Specifications

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Tips for Getting Useful Beat Triggers
Use the following tips to verify beat triggers:
◆ To focus on a particular area in the selection,
unlink the Edit and Timeline Selections and set
the playback range by clicking or dragging in
any Timebase Ruler.
◆ Check the thickness of the beat triggers to see
if they align properly with the audio material.
Thick triggers fall on barlines, medium triggers
fall on beats, and thin triggers fall on sub-beats.
◆ Select the option for Show Trigger Time and
see if the (assumed) metric locations of the trig-
gers align with the material. A false trigger
should be moved or deleted because it can cause
subsequent triggers to appear in the wrong loca-
tions (see “Editing Beat Triggers” on page 339).
◆ Consider whether lengthy selections should
first be broken down into smaller selections,
which could be more easily managed. For exam-
ple, working in 8- or 4-bar sections might yield
better results more quickly.
◆ For selections across multiple tracks, consider
whether it may be easier to work with them in-
dividually, or in Collection mode (see “Detec-
tion (Normal) and Collection Mode” on
page 349).
Editing Beat Triggers
Even though Beat Detective offers a great deal of
flexibility in how transients are detected, there
may be times when beat triggers must be de-
leted, moved, or manually inserted. Addition-
ally, triggers can be promoted so they are re-
tained at lower sensitivity settings.
Deleting Beat Triggers
False triggers, which do not represent an actual
beat or sub-beat in the source material, may ap-
pear when raising the Sensitivity slider to detect
quiet material. In these instances you can locate
and manually delete any false triggers.
To delete a beat trigger:
1 With the Beat Detective window open, choose
the Grabber tool in the Edit window.
2 Locate the false trigger you want to delete.
Transients for false triggers usually have smaller
peaks than the other trigger points, and typi-
cally fall between the sub-beats.
3 Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macin-
tosh) the trigger to delete it.
Moving Beat Triggers
You can adjust the placement of triggers to al-
low for the attack of their transients, or to com-
pensate for an individual transient that is
slightly ahead of or behind the beat.
Deleting a beat trigger