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Working with projects
Scrubbing audio
Scrubbing audio
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio part or event by playing
back, forwards or backwards, at any speed:
1. Select the Play tool and click a second time on the icon.
A pop-up menu opens.
2. Select “Scrub”.
3. Click at the desired position of your audio event or part and keep the mouse button
pressed.
The project cursor moves to the position where you click. The mouse pointer is not
visible anymore.
4. Drag to the left or right.
The project cursor moves correspondingly and the audio is played back. The
speed and thus the pitch of the playback depend on how fast you move the
mouse.
You can adjust the volume of the Scrub function in the Preferences dialog (Transport–
Scrub page).
Ö When scrubbing with the mouse, insert effects are always bypassed.
Ö It is also possible to “scrub” all audio and video tracks of your project with the Jog
wheel and Shuttle Speed control on the Transport panel see
“Playing back with the
shuttle speed control” on page 105.
Scrubbing can be quite a burden on your system. If playback problems occur, try
deactivating the “Use High Quality Scrub Mode” option in the Preferences dialog
(Transport–Scrub page). The resampling quality will then be lower, but scrubbing will
be less demanding on the processor. This can be useful when scrubbing in large
projects.
Editing parts and events
This section describes techniques for editing in the Project window. If not explicitly
stated, all descriptions apply to both events and parts, even though we use the term
“event” for convenience.
Ö When you are using the tools for editing, you can in many cases get additional
functions by pressing modifier keys (e.
g. pressing [Alt]/[Option] and dragging with the
Object selection tool creates a copy of the dragged event).
On the following pages, the default modifier keys are described – you can customize
these in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page), see
“Setting up tool
modifier keys” on page 716.
Selecting events
Selecting events is done using any of the following methods:
• Use the Object Selection tool.
The standard selection techniques apply.