Reference Guide

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Fixing timing problems in audio clips
AudioSnap (Producer and Studio only)
4. Select the audio tracks that you want to use as the rhythm guide.
5. Identify the transient markers you want move, then drag the transient markers until they snap to
the nearest transient markers in the selected tracks.
To quantize an audio clip to another audio clip (Quantize to Pool)
A common problem arises when two or more clips aren’t quite in sync with each other. You can fix
this with AudioSnap if the sync errors aren’t huge. The AudioSnap command that is most helpful in
this situation is the Quantize to Pool command. The way it works is you decide which clip has the
correct rhythm, you add that clip’s transient markers to the Pool, and then you quantize the other
clip’s transient markers to the Pool.
1. Select the Smart tool in the Control Bar.
2. Assign the track’s Edit Filter control to Audio Transients.
Audio clips show transient markers and the AudioSnap palette appears.
3. Select the audio clip that you want to use as the rhythm guide.
4. Disable any transient markers that you want to exclude from the Pool (see “To disable a transient
marker” on page 601).
5. Right-click the selected clip and select Pool > Add clip to pool on the pop-up menu.
The selected clip is added to the Pool, and its transient markers turn purple.
6. Select the audio clip that you want to quantize.
7. Right-click the selected clip and select Pool > Quantize to pool on the pop-up menu.
The Quantize to AudioSnap Pool dialog box appears.
8. Configure the following settings as desired:
• Max Distance From Pool. The value in this menu determines which notes are affected by
the Quantize to Pool command. For example, if you choose Quarter in the menu, notes that
are farther than a quarter note from a Pool line are not quantized.Quantize Window. This
slider fine tunes the value in the Max Distance From Pool menu. A window of 100 percent
includes all markers that lie within the Max Distance From Pool value.Quantize
Strength. This slider controls quantize strength, which determines how closely the selected
notes move to the Pool markers.Click OK.
The transients in the selected clips are quantized to the Pool.
See also:
“To extract the groove from one clip and apply it to another clip” on page 626
Note 2: When snapping audio transients, the following rules apply:
• If a Pool exists, audio transients snap to the Pool.
• If a Pool does not exists, audio transients snap to transients in the selected tracks.
• If there are no selected tracks, audio transients snap to transients in the selected clip.