Reference Guide

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Using the Transient tool
AudioSnap
automatically.
• Clips follow project tempo. This command forces the clip to follow the project’s global tempo
map.
• Edit clip tempo map. Each audio clip has an internal tempo map. This command exposes
controls that allow you to edit a clip’s tempo map. For details, see Editing a clip’s tempo map.
• Merge and Lock Markers. This command combines all transient markers on all selected
tracks, so that all selected tracks share identical transient markers. The clip positions are also
locked. This will ensure that phase relationships are maintained when quantizing or moving clips
across multiple tracks. When using the Transient tool to drag transient markers, all transient
markers at exactly the same point in time on selected clips move together as a group.
• Save as groove. This command opens the Define Groove dialog, which lets you save the
groove to a file. The groove can then be applied to other audio or MIDI clips.
• Copy as MIDI. This command saves the selected audio as a MIDI clip, which you can paste
from the Clipboard into a MIDI track. You select the MIDI note that the transients in the audio clip
will be converted to in the AudioSnap Options dialog, which opens when you click the Options
button.
• Quantize. This command opens the Quantize dialog, which has options to quantize
AudioSnap Beats and Audio Clip Start Times, and also to set automatic crossfade options.
• Groove Quantize. This command opens the Groove Quantize dialog, which has an option to
quantize AudioSnap Beats, and controls to set automatic crossfade options.
• Reset transient markers. This command resets all transient markers on the selected clips to
their default state.
• Pool > Add MBT to pool. The Track view Time Ruler can be added to the Pool (see Using the
Pool). This command adds the current Musical Time snap resolution to the pool, and also
displays dotted pool lines in the Clips pane. This can be useful as either a basic visual guide, or
for adding the Musical Time to an extracted groove, or to fill in any transients that may be
“missing” in a syncopated or sparse section. In the Snap to Grid dialog, set the Musical Time
value to the resolution you would like to add to the Pool.
• Pool > Add clip to pool. This command adds or deletes the clip’s transient markers from the
Pool. The markers do not have to be visible to be added to the Pool. See “Using the Pool” on
page 404 for more information.
• Pool > Show pool lines. This command hides or shows the Pool lines.
• Pool > Quantize to pool. This command quantizes the selected clips to the Pool.
• Enable AudioSnap. This command enables or disables AudioSnap on selected audio clips.
See:
Note: The Clips follow project tempo command only works on clips that are configured to
use musical time (the Time Base property is set to Musical (M:B:T) in the Clip Properties
dialog).