Instruction Manual

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Fit to Time dialog
Dialog Reference
Skip All—Click this button to skip all missing audio files. When you skip all
missing audio files, you project opens without those pieces of missing
audio.
Search—Click this button to begin a search of all available hard drives for
your missing audio file.
After locating the file Options—You can choose to either move an audio
file to the project’s audio data folder, copy an audio file to the project’s audio
data folder, or leave an audio file in its current folder.
Fit to Time dialog
The Process-Fit to Time command opens the Fit to Time dialog box, which
you can use to stretch or shrink a selection so that it ends at a specific time,
expressed in either measure:beat:tick (MBT) or
hours:minutes:seconds:frames (SMPTE) format. This command gives you
a choice of modifying the events or modifying the underlying tempo. This is
useful when you want to alter a portion of a project to have an exact length.
The start time of the selection does not change, but the end time is altered
as necessary to fit the required time interval.
Audio can be stretched or condensed up to a factor of 4 (e.g., it can be
shrunk to as little as 25 percent of its original length, or expanded to as
much as 400 percent of its original length).
The Fit to Time dialog box has the following fields:
Original Time Span
This field lists the beginning location of the selection (the From value), and
the ending location of the selection (the Thru value). You can toggle
between MBT format and SMPTE format by clicking the Format button.
Adjust to End at New Time
Enter a value into the New Thru field of the new location where you want
the selection to end.
Modify by Changing
Choose how you want to change the selection to change its duration.
Usually, you change the Tempo Map; this method preserves the note
durations and bar lines of your project. Choose from these options:
• Tempo Map—Choose this option to change only the tempo(s) of the
selection, leaving note durations and their relationships to bar lines
unchanged.