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New: Creates a new blank project using Extract Audio from CD: Extracts tracks from an
default settings audio CD and adds them to your project as wave
files
Save: Saves the current project Automatic Crossfades: Select this button to
automatically create a crossfade when two or more
events overlap.
Properties: Opens the Project Properties
Ripple Edits: Select this button if you want to
dialog box allowing you to make
automatically shuffle existing events on tracks
changes to the current project
while cutting, copying, and pasting
Cut: Deletes and copies the current Lock Envelopes to Events: Select this button to lock
section to the clipboard the current envelope points and position so that
the envelope points follow an event when it is
moved along the timeline
Copy: Copies the current selection to Lock Events and Tracks: Select this button if you
the clipboard want tracks to follow when you move events along
the timeline.
Paste: Inserts the contents of the Use Second Audio Layer: Select this button to
clipboard at the current cursor position enable a second layer of audio in the timeline
Undo: This command will undo the last Normal Tool: Select this button when performing
action performed normal editing functions
Redo: Reverses the action of the Undo
command edit multiple envelopes without moving the actual
Envelope Tool: Select this button when you want to
events
Burn CD: Burns your project to a CD What’s This? Help: Select this button and then click
on any item, including menu items, in the CD
Architect window to view a pop-up description
Timeline
The timeline is the area of the main window where you will be doing most of your work. You use the timeline to draw events from each
track.
For more control over your projects, you can add a second audio layer to the timeline. Using this second layer, you can use envelopes to
create more complex crossfades between CD tracks. For more information, see Using the second audio layer on page 53.
Marker bar
The marker bar is the area where you can place, name, and position markers and regions along the project’s timeline. These
informational tags can serve as cues or reminders highlighting important events in your project.
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