sample Rate and Available
Record Time. The File Names appear below, with their length at the right. If a file is assigned
to a HOT-KEY, the Hot-Key number appears to the right of the file name enclosed in brackets.
To select a File, use the SCRUB WHEEL or GO TO keys to highlight the File name. If there
are more than six files in the directory, the directory will scroll to show the other files as they
are selected. Once you have selected a file:
• Press ENTER or EDIT IN to load the File for an edit session; or
• Press PLAY to hear the File without moving to the Edit level.
• Press COPY to copy the file.
• Press ERASE to permanently erase the file. (File erasures cannot be undone)
While working at most other tasks in the Editor, pressing the FILES key will immediately
close the Editor (with a save dialog if the file is not saved) and present a File listing for the
current Directory.
Save and Save As
The SAVE key saves a File but does not close it. When changes have been made to a File
but not yet saved, the SAVE key will illuminate.
Holding ALT and pressing SAVE results in a prompt for a new File name. The file you
were editing is left as it was when it was opened or when SAVE was last pressed. Subsequent
editing is performed on and saved to the new file. This is useful when saving several versions
of an edited File. It is a good idea to do this at least the first time you save an edited file so that
your original recording is left unaltered. Copies of files use very little disk space, and it is good
insurance in case a mistake is made in editing. Remember to erase all copies of a recording when
clearing disk space for new recordings, as the disk space will be released only when all files that
use that audio have been erased.
Save As can be used to recover from some editing errors, even if no copy of the file being
edited exists. Editing always takes place on a temporary copy of the file you choose. Edits are
not copied back to the file until it is Saved. Save As leaves the original file that you edited
intact; any editing that was done between the last Save and the point at which the error is
detected is saved to a new file. Then the original edit file can be opened and used to retrieve
parts that were deleted in error, which can then be returned to the new file.
When you save a file, you are saving:
1. The data that describes what audio to play in what order.