Working with audio clips

To fade in/out an audio clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer in the top left (fade in) or top right (fade out) corner of the clip, then drag to adjust the fade duration.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer in the top left (fade in) or top right (fade out) corner of the clip, then drag to adjust the fade duration.

To crop a clip’s start/end

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the clip’s start or end point, then drag to adjust the start/end position.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer over the clip’s start or end point, then drag to adjust the start/end position.

Tip: When cropping clips, you can choose to also move clip fades proportionally, or retain the original fade position. To move the fade position, click the top three quarters of the clip edge when cropping. To retain the clip fade position, click the bottom quarter of the clip edge when cropping.

To move data and the clip edge

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the clip’s start or end point, then hold ALT+SHIFT and drag to adjust the start/end position.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer over the clip’s start or end point, then hold ALT+SHIFT and drag to adjust the start/end position.

To move data without moving its clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer within the clip, then hold ALT+SHIFT and drag left/right to move the data within the clip boundaries.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer within the clip, then hold ALT+SHIFT and drag left/right to move the data within the clip boundaries.

To select audio clips

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the clip, then click to select the clip.

With the Smart tool , position the pointer below the clip header, then drag to make a time selection.

With the Smart tool , position the pointer outside any clips, then drag to make a time selection.

With the Smart tool , drag with the right mouse button to lasso the clips you want to select. It is sufficient to simply touch the clips you want to select; there is no need to fully enclose the clips.

With the Select tool , position the pointer outside any clips, then drag over the clips you want to select.

With the Select tool , position the pointer over the clip, then click to select the clip.

With the Select tool , position the pointer over the clip, then drag to make a time selection.

With the Select tool , drag with the right mouse button to lasso the clips you want to select. It is sufficient to simply touch the clips you want to select; there is no need to fully enclose the clips.

 

Tip: To modify a selection, hold down the CTRL key and click clips to toggle their selection state.

To scrub an audio clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

To scrub a single track, hold down the J key and drag across the track.

To scrub all visible tracks, hold down the J key and drag in the Time Ruler.

To mute/unmute a clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Mute tool , drag across the bottom half of the clip to mute a time region, and drag across the top half to unmute a time region.

With the Mute tool , click the bottom half of the clip to mute the entire clip, and click the top half of the clip to unmute the clip.

With the Mute tool , position the pointer outside any clips and drag over the clips you want to mute/unmute.

To isolate a Take lane

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Mute tool , hold down the CTRL key and drag across the region you want to isolate.

With the Mute tool , hold down the CTRL key and click the clip to isolate the entire clip/lane.

All other Take lanes in the same track are muted.

To move a clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the clip header, then drag the clip or selection to the desired location.

With the Move tool , drag the clip or selection to the desired location.

To stretch an audio clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , hold down CTRL+SHIFT and position the pointer over the clip’s first half and drag to stretch the beginning, or position the pointer over the clip’s second half and drag to stretch the end.

With the Stretch tool , position the pointer over the clip’s first half and drag to stretch the beginning, or position the pointer over the clip’s second half and drag to stretch the end.

With the Edit tool , hold down CTRL+SHIFT and position the pointer over the clip’s first half and drag to stretch the beginning, or position the pointer over the clip’s second half and drag to stretch the end.

A clip icon in the top right corner of the clip indicates the clip is stretched and shows the stretch percentage.

To slip stretch multiple clips

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Select the clips you want to stretch. Note: Slip stretching is not allowed on Groove clips, and only available for ARA Region FX clips that explicitly support slip stretching (including Melodyne).

3.	Do one of the following on any selected clip:

With the Smart tool , hold down CTRL+SHIFT and position the pointer over the clip’s first half and drag to stretch the beginning, or position the pointer over the clip’s second half and drag to stretch the end.

With the Stretch tool , position the pointer over the clip’s first half and drag to stretch the beginning, or position the pointer over the clip’s second half and drag to stretch the end. Tip: The Stretch tool now supports lasso selection and time selection.

With the Edit tool , hold down CTRL+SHIFT and position the pointer over the clip’s first half and drag to stretch the beginning, or position the pointer over the clip’s second half and drag to stretch the end.

The selected clips are stretched or compressed by the same absolute duration, gated by a stretch range of 25–400%.

Figure 240. Multi-clip slip stretching.

To erase a clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Erase tool , position the pointer over the top half of the clip, then drag to erase a time selection.

With the Erase tool , position the pointer over the bottom half of the clip, then click to erase the entire clip.

With the Erase tool , position the pointer outside any clips, then drag over the clips you want to erase. Hold down the ALT key and drag to erase by time.

To split a clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer where you want to split the clip, then hold down ALT and click (or lasso to split a region).

With the Split tool , position the pointer where you want to split the clip, then click (or drag to split one or more clips at the mousedown and mouseup points).

To raise/lower an audio Clip Gain envelope

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Select the Smart tool .

3.	Hold down the CTRL key and drag the bottom part of the clip up/down.

Tip: For greater control over clip gain envelopes, set the Event Filter to Clip Automation > Gain.

Note: Clip envelopes can be adjusted in the parent track or in a Take lane.

 

See:

Working with MIDI clips

Working with MIDI notes

Working with automation envelopes

Working with AudioSnap transients

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