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The Sample Edit Window

Example showing the “Trim” function. 1 Before 2 After

Make sure that the areas you are about to delete do not

contain any regions which you may need. Regions outside

the selection will be lost, and regions which are partly out-

side will be shortened. If any such regions are being used

in the Arrange an alert box appears, giving you the option

of cancelling the trim function.

Remove DC Offset: When using poorly constructed au-

dio hardware, direct current (DC) can be undesirably lay-

ered over the audio signal. This results in a vertical shift in

the waveform position, which can be clearly seen in the

Sample Editor. During playback, this can cause crackling

sounds at the start and end of the audio region.

Waveform with 1 and without 2 DC Offset

With Functions > Remove DC Offset it is possible to cen-

ter the waveform around the zero amplitude line, to avoid

crackling at cut points.

Sample Rate Converter

The Sample Rate Converter is used for converting the

sample frequency. For example, audio files which have a

48kHz sample rate (recorded on a Hi-Fi DAT recorder and

digitally transferred into the computer), can be converted

to 44.1kHz.

Normally you will want to convert the sample rate of a

whole audio file. To do this, select the whole audio file in

the Sample Editor (ctrl a). Select Functions > Sample Rate

Convert… in the Sample Edit window. To execute the

function click the Convert button.