User Manual

Edit Mode Toolset
If you’re read the previous Fairlight chapters, you’re already familiar with the Audio Editing tools
and menu options. The Edit mode toolset includes over twenty specialized picture keys for
adding, moving, editing, and trimming clips in the Timeline. The keys represent all of the audio
editing options available in the Fairlight page via the Edit and Trim menus as well as a handful of
tools that are only available in the Audio Editor. You’ll also find keys to open, preview, and edit
clips from the Sound Library and Media Pool.
Fairlight audio editing is by nature fast and fluid, even when you are working with the software
and computer alone. Where the Fairlight Audio Editor enhances the process is that with the
combination of the jog wheel and Edit mode action keys, you can move and edit clips at
incredible speeds and even edit clips on the fly without ever picking up your hands. In fact, the
Fairlight Audio Editor is designed for two-handed operations. The added functionality of
two-handed workflows really comes into play when working in the Edit mode. For example:
with your left hand, you can easily select tracks and press action keys, while you use your right
hand to drive the jog wheel controls and press the Enter key to paste material that its copied to
the clipboard.
The Edit mode action keys work off of two principals: removing material you don’t want to keep
in the Timeline, or moving material to another location. To remove material, you use tools that
erase or trim. To move material, you use the Clipboard tools that cut or copy and therefore store
the material in memory to be pasted elsewhere. When you cut or copy material, a
semi-transparent version of the Clipboard clip appears in the Timeline and can be moved to
another track or location and pasted. Another consideration when editing is to determine if you
are modifying the head, tail, whole clip, or a range containing only part of a clip or multiple clips.
All audio edits are non-destructive and reversible with the Undo key.
NOTE: For more details about the fundamentals of editing audio clips in the
Fairlight page, please refer to Chapter 154, “Editing Basics in the Fairlight Page.”
Edit mode keys
Default Edit mode actions and associated keys include:
 Cut: Cut Head, Cut Clip, Cut Tail keys all cut the material based on the selected track,
clip and playhead position and place the removed material in the clipboard for pasting
with the Enter key. For more fluid editing, hold down a Cut key, such as Cut Tail, and
use the jog wheel to move the cut portion of the clip to a new location, then release the
Cut Tail key to automatically paste the cut clip in the new position.
 Copy: Copy Head, Copy Clip, Copy Tail keys all copy the material based on the
selected track, clip and playhead position and place the copied material in the
clipboard for pasting with the Enter key.
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