Specifications

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• Select Fill Gaps to trim region end points so
that the gaps between regions are filled.
• Select Fill And Crossfade to trim region end
points and automatically add a pre-fade (in
ms) directly before each region start point.
3 In the Edit window, if not already selected, se-
lect the range of conformed audio regions you
want to smooth. Make sure the selection’s start
and end points fall cleanly on the beat.
4 Click the Smooth button to smooth the edits
for the selected regions.
5 Audition the results by clicking Play in the
Transport window.
6 If necessary, select Edit > Undo, and repeat
steps 2–5 trying a different Crossfade Length.
Edit Smoothing Creates Sync Points
After smoothing edits with Beat Detective, sync
points (corresponding to the material’s start
point) are automatically created for the con-
formed regions. This allows you to later con-
form the regions to a different tempo map or
groove template, or use different Conform set-
tings. However, sync points are only created as
they are needed: If gaps between regions are cre-
ated during Region Conform, Fill Gaps in Edit
Smoothing mode will trim regions to fill the gap
and a sync point will be created at each region’s
original start point. If there is no gap between
regions, no sync point will be created by Edit
Smoothing.
Consolidating Regions after Edit
Smoothing
The process of separating, conforming, and
smoothing with Beat Detective can leave tracks
with many regions and many crossfades. If you
are working with multiple tracks, the density of
these edits may lead to system performance
problems.
Once you are satisfied with the results from Beat
Detective, it is recommended that you flatten
the tracks with the Consolidate Selection com-
mand. For all regions selected, Consolidate Se-
lection creates a single, contiguous audio file to
reduce the session’s edit density. See “Consoli-
date Selection Command” on page 310.
Detection (Normal) and
Collection Mode
In some instances, it may be difficult for Beat
Detective to successfully analyze multiple tracks
with the same Detection settings. With Beat De-
tective’s Collection mode, you can collect a set
of beat triggers from different tracks, each with
different Detection settings, and use the collec-
tion of triggers to generate Bar|Beat Markers or
Regions before and after Edit Smoothing
For more information on region sync points,
see “Defining Region Sync Points” on
page 265.
Before consolidating a large selection across
multiple tracks, make sure there is enough
RAM available. See “RAM Requirements for
Beat Detective” on page 334.