User Manual

WAVEFORM EDITOR
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borders and a title bar, and you can sample-
accurately edit it, make a selection from it, zoom to
its boundaries, move to the next or previous
soundbite, and other useful tasks.
Wavefor m Editor tab: Click it to display the
Wavefor m Editor.
Audio file tab: Displays the name of the audio file
being viewed in the Waveform Editor. Click it to
choose a different audio file.
Wavefor m Editor mini - menu: Provides features
specific to the Waveform Editor.
Audio file overview: Provides an overview of the
entire contents of the audio file currently being
displayed in the window.
Zoom to fit: Click these buttons to zoom all the way
out so that the entire audio file fills the available
space horizontally or the waveform fills the full
amplitude range vertically.
Zoom to active soundbite: Fills the waveform
display with the currently active soundbite.
Zoom to selection: Fills the waveform display with
the current selection, if any.
Edit Layer: Lets you choose an edit layer for
waveform display, including audio data, pitch
automation, beats, tempo, stretching, volume,
soundbites and sampler loops.
Edit Layer menu: Provides features specific to the
current edit layer.
Waveform/spectrogram menu: Switches between
the standard waveform display and the
spectrogram display, with numerous color options
for the spectrogram. See “The spectrogram
display” on page 366 for details.
Soundbite menu: Choose the currently active
soundbite.
Amplitude ruler: Measures the gain of the audio
samples in the waveform display. The range is from
+1 to -1. For the spectrogram display, the ruler
displays frequency in hertz (Hz), from zero to 21.1
kHz.
TOOL PALETTE QUICK REFERENCE
Pointer: Gives you an I-Beam cursor over the
waveform for placing an insertion point and
selecting regions of audio for editing. Also gives
you a Hand tool in Soundbites editing mode that
lets you select and edit soundbites by clicking and
dragging their left or right edge.
I-Beam: Gives you an I-Beam cursor over the
waveform for placing an insertion point and
selecting regions of audio for editing.
Pencil: In the waveform edit layer, drag the Pencil
tool over the waveform to redraw the sample data
in the audio file. In other layers, the Pencil inserts
data relevant to that layer (tempo, beats, volume,
etc.)
Zoom: Click or drag to enlarge the waveform.
Option/Alt-click to zoom out. Option/Alt-Shift-
click to zoom backwards (through previous zoom
levels). Option/Alt-Control/Win-Shift click to
zoom forwards.
Scrub: Gives you a scrub cursor over the waveform
for scrubbing and selecting while scrubbing.
Loop: Inserts a sampler loop.
Mute beats: Disables or re-enables a beat in the
Beats edit layer.