User Manual

AUDIO EDITING IN THE SEQUENCER
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About this chapter
This chapter describes how to edit audio clips after you have recorded them in the sequencer. General sequencer
functions, recording, note and automation editing, and arranging in the sequencer are described in detail in the chap-
ters “Sequencer Functions”, “Recording in the Sequencer”, “Note and Automation Editing” and “Arranging in the Se-
quencer”.
Edit Modes, Stretch & Transpose Types and Clip Types
After you have recorded your audio clips, you might want to adjust levels, trim starts and ends, add fades etc. If you
have recorded several takes in your audio clips, or several cycles in Loop Mode, you can also cut out segments of the
various takes and compile (comp) them into a final “perfect” audio clip.
You can also quantize audio clips, manually change the timing of individual notes or beats in the clips and even export
audio clips as REX files.
In addition to this you can also edit and correct the pitches of monophonic audio recordings, in the Pitch Edit mode.
Edit Modes
There are three main ways you can edit your audio clips:
• In Slice Edit mode.
Slice editing can be made on Single Take clips (see “Clip Types” below). Single Take clips can be opened for ed-
iting in Slice Edit mode in the Arrange View, similar to when editing parameter automation clips. Slice editing al-
lows you to adjust the positions (timing) of the automatically detected and distributed transient slice markers that
appear in the audio clip. The timing can be adjusted by moving and stretching (warping) the audio slices. See “Ed-
iting audio in Slice Edit mode”.
• In Pitch Edit mode.
In Pitch Edit mode you can graphically correct and edit the pitches of monophonic audio in Single Take clips -
perfect for vocal pitch correction/manipulation. See “Editing audio in Pitch Edit mode” for more information.
• In Comp Edit mode, to create compiled clips out of multiple recordings in the clip.
In Comp Edit mode you can cut out segments of several Takes (recordings) and compile into a final clip. Here you
can also insert silence segments to e.g. remove noise from silent parts in your audio clips. See “Editing audio in the
Comp Editor”.
Selecting Stretch and Transpose Type
When you are stretching, transposing and/or changing the tempo of the audio it’s important that the Stretch and
Transpose Type for the corresponding audio clip - or Comp Rows in Comp clips - is set according to the type of audio
that’s in the clip. Otherwise, the sonic result might not be what you’d expect.
The Stretch and Transpose Type, together with the Clip Type, also determines the default Edit Mode in which the clip
will open when you double-click it, see “Opening audio clips for editing”. However, you can always change the Edit
Mode for a clip manually, if you like.
Stretch and Transpose Type can be selected as follows:
D In Arrange View select all the desired audio clip(s), then select the desired Stretch and Transpose Type from
the Edit menu or clip context menu.
! For Comp Clips, the active Stretch and Transpose Type for all active Comp Rows are shown in the menu - if the
Stretch and Transpose Type is the same. If there are active Comp Rows with different Stretch and Transpose
Types, none of the options on the menu are shown as selected.