User manual

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The Sample Editor
Moving segments horizontally
After cutting a segment it may be necessary to move seg-
ments horizontally, for example, if you notice that a note is
at the wrong position. Proceed as follows:
1. On the VariAudio tab activate Segments mode.
2. Move the mouse pointer over the upper border of the
segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a double arrow.
3. Click and drag the whole segment to the left or right.
The segment is moved accordingly. If several segments are selected, they
are all moved together. Snap is not taken into account.
Ö You can only drag the segment start/end until it
reaches the start/end of the next segment. Segments can
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not overlap each other.
Deleting segments
Sometimes it might be useful to delete segments. This is
the case in situations where you want the original audio to
be played back, e.
g. for non-tonal portions or consonants.
• You can delete segments by selecting them in Seg-
ments mode and pressing [Backspace].
Saving the segmentation
The corrected segmentation is saved with the project, no
additional saving is required.
Pitch & Warp tool
If you activate the Pitch & Warp tool on the VariAudio tab,
you can change the pitch and the timing of your audio.
You can edit the pitch and timing of audio segments for
corrective purposes but also creatively. VariAudio allows
you to experiment freely with note pitches in order to
change the melody with or without preserving a natural
sound. Furthermore, you can change the timing of the
audio.
Ö In Pitch & Warp mode, the segments are shown with a
plain background. You can toggle between “Pitch &
Warp” and “Segments” mode by pressing the [Tab] key.
Ö There are some restrictions concerning the highest
and lowest possible note pitch. You cannot choose note
pitches above C5 and below E0.
Changing the pitch
If you want to edit the pitch of a segment, proceed as
follows:
1. On the VariAudio tab activate the Pitch & Warp tool.
2. Move the mouse pointer over the segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a hand symbol to indicate that you can
change the pitch of the segment. If the zoom factor is high enough, a
tooltip indicates the found note pitch and the segment’s deviation from
this pitch in percent.
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If the resulting segment pitch cannot be calculated
because of an increase in non-tonal data, the seg-
ment will be deleted.
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Before changing the pitch or timing of your segments,
make sure that the segments you want to change are
correct (see
“Segments mode” on page 283).