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ANOTHER NOTE: You will find that
the envelope display in the Pitch Edit
Graph provides a useful reference for
selecting the initial range and exactly the right
point to move.
YET ANOTHER NOTE: When selecting
and moving a point, the vertical
position of the cursor has no effect.
Only the horizontal position counts.
Examples of Using the Move Point Tool
The quickest way to become familiar with the
time edit tools is to run through the tutorials in
Chapter 4. But if you’re not currently near your
computer, the following examples should give
you a good idea of how you’ll typically use the
Move Point Tool in your projects.
For a note, word, or phrase that begins at the
correct time, but ends either early or late:
1. Use the Move Point Tool to select a range
that extends from the exact beginning of
the note, word, or phrase past its end.
NOTE: How far past the end you
select depends a lot on what follows
the note, word, or phrase to be
edited. If there is silence, select as much of
the silence as you need to be able to move the
endpoint to its desired location. If there is more
audio, keep in mind that in order to move your
endpoint, you will also end up stretching or
compressing some of the following audio. The
exact selection amount will vary depending on
the nature of your audio. Undo is your friend.
2. Within the range selected in Step 1, place
the cursor exactly on the end of the note,
word, or phrase and move it to the desired
location.
For a note, word, or phrase that begins early or
late, but ends at the correct time, simply use
Steps 1 and 2 as described above, but select
a range that extends from the end of the note,
word, or phrase to before its beginning. Then
select the exact beginning and move it to the
desired location
For a note, word, or phrase that both begins
and ends at the correct times, but whose
internal articulation you would like to edit:
1. Use the Move Point Tool to select a range
that extends exactly from the beginning of
the note, word, or phrase to its end.
2. Select the point within the range that you
would like to edit and move it to the desired
location.
The Move Region Tool
The Move Region tool is designed
for moving notes, words, or phrases
in their entirety while preserving the
timing of the moved element.
NOTE: For clarity, in the following
descriptions, a “range” is defined as
the overall range of audio that you
will be working with, while a “region” refers
to the audio within that range that you wish to
move.
As with the Move Point Tool, you first select
a range of audio. Then, instead of moving a
single point, you select the region within your
initial selection that you want to move. You
then move that region, again compressing and
expanding the audio around it.
The Move Region Tool is also context sensitive.
It changes function (from initial range selection
to region selection to moving) depending on
what lies beneath it on the screen. As you
move the tool around the screen, its cursor icon
will change to indicate its current function.
Using the Move Point Tool is a three step
process:
1. Select the audio range you wish to operate
on.
2. Select the region within that range that you
wish to move.
3. Click anywhere within that region and
move it forward or backward as desired.
The Move Region Tool operates as a
combination I-beam selection tool and time
shifting tool as follows:
•
Whenever the cursor is over an area that is
not located within an existing range selection
(either because there is no current range
selection or because it is outside the area of
an existing range), it appears as a standard