User Manual

AUDIO EDITING IN THE SEQUENCER
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Opening audio clips for editing
In the Arrange View, audio recordings are displayed as one or two (mono or stereo) waves in the audio clips. The se-
lected audio clip in the pictures below contain mono recordings.
D Open an audio clip by double-clicking it, or by selecting it and pressing [Return].
The audio clip opens in its default Edit Mode, as indicated by the symbol at the bottom right of the clip.
Double-click an audio clip in the arrangement...
...to open it for editing in its default Edit Mode. Here, Slice Edit mode is the default Edit Mode.
• The clip opens in its default Edit Mode (Slice Edit, Pitch Edit or Comp Edit).
When the audio clip is in Slice Edit mode you can stretch, move and quantize audio slices etc., see “Editing audio
in Slice Edit mode”. When the clip is open in Pitch Edit mode you can pitch-correct and transpose individual notes
(pitches) in monophonic audio recordings, see “Editing audio in Pitch Edit mode”. When the clip is open in Comp
Edit mode you can alternate the playback between several recordings and compile into a single recording, see
“Editing audio in the Comp Editor”.
D Alternatively, select the clip and click any of the Edit buttons in the Toolbar (Slice Edit/Pitch Edit/Comp Edit)
to open the clip for editing in the desired Edit Mode.
• If Reason detects monophonic, melodic audio when you import an audio file, the clip will be automatically set
to Vocal stretch type. If you then open the clip for editing, it will default to Pitch Edit mode.
It is also possible to open a clip for editing as follows:
D Select the Single Take clip, hold down [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and press [E].
The clip opens in its default Edit Mode (Slice Edit, Pitch Edit or Comp Edit).
Closing a clip
D To close a Single Take clip and return to the Arrange View, press [Esc].
Alternatively, to close a Single Take clip in Slice Edit mode, click outside the open clip on the Arrange Pane, but
not on the same track.
D To close a Comp Clip, press [Esc] or click the “Close” button in the Comp Editor.