User manual

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The Sample Editor
VariAudio (Cubase only)
To warp a segment, proceed as follows:
1. On the VariAudio tab activate the Pitch & Warp tool.
2. To change the timing of a segment, move the mouse pointer over the start/end of
the segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a double arrow and the warp markers are displayed in
the ruler.
3. Drag the start/end of the segment to the desired position.
If the Snap button is activated, the segment border will snap to the grid. When you
drag the segment border, warp markers are shown not only at the border but also
at the adjacent segment borders to indicate which portions of the audio are
stretched/affected.
Ö Warping a segment will also change the timing of the adjacent segments.
Ö Timing modifications introduced this way will not adapt to the project tempo. If this is
what you want, use Musical Mode (see
“Musical Mode” on page 340).
• You can change the insert position of a warp marker in the audio by clicking and
dragging the warp marker handle in the ruler. This will change the warping (see
“Editing Warp markers” on page 363).
• Hold down [Shift] (by default) to delete warp markers. To delete a warp marker,
hold down the tool modifier so that the pointer becomes an eraser and click on the
warp handle.
• If you are not satisfied with your changes, you can revert the timing of the selected
segments by choosing the “Warp Changes” option from the Reset pop-up menu
(see
“Reset” on page 365).
Editing Warp markers
In some cases the beginning of the waveform does not correspond to the beginning
of a segment, e.
g. when the audio starts with non-tonal portions like breath sounds
(see
“Understanding the waveform display in VariAudio” on page 353). But when it
comes to warping, any changes you wish to make must affect the waveform as a
whole.