User Guide

CHP. 3 BASIC EDITING TECHNIQUES
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Opening an audio editor from Vegas
All events in your Vegas project are references to media files on a storage device. When you edit an audio
event in an audio editor, you can choose to open the original media file or a copy of the file.
Opening a file in an audio editor
You can directly edit the media file to which an audio event is referenced. Any changes you make and save
in the audio editor are permanent and are reflected in the event in your Vegas project.
1. Select the event to be edited.
2. From the Tools menu, choose Audio, and choose Open in Audio Editor from the submenu.
Your selected audio editing application opens the event’s referenced media file. Make the necessary changes
and save the file in the audio editor. If you keep the media file’s name and location the same, its event is
updated immediately in your Vegas project. However, if you change the media file’s name or location (by
using Save As), you must import the edited (new) file into Vegas.
Opening a copy of a file in an audio editor
You can also create a copy of an audio file and open it in an audio editor. Opening a copy of a file has the
advantage of preserving the original file unchanged. The modified copy is inserted into the event as a take
and is automatically added to the Media Pool.
1. Select the event to be edited.
2. From the Tools menu, choose Audio, and choose Open Copy in Audio Editor from the submenu.
When you are finished editing, save the file. Vegas adds “Take X” to the end of the filename to distinguish it
from the original and adds it to the project as a take. If you save it to a new file (by using Save As), you must
manually add it as a take into the project. For more information, see Working with takes on page 91.