User Guide

EDITING AND NAVIGATION
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TOGGLING CHANNEL SELECTIONS
Once you have made a selection in a stereo file you can switch between
channel selections by pressing the Tab key. The Ta b key will cycle between
selections of Left Channel, Right Channel, and Both Channels. You can also set the
channel selection by using the Channel drop-down list in the Set Selection dialog
(Edit menu).
PREVIEWING CHANNELS
Selecting a single channel allows you to hear a preview of a single channel in
the stereo file.
To preview a channel:
1. Triple-click in the TUTOR1 window to select all the data (or use Select All
from the Edit menu). Press the Play button and listen to the clip.
2. Press the Tab key to toggle the channel selection into a single channel and
press the Play button again. Do this one more time to hear the other
channel.
SINGLE CHANNEL EDITING
Stereo data files are tied together by the nature of their format. In other words,
they always play together.This means that there are some edit operations, such
as Cut and Paste, that you can’t use on a single channel. It would leave one
channel shorter or longer than the other. This is usually not a problem in real
world editing situations. To shift a single channel in time by small amounts,
you can use the Delay/Echo function.
You can copy a selection from a single channel to the clipboard by selecting
the data in either the left or right channel and using the Copy command. This
will place a mono clip on the clipboard.You can then paste the mono clip to
a mono file, both channels of a stereo file, or you can mix it into a single
channel or both channels of a stereo file. When mixing mono clipboard data
to a stereo file you will be asked with a dialog whether you wish to mix to a
single channel or both channels.