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256 Chapter 9 Audio Window
Double-clicking this window opens a dialog box that offers the following options:
• If you stop the calculation by clicking Abort, you can still play the audio file—but it
will not be easy to edit without an overview!
• Continue performs the overview calculation in the background, as per usual.
• Clicking Finish transfers the calculation to the foreground, speeding it up
considerably. The disadvantage is that you can’t use your Mac for anything else, until
the overview calculation is finished.
Operation
Selection Techniques
There are several different ways of selecting audio files and Regions in the Audio
window.
To select a single item, either click its name in the list, or on the waveform display.
Shift-clicking allows the selection of several items, even if they aren’t adjacent to one
another. You can also “rubber band” select multiple adjacent files in the list.
To select all items, use Edit > Select All (Command-A).
You can also use the up/down cursor keys to select the upper/lower audio file or group,
and the left/right cursor keys to show/hide the waveform display.
Audio Files
Selecting the Next Audio File
The Select Next Audio File key command selects the next audio file in the list.
Selecting the Previous Audio File
The Select Previous Audio File key command selects the previous audio file in the list.
Audio Files and Regions
Selecting Used Regions
Choosing Edit > Select used will select all audio files and Regions used in the song
arrangement.
Selecting Unused Regions
Edit > Select unused selects all audio files and Regions that are not used in the current
song arrangement. You can use this function at the end of a session or production, to
delete any items that are not required (press Backspace to delete).