User Manual

CONTENTS
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568 Smart Selections
569
Region Menu
569 Overview
569 Region command windows
570 Previewing
570 Region command preferences
570 Transpose
579 Quantize
585 Groove Quantize
591 Create (Extract) Groove
594 Smart Quantize
594 Humanize
597 DeFlam
598 Change Velocity
601 Change Duration
604 Split Notes
607 Invert Pitch
608 MIDI Effects Plug-ins
609 The continuous data commands
610 Thin Continuous Data
611 Insert Continuous Data
612 Change Continuous Data
613 Reassign Continuous Data
613 Reverse Time and Retrograde
614 Scale Time
615 Scale Tempo
617 Insert Loop
617 CLear Loops
617 Set Sequence Tempo from MIDI
617 Capture real-time MIDI effects
618 Take automation snapshot
618 Set Gap Between Soundbites
619 Insert Mute Automation
619 Clear mute automation
619 Audition Selection
621
Audio Menu
621 Overview
622 Dither
622 Fade
622 Delete fades
622 Freeze/Unfreeze selected tracks
622 Merge Soundbites
622 Strip Silence
624 Smooth Audio Edits
625 Smooth Audio Edits Again
625 Spectral Effects
626 Bite volume and gain
626 Pitch and Stretch
626 Apply Plug-in
627 Audio Beats
627 soundbite Tempo
627 Layering
627 Timestamps
628 Sync points
628 Duplicate Soundbite
629 Reload Soundbite
631 Replace Soundbite
632 Reveal in Finder/Show in Explorer
632 Edit in Waveform Editor
632 Use external waveform editor
632 VocAlign
633
Fades and Crossfades
633 Overview
633 What is a crossfade?
634 Creating a single fade or crossfade
636 Types of crossfades
637 Fade curves
638 How fades are generated
638 Fades are anchored to their splice
638 Applying multiple fades in one operation
639 Reapplying the last fade settings
639 Deleting fades
639 Editing existing fades
640 Fades that cannot be fully computed
640 Trimming soundbites that have a fade or crossfade
640 Clipping when crossfades are calculated
641
Takes and Comping
641 Overview
641 Take menu
642 Indication of multiple takes
642 Comp takes
644 Comp tool
646 Takes and key commands
647 Conductor track takes
647 Takes interact with multiple mixdowns
649
Tempos and Audio
649 Overview
649 Soundbite Tempo Maps
650 The track Stretch layer
650 Audio menu > Soundbite Tempo
651 Set Soundbite Tempo
652 Clear Soundbite Tempo
652 Halve/Double Soundbite Tempo
652 Find Tempo Factor Near Sequence Tempo
652 Copy Sequence Tempo to Soundbite
652 Adjust Soundbites to Sequence Tempo
653 Adjust Sequence To Soundbite Tempo
654 Viewing and editing soundbite tempo maps
655 Tempo menu
657
Audio Beats and Tempo Detection
657 Overview
657 The Beat Detection Engine
658 What works and doesn’t work
658 Enabling preemptive beat and tempo detection
659 Manually applying beat and tempo detection
659 Where beats and tempo maps are stored
659 Viewing beats in the Sequence Editor
660 Editing beats in the Waveform Editor
661 Beats menu
663 Audio menu > Audio Beats
667 Using the beat grid
668 Stretching audio beats
669 Quantizing beats within soundbites
670 Applying a groove to beats within soundbites
670 Extracting a groove from audio
670 Ideas for quantizing audio
670 Beats determine tempo detection
671 Editing beats to improve tempo detection
671 Reanalyzing tempo after editing beats
671 Adjusting soundbite tempo maps
673
System Exclusive
673 Basics
673 Recording and playing SysEx messages
674 Viewing and editing SysEx data
675 Editing data in the system exclusive window
676 Inserting SysEx data in the event List
676 Editing SysEx data with the Edit Menu
676 Transmitting a SysEx message
677 Recording SysEx into the Editor Window
677 Recording SysEx into a track
678 Hints
679 Be Careful
681
Clippings
681 Overview
681 Clipping Window Quick Reference
681 Clipping Window Basics
683 Using clippings
687
Custom Consoles
687 Overview
688 Custom Console Basics
688 Building a Custom Console
696 Controlling Knobs and Sliders
697 Recording a Knob, Slider, or Button
698 Taking a Snapshot of a Console
699 Animation During Playback
699 Using Controllers Above 63
699 Grouping Control Items
702 Generating Sysex with a Slider or Knob
704 Hints
Part 6: Arranging
709
Conductor Track
709 Overview
709 Conductor track basics
709 Opening the Conductor track
709 Types of Conductor track events
713 Working with the Conductor track event list
713 Working with the Conductor track Editor
713 Editing in the Conductor Track
717
Change Tempo
717 Overview
717 Change Tempo quick reference
718 Change Tempo basics
719 Using Change Tempo
724 Viewing and editing tempo changes
724 Tempo editing resolution
724 Changing tempo on-the-fly during playback
725
Change Meter
725 Overview
725 Change Meter quick reference
725 Change meter basics
726 Using the Change Meter window
729 Viewing meter changes
729 Editing meter changes in the Conductor track
729 Hints and examples
731
Change Key
731 Overview
731 Change key Quick Reference
731 Change Key basics
732 Types of key signatures
732 Inserting key signatures
733 Viewing and editing key changes
735
Insert Measures
735 Overview
735 Before you use Insert Measures
735 Using the Insert Measures command
737
Adjust Beats
737 Overview
737 The problem
737 Using Adjust Beats
741
Record Beats
741 Overview
741 Record Beats example
742 Using Record Beats
743 Handling odd meters
744 Handling pick up beats with the shift data to option
744 Recording beats while slaved to tape
747
Markers
747 Overview
748 Markers window quick reference
749 Markers window mini-menu
749 Basics
750 Opening a Markers Window