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Flex Time Editing
You can use Flex Time editing functions to edit the timing of
single or multiple audio regions.
This chapter introduces you to the techniques used for Flex Time editing as well as
the track-based settings that detemine how the timing of your audio will be altered.
You’ll learn how to correct a single note or the timing of an entire region, all within the
Arrange window.
Flex Time editing greatly simplies the process required for altering the timing of audio
material. It allows you to compress or stretch the time between specied points in an
audio region without the need for more traditional processes like cutting, nudging, and
crossfading. Though comparable to what is sometimes referred to as elastic audio in
other applications, Flex Time editing provides unique advantages, such as the option to
employ beat slicing methods that do not rely on time stretching algorithms.
Flex Time editing is largely dependent on a set of markers called transient markers,
which denote signicant points in an audio le. The audio on a track is analyzed for
transients the rst time you enable that track for Flex Time editing. Any detected
transients in the le are marked with transient markers.