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The Sample Editor
The vertical position of a segment indicates its average
pitch. If Pitch & Warp mode is activated and you move the
mouse pointer over a segment, a piano roll will be dis-
played, showing the found pitches.
Furthermore, if you move the mouse pointer over a seg-
ment and the zoom factor is high enough, the average
pitch – note name and fine tuning in cent steps (100ths of
a semitone) – is shown on top of the segment.
Note pitches represent the perceived fundamental fre-
quency of a sound. The note A4 is perceived to be of the
same pitch as a sine wave of 440 Hz. The notation of
pitches is a logarithmic frequency scale. The table below
shows the relation between pitch (note name) and
frequency in Hz:
The average pitch of a segment is calculated from its mi-
cro pitch curve. Micro-pitch curves represent the progres-
sion of the pitch for the tonal portion of the audio.
The horizontal position of a segment indicates the time
position and the length.
You can navigate through the segments by using the left/
right arrow keys on your computer keyboard.
You can zoom in on the segments that you want to edit by
holding down [Alt]/[Option] while drawing a selection rect-
angle. To zoom out, i.e. to move one step back in the zoom
history, hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click in an empty area
of the waveform. If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] and double
click in an empty area, the display will be zoomed out to
show all segments.
C4 C#4/
Db4
D4 Eb4/
D#4
E4 F4 F#4/
Gb4
261.63 277.18 293.66 311.13 329.63 349.23 369.99
G4 Ab4/
G#4
A4 Bb4/
A#4
B4 C5
392.00 415.30 440.00 466.16 493.88 523.25
…a piano roll
is shown in
the waveform.
If you move the
mouse over a
segment…
Note name Fine tuning in cents
This portion of the waveform cannot be represented as a
micro-pitch curve.
Micro-pitch curves