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The Sample Editor
The Hitpoints tab
On this tab, hitpoints can be marked and edited (see
“Working with hitpoints and slices” on page 276). Hit-
points allow you to slice your audio and to create groove
quantize maps from your audio. You can also create mark-
ers, regions, events, and warp tabs based on hitpoints.
The Range tab
On this tab you will find functions for working with ranges
and selections (see
“Making selections” on page 268).
The Process tab
This tab regroups the most important audio editing com-
mands from the Audio and Edit menus. For further infor-
mation on the options contained in the Select Process
and Select Plug-in pop-up menus, see the chapter
“Audio
processing and functions” on page 244.
The overview line
The overview line displays the whole clip. The section cur-
rently shown in the main waveform display of the Sample
Editor (the viewing area) is indicated by a rectangle in the
overview line, and the current selection range is also
shown. If the “Show Audio Event” button is activated on the
toolbar, event start/end and snap point are shown in the
overview line.
• To view other sections of the clip, move the viewing
area in the overview line.
Click in the lower half of the viewing area and drag to the left or right to
move it.
• To zoom in or out, horizontally, resize the viewing area
by dragging its left or right edge.
• To define a new viewing area, click in the upper half of
the Overview and drag a rectangle.
The ruler
The Sample Editor ruler is located between the overview
line and the waveform display. The ruler is explained in de
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tail in the section “The ruler” on page 44. When the Defi-
nition tab is open, an additional ruler displays the musical
structure of the audio file.
Event Start Event End
Viewing area
Selection
Snap Point