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A TIP:
When moving a Note with
Snap To Note o, you can refer
to the Object Pitch Display to
determine the Note’s exact pitch at any
position. If “PLAY AUDIO FOR SELECTED NOTE
OBJECT” is checked, you will also hear the pitch
of the note as you move it.
When the cursor is near either end of a note,
the length adjustment cursor (horizontal left
and right arrows) will be displayed. Clicking
on either end of a Note when the length
adjustment cursor is displayed will allow you
to drag the selected end point left or right
to a new position, eectively lengthening or
shortening the Note.
Unlike Lines and Curves, whose movement is
constrained by adjacent objects, extending a
Note’s start or end point will replace any other
correction objects that currently exist in the
extended time range.
NOTE: When extending a Note, as
long as you are dragging the end
point (i.e., as long as you hold your
mouse button down), moving the end point
over an existing object will cause it to be
overwritten, but then moving it back to its
original position will cause the overwritten
object to reappear. However, once you
release the mouse button and finalize the
move, the overwritten object is gone forever.
Subsequently dragging the Note’s end point
back to its original position will not cause the
overwritten object to reappear.
ANOTHER NOTE: When extending a
Note, any new pitch material that
becomes part of the lengthened
Note will inherit the original Note’s Retune
Speed (as displayed by its green output curve).
As a result, it may (or may not) be necessary
to adjust the Retune Speed to achieve the best
result with the additional material.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: When we talk
about moving a Note Object’s end
points in time, it’s important to
understand that what we’re doing is adjusting
the time range during which that Note defines
the target correction pitch of the audio. We are
not shifting the time of the audio itself. To shift
the time of the audio, use the Time Control
tools described later in this chapter.
A TIP: If you are working on a
performance with such wide vibrato
that even with Number of Note
Objects set to its lowest setting you still end
up with a series of notes rapidly alternating
between the desired pitch and the upper and
lower adjacent pitches, instead of manually
moving each upper and lower note back to the
desired central pitch, just grab the appropriate
end of the first or last central pitch Note and
drag it over all of the other Notes. You’ll end
up with a single Note on the desired frequency
whose vibrato you can tame with a single
adjustment of the Note’s Retune Speed.
While all of the above may seem a bit mind-
boggling on first reading, in practice it’s quite
intuitive. Spend a minute or two playing with
the Arrow Tool and all will become clear.
NOTE: If, while the Arrow Tool is
selected, you move the cursor onto
the Envelope Graph Display, it will
temporarily change to the Magnifying Glass
Tool, yadda, yadda, yadda…
Scissors Tool
Moving the Scissors Tool over an
existing Curve, Line, or Note object
and clicking will break the object
in two at the point clicked. Both of the new
objects will be unselected.
For Curves and Lines, although it will look like
there is only one anchor point created at the
break point, there are actually two (one for
each of the two newly created line or curve
segments). Simply use the Arrow Tool to move
the top anchor point to reveal the other one.
NOTE: Scissors Tool, Envelope Graph
Display, temporarily Magnifying
Glass Tool. Yup.
Magnifying Glass
In the Pitch Graph, use the
Magnifying Glass to click and drag
a box around an area of interest.
Dragging o the Pitch Graph automatically
scrolls the graph. When you release the mouse
button, the scale and position of the Pitch
Graph will be changed to display the area
enclosed by the box.