Instruction Manual

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Keyboard Shortcuts
AudioSnap
To Hide or Show the Pool
• In the palette, click the Show Pool button . Transient markers on
individual clips do not have to be visible to see the Pool.
To Add the Time Ruler to the Pool
1. In the Snap to Grid dialog, set the Musical Time value to the resolution
you would like to add to the Pool.
2. Enable the Add Musical Snap to Transient Snap Pool button that’s
at the right end of the Track view Time Ruler.
Keyboard Shortcuts
All the AudioSnap features become much more efficient if you use
keyboard shortcuts. You can find the default AudioSnap keyboard shortcuts
in the online help under Help-Keyboard Shortcuts. Look for the
AudioSnap section.
Aligning Clips to New Tempo Changes
The Clip Properties dialog has an option to automatically synchronize
AudioSnap-enabled audio clips to any new tempo changes you add to your
project. The clips must already be synchronized with the current project
tempo(s) for this to work. If you find that the process of synchronizing clips
to the project tempo has introduced an excessive number of tempo
changes, after your clips are synchronized to the project tempo you can
enable the clips’ Auto Stretch option, and then smooth out the project’s
tempo changes in the Tempo view.
If you need to synchronize a clip to project tempo, you have a variety of
options depending on the kind of clip and the amount you need to stretch
the clip. Quantizing works well for small changes. For material with well-
defined transients, you can convert the clip to a Groove clip and bounce the
clip to a new track. You can choose the quality of the bounce algorithm in
the Offline Rendering field of the AudioSnap Options dialog (click the
Options button in the palette to open). Percussion is the best algorithm for
percussive sounds. Slip-stretching also works well for smaller tempo
changes.
Note: simply enabling the Auto Stretch option on a clip will not “align” the
clip to project tempo(s). When you change the tempo of your project, clips
that are Auto Stretch-enabled simply change their tempo by the same
amount as any new tempo changes that affect their location in the project. If