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Shortcut Audio Editor Owner’s Manual

Gain Editing

Gain Edits are accessed by pressing SOFT KEY 2 while in the Editor. These include Set

Gain Value, Adjust Level, Fade In, Fade Out, Relative Fade. The direct control for the Speaker

On/Off is still here, moved to item 6. In this menu it is a single item that toggles the speakers

on when they are off, and off when they are on.

GAIN EDIT MENU

ADJUST LEVEL

2. SET GAIN VALUE

3. FADE IN

4. FADE OUT

5. RELATIVE FADE

6. SPEAKER OFF

Pressing the numeric key associated with any of these items will perform the operation

immediately or display the parameters for the operation. You can also use the SCRUB WHEEL or

ARROW KEYS to select an item and press ENTER. Operations performed immediately are FADE

IN, FADE OUT and SPEAKER OFF/SPEAKER ON.

Gain edits in Shortcut are completely non-destructive. Each ten millisecond block of

audio has a Gain Value that can range from +6db to -90db. This Gain Value is applied to the

audio during playback, but does not change the original audio data that was recorded. When a

block is first recorded, its Gain Value is 0db. The level of the recorded audio has no effect on

this, and the actual output level associated with any Gain Value is relative to the recorded level.

All Gain Edits are performed on the selected range of audio between the Edit In and Edit

Out marks, on one or both tracks depending on the state of the ARM buttons. The charts below

illustrate Gain Values in a single channel. These charts are for explanation only. The actual

Shortcut display does not show gain values in this format, but gain edits will affect the size of

the displayed waveforms.

There is still the option to adjust the gain both channels of the entire file. This is

accessed in the Editor by pressing MENU, selecting item 3. OUTPUT LEVEL, adjusting the

value with the SCRUB WHEEL or ARROW KEYS, and pressing ENTER. The entire file is affected

regardless of the state of the ARM buttons or the EDIT IN and EDIT OUT marks.

The maximum and minimum Gain Values are enforced on each operation, so it is not

possible to increase gain above +6db in any section through repeated operations or the

combined effect of gain edits and the OUTPUT LEVEL parameter in the Edit Menu.

Note that increasing gain can cause distortion in audio that is already recorded near full

scale; in this event simply UNDO the operation or reduce the gain of only the affected audio.