Specifications

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Use of the Trimmer is affected by the current
Edit mode: Shuffle, Slip, Spot, or Grid. See “Edit
Modes” on page 224 for more information.
To trim a region with Standard Trimmer:
1 Select the Trimmer tool. For TDM systems,
make sure the Standard Trimmer is selected in
the Trimmer pop-up menu.
2 Move the cursor near the start or end of the re-
gion, so the Trim cursor appears.
To reverse the direction of the Trim cursor, press
Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh).
3 If trimming the end, drag left to shorten the
region, right to lengthen.
– or –
If trimming the start, drag right to shorten the
region, left to lengthen.
When trimming regions in a stereo or multi-
channel track, all channels are trimmed.
When using Shuffle mode, adjacent regions are
slid as necessary to make room for the edited re-
gion. If using Grid mode, the dragged start/end
times snap to the nearest Grid boundary. If us-
ing Spot mode, the Spot dialog opens, where
you can enter the new location for the region’s
start or end point.
The Time Trimmer
The Time Trimmer is a convenient tool for
matching an audio region to the length of an-
other region, a tempo grid, a video scene, or to
practically any other reference point you want.
The Time Trimmer works by using the Time
Compression/Expansion (TC/E) AudioSuite
plug-in (or a third party plug-in) to create a new
audio file. You use the Time Trimmer by drag-
ging the region’s start or end point to expand or
compress the region.
The Standard Trimmer can also be used to
lengthen and shorten MIDI notes (see
“Trimming Note Start and End Times” on
page 361), and also to scale automation
and controller data up or down “Drawing
Automation” on page 465.
For TDM systems, the Trimmer has three
modes: Standard Trimmer (discussed in
this section), Scrub Trimmer (see “The
Scrub Trimmer” on page 270), and Time
Trimmer (see “The Time Trimmer” on
page 268).
Standard Trimmer
Trim cursor
When working with audio, you cannot trim
past adjacent regions.
Time Trimmer over a region