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(single) I-beam and clicking and dragging the
mouse will select a new range.
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Whenever the cursor is over an area that IS
located within an existing range selection,
but NOT located within a previously defined
region, the cursor appears as a double
I-beam and clicking and dragging the mouse
will create a new region within the existing
range.
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Whenever the cursor is over an area that
is located in a previously defined region, it
changes to the Move Region cursor and
clicking and dragging anywhere within the
region will move the region in the desired
direction, while compressing and expanding
the areas between the ends of the region
and the boundaries of the enclosing range.
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Whenever the cursor is over an area where
audio has not been tracked by the Track
Pitch + Time function, the cursor changes to
the universal “No” icon to indicate that time
shifting is not possible at that point.
NOTE: When selecting and moving
a region, the vertical position of
the cursor has no effect. Only the
horizontal position counts.
An Example of Using the Move Region Tool
As mentioned above, your best bet is the
tutorial in Chapter 4, but here’s a quick example
of using the Move Region Tool:
1. Use the Move Region Tool to select a
range that extends far enough beyond
either end of the note, word, or phrase (i.e.,
the region) you want to edit to allow you to
move it to its desired location.
NOTE: How far past the ends of the
region you select depends a lot on
what comes before and after it. If
there is silence, select as much of the silence
as you need to be able to move the region to
its desired location. If there is more audio at
either end, keep in mind that in order to move
your region, you will also end up stretching or
compressing some of the adjacent audio. The
exact selection amount will vary depending on
the nature of your audio. Once again, Undo is
your friend.
2. When you place the Move Region Tool
cursor within the range selected in step 1,
it will turn into the double I-Beam Select
Region cursor. Use the Move Region Tool
to select the region that you wish to move.
3. When you place the Move Region Tool
cursor within the region selected in step
2, it will turn into the Move Region cursor.
Click and hold anywhere within the
selected region and move it forward or
backward in time as desired.
Tracked Data Management
To help manage the recorded audio data
required for time shifting, Auto-Tune 7 provides
a convenient Data File Management dialog that
allows you to establish or move the location of
the data files, rename the folder where they’re
stored, as well as delete them if they are no
longer necessary.
The File Management System will also alert
you if the data files are not where Auto-Tune 7
expects them to be and will provide information
to help you find them.
Before getting to the details, here are some
basic principles for managing your tracked
audio data files:
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Most important: Unless you have a clear
reason for doing so, do not move or rename
any of Auto-Tune 7’s data files or the folders
they are stored in without using the Data File
Management Dialog described below. That
is, don’t just find the files on your computer
and manually change their names or move
them to another location. This will cause
Auto-Tune 7 to lose track of them. You will
still be able to use the Data File Management
Dialog to find them again, but it will be an
unnecessary annoyance.
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If you will be moving your project to a
different computer, you must copy all of the
data files used by all instances of Auto-Tune
7 in the project and move them as well.
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If you will be making an archival copy of your
project, copy all of the project’s Auto-Tune 7
data files and save them with the archive.