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4.6 : Audio Clips
The Audio Clip Properties
In Section One of the this chapter, you saw how to use the clip tools located in title-bar of an audio
clip. In addition to these controls, selected clips have a range of options and properties (Fig. 4.6.1).
Note that the properties panel has two tabs when an audio clip is selected. The rst tab is the stan-
dard properties tab, and it is this tab that we will look at in this section. The second tab, called the loop
properties tab is used when looping audio clips, and is detailed in Section Seven of this chapter.
Name: The name is shown at the bottom of the clip in the arrange area.
Start / end: These are the points on the time-line at which this clip begins and ends. You can adjust
these elds manually for precise positioning if you so desire.
Length: This eld shows the length of the clip. You can manually edit this eld if needed.
Offset: View / edit the relationship between the start of the audio data and the start of the clip. Recall
from the clip tools description that the contents of the clip can be moved along the time-line, while the
clip itself remains xed in position. This eld shows that displacement.
Remap on tempo change: When this option is enabled, the clip will be resized and time-stretched
such that it is still in key and in time with the rest of the edit.
Loop This Clip: This button displays a pop-up menu from which you choose how many times the clip
should be looped. Looping is explained in Section Seven of this chapter.
Gain: Use this control to boost or cut the level of this clip. This allows you to easily make per-clip ad-
justments to level, and is complementary to main volume / pan lter control for the track.
Pan: Use this control to adjust the stereo panning of this clip. This allows you to easily make per-clip
adjustments to pan position, and is complementary to main volume / pan lter control for the track.
Active channels: You can use these two toggle buttons to disable the left or right channels. This allows
you to quickly treat a stereo audio le as mono.
Fade in/out: View or edit the fade envelope lengths (tool “F” in Fig. 4.1.2) for this clip. These time val-
ues are measured from the end of the clip in towards the middle.
Fade slope: Choose the slope type for the fade in/out envelopes from these icons.
Figure 4.6.1