Specifications
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3 Click the region near its start or end point.
The Spot Dialog opens. Using any Time Scale,
enter a new start or end time (or duration) for
the region, then click OK. A new region is auto-
matically processed using the Time Compres-
sion/Expansion AudioSuite plug-in. The new
region appears in the playlist and in the Regions
List.
The Scrub Trimmer
(TDM Systems Only)
The Scrub Trimmer is a convenient tool for au-
ditioning material (on up to two tracks) to find a
trim point. You can drag in a track to hear the
audio information, then trim at a specific loca-
tion by releasing the mouse button.
This action creates a new region. Note that the
cursor changes into a “right trim” or “left trim”
shape as it is placed over the right or left side of
a region. To reverse the direction of the Scrub
Trimmer, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac-
intosh) before you click the region.
Scrub playback speed and direction vary with
controller movement. Scrubbed audio is routed
through the track signal path, so you hear any
effects in the signal path.
To scrub trim a track:
1 Click the Scrub Trimmer tool. The cursor
changes to a speaker with a bracket.
2 Drag within a track to the left or right. Audio
from a scrubbed track is routed through the
track signal path, including any TDM effects.
When you locate the trim point, release the
mouse button to trim the region.
To scrub trim two tracks, click with the Scrub
Trimmer between two adjacent tracks and drag.
To scrub with finer resolution (without having
to zoom in), press Control (Windows) or Com-
mand (Macintosh) while scrubbing.
Trim To Insertion Command
You can trim a region or MIDI note by automat-
ically removing the material between the Edit
insertion point and the start or end point.
To trim from a start point to insertion:
1 With the Selector, click inside the region or
note where you want the new start point to be.
2 Choose Edit > Trim > Start To Insertion. The
region’s start point is automatically trimmed to
the insertion point.
Scrub Trimmer over a region