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44 Chapter 3 Working with Individual Audio Files
To open a file (or the file a clip refers to) in the File Editor tab, do one of the following:
m Click the file. When the file (or clip that refers to a file) is selected in the Timeline, it
appears in the File Editor tab below the Timeline.
m Drag a file from the Browser tab, Search tab, Favorites tab, or Bin tab into the File Editor
or Timeline. The file’s waveform appears in the File Editor tab below the Timeline.
Important: Remember that when you work in the File Editor tab, you don’t need to
worry about saving audio files associated with a multitrack project because all the
individual audio files in the multitrack project are automatically saved.
To open a file (or the file a clip refers to) as an independent audio file project:
m Select the clip, then choose Clip > Replace with Independent Audio File Project.
The selected clip is replaced with a new independent audio file project.
Editing Single Audio Files in File Editor Project View
If you are not working in a multitrack project and want to edit single audio files, you
can edit in the File Editor project view. A single audio file, opened from the Browser,
Search, or Favorites tab appears in the File Editor project view. You may have several
audio files open simultaneously; when you do, each file has its own File Editor tab.
When you edit or apply an edit or effect to a file, Soundtrack Pro automatically converts
the file from its original file format to an audio file project. This conversion allows the
edits to be applied to the file as nondestructive actions. By default, Soundtrack Pro
chooses the audio file project format so that it can save your actions nondestructively.
Unlike when editing files associated with a multitrack project, you must save the edits
you apply to an audio file project or other file type.
If you double-click a file,
it appears in the
full-screen File Editor.