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 Navigation waveform: The waveform of the entire sound effect appears here, making it
easy to jump to different parts of the selected clip. All channels are summed together in
this display.
 Playthrough waveform: A zoomed-in section of the selected clip that lets you see
more waveform detail for setting In, Out, and Sync points.
 Jog bar: Lets you scrub around the clip.
 Transport controls: Stop, play, and Loop buttons let you control playback, although you
can also use the space bar and JKL controls. Right-click the Stop button to switch it into
“Stop and Go to Last Position” mode.
 Marking controls: The Sync Point button lets you mark which frame of the sound effect
you want to use to sync to a frame of the Timeline when you audition. In and Out points
let you mark how much of the sound effect clip you want to edit into the Timeline.
 Audition controls: The Audition button puts you into Audition mode where the currently
selected sound effect clip appears at the position of the playhead in the currently
selected Timeline track. Cancel and Confirm buttons let you choose whether you want
to remove the clip from the Timeline and try again with another clip, or leave the sound
effect clip in.
Auditioning clips you’ve found in the Timeline:
1 Select a sound effect clip you’ve found from the list that you want to audition in
the Timeline.
2 In the Sound Library, use the scrubber bar to move the playhead to the part of the
sound effect that you want to sync to, and click the Sync Point button to place a sync
mark on that clip. For example, if you’re syncing the sound effect of a car door closing,
you might sync the first frame of the door fully closed to the peak of the “slam” sound
effect, rather than any door squeaking earlier in the sound effect.
3 Set In and Out points to define the range of the sound effect you want to
potentially use.
4 Select a track you want to preview the sound effect in by clicking its track header or
Mixer channel strip.
5 Position the playhead at the place in the Timeline you want to align the sync mark you
set in Step 2.
6 Click the Audition button in the Sound Library. That clip now appears, temporarily, in the
Timeline, and you can play through that section of the Timeline to see how you like the
sound effect in context with the rest of the mix.
7 If you like the sound effect, click Confirm to keep it in the Timeline. If you don’t, click
Cancel, and it will disappear from the Timeline.
Sound Effect List
All sound effect clips that match the current search criteria appear in this scrollable list. Double-
clicking anywhere on an item of this list plays that sound effect in its entirety.
 File Name: The name of that sound effect file in the storage system.
 Duration: The duration of that sound effect file.
 Channel Mapping: The number of channels in that sound effect file.
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