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TRANSPOSING AUDIO
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match their corresponding menu settings shown in
Figure 81-8 on page 916 and produce the same
results and the respective menu setting.
Figure 81-10: Adjusting pitch segmentation.
Adjusting pitch segments while playing back
It can help to loop a section and make pitch
segment adjustments during playback to match
what you are seeing with what you are hearing.
This goes for all pitch segment editing.
Editing pitch segments
After you’ve chosen the pitch mode for the track or
soundbite, you can further modify the pitch
segments to more accurately reflect the notes in the
audio as follows:
Trimming pitch s e g ments
As noted above, you can position the Arrow tool
over the edge of a pitch segment to get the trim
cursor (shown in the table). Drag horizontally with
the trim cursor to move the edge of the segment. If
the pitch segment you are trimming lies adjacent to
silence (at the beginning or end of the audio
signal), you are not allowed to extend the segment
into the silence, as segments only represent
portions of the soundbite that have audio signal of
some kind.
Figure 81-11: The right edge of this pitch segment cannot be dragged
to the right because there is silence there.
Gray pitch segments
Gray pitch segments represent portions of the
audio signal that have no detectable pitch. For
example, a percussive drum sound, such as a
cymbal, has no clearly defined root pitch. Another
example are the sibilants found in vocal tracks:
these are sounds such as “s” or “ch” that do not have
pitch to them.
Figure 81-12: Gray (unpitched) segments.
Gray segments are displayed to indicate that there
is signal present in the audio, but that the signal has
no detectable pitch. Gray segments cannot be
modified (since there is no pitch information to
transpose).
To do this Do this Example
To join
adjacent
segments
Click between them
with the Mute tool.
To split
adjacent
segments
Click with the
Scissor tool.
To move the
boundary
between two
segments
Drag one of the
adjacent segment
edges with the
Arrow tool (using
the trim cursor
shown below)
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