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The Sample Editor
3. Drag to the left or right.
The audio is played back. The speed and pitch of the playback depend
on how fast you drag.
Adjusting the snap point
The snap point is a marker within an audio event. It is used
as a reference position when you move events with snap
activated, so that the snap point is “magnetic” to whatever
snap positions you have selected.
By default, the snap point is set at the beginning of the au-
dio event, but often it is useful to move the snap point to a
“relevant” position in the event, such as a downbeat.
To adjust the snap point, proceed as follows:
1. Activate the “Show Audio Event” option on the tool-
bar, so that the event is displayed in the editor.
2. If needed, scroll until the event is visible, and locate
the “S” flag in the event.
If you have not adjusted this previously, it is located at the beginning of
the event.
3. Click on the “S” flag and drag it to the desired position.
• You can also adjust the snap point by setting the proj-
ect cursor at the desired position and selecting “Snap
Point To Cursor” on the Audio menu.
The snap point will be set to the position of the cursor. This method can
also be used in the Project window and the Audio Part Editor.
It is also possible to define a snap point for a clip (for
which there is no event yet).
To open a clip in the Sample Editor, double-click it in the
Pool. After having set the snap point, you can insert the
clip into the project from the Pool or the Sample Editor
with the set snap point position.
Drawing in the Sample Editor
It is possible to edit the audio clip at sample level by draw-
ing with the Pencil tool. This can be useful if you need to
manually edit out a spike or click, etc.
Proceed as follows:
1. Zoom in to a zoom value lower than 1.
This means that there is more than one screen pixel per sample.
2. Select the Pencil tool.
3. Click at the beginning of the section that you want to
correct and draw in the new curve.
A range selection covering the edited section is automatically applied.
Ö The Pencil tool cannot be used when the VariAudio
tab is open.
Making selections
To select an audio section in the Sample Editor, click and
drag with the Range Selection tool.
• If “Snap to Zero Crossing” is activated on the toolbar,
the selection’s start and end are always at zero crossings.
• You can resize the selection by dragging its left and
right edge or by [Shift]-clicking.
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When you set the grid start on the Definition tab, the
snap point is moved to the grid start (see
“Correct-
ing the local definition grid” on page 274).
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Events and clips can have different snap points. If
you open a clip from the Pool, you can edit the clip
snap point. If you open a clip from within the project
window, you can edit the event snap point. The clip
snap point serves as a template for the event snap
point. However, it is the event snap point that is
taken into account when snapping.
A selected range