2013

Functional overview 85
Tips & tricks
A few tricks that help make working with Samplitude Music Studio 2013 easy:
Working with projects
• The "A" key will select the complete sample as a range.
• "Home" and "End" set the play cursor to the beginning or end; all selected ranges
will disappear.
• A range can be selected from one exact marker position to the next by clicking on
the marker above the wave. Next, hold "Shift" and click on the second marker.
• Using the "Shift + mouse click" a range can be moved horizontally.
• "Shift + Ctrl + arrow keys" will flip a range to the right or left. This is a great way
of testing a loop at a different position.
• Objects in Virtual projects can be displayed in two different modes. By pressing
"Tab" you alternate between the modes. Pressing "Shift + Tab" will open a dialog
window in which you can set the parameters of the display modes.
• Using "Ctrl + mouse click" on an object copies the object.
• Double clicking the mouse button on the volume curve creates and deletes
volume handles. Activate the volume automation curve with "V" in each track of
the VIP!
• Change the function of the mouse buttons in VIPs with "Preferences -> Mouse
mode", or use one of the mouse mode buttons in the mouse mode toolbar!
• The function "Lock objects" allows you to lock objects to prevent accidental
movement. This is especially useful for multitrack recording when the individual
tracks need to stay in sync with each other.
• To determine the tempo of a selected range (BPM), open the snap definition
dialog ("Shift + R") and select the number of beats the selected range represents
(for example: 4) in the "Free bar snap" section. Next, click on the "Get range"
button in the "Free bar snap" section to retrieve the length of the selected range.
The BPM display in the "Fixed bar snap" section now displays the BPM of the
audio section.
• Try the right mouse button on various components of the VIP window! A
context-sensitive popup menu is displayed which features useful functions
depending on the window component you clicked on. Among them are objects,
"Record" and "Mute" buttons, and the scrollbars.
• "Delete" deletes markers when the play cursor (real-time cursor) is located
exactly on the marker. The same key deletes any selected objects and deletes
ranges that are selected.
• "T" separates a selected object at the position of the play cursor. If a range is
selected within the object, the object is separated on the range borders, which
results in three objects. If auto crossfade mode is active while the separation
takes place, Samplitude Music Studio 2013 adds smooth crossfades at the