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The Sample Editor
• When the level scale is shown, you can select whether
the level should be shown as a percentage or in dB.
This is done by right-clicking the level scale and selecting an option from
the context menu. This also allows you to hide the level scale.
• To display the level scale after hiding it, bring up the
Sample Editor context menu and activate Scale on the
Elements submenu.
• The Elements submenu also allows you to select
whether you want the zero axis and/or the half level axis in-
dicated in the waveform display.
General Operations
Zooming
Zooming in the Sample Editor is done according to the
standard zoom procedures, with the following special
notes:
• The vertical zoom slider changes the vertical scale rela-
tive to the height of the editor window, in a way similar to
the waveform zooming in the Project window (see “Zoom
and view options” on page 22).
The vertical zoom will also be affected if the Preference “Zoom Tool
Standard Mode: Horizontal Zooming only” (Editing–Tools page) is deac-
tivated and you drag a rectangle with the Zoom tool.
• The following options relevant to the Sample Editor are
available on the Zoom submenu of the Edit menu or the
context menu:
• You can also zoom by resizing the rectangle in the
thumbnail display.
See “The thumbnail display” on page 127.
• The current zoom setting is shown in the info line, as a
“samples per screen pixel” value.
• Note that you can zoom in horizontally to a scale of less
than one sample per pixel!
This is required for drawing with the Pencil tool (see “Drawing in the
Sample Editor” on page 131).
• If you have zoomed in to one sample per pixel or less,
the appearance of the samples depends on the option
“Interpolate Audio Images” in the Preferences (Event Dis-
play–Audio page).
If the option is deactivated, single sample values are drawn as “steps”. If
the option is activated, they are interpolated to a “curve” form.
Auditioning
While you can use the regular play commands to play
back audio when the Sample Editor is open, it is often
useful to listen to the edited material only.
Ö You can adjust the auditioning level with the miniature
level fader on the toolbar.
Half
level
axis
Zero axis
Option Description
Zoom In Zooms in one step, centering on the position cursor.
Zoom Out Zooms out one step, centering on the position cursor.
Zoom Full Zooms out so that the whole clip is visible in the editor.
Zoom to
Selection
Zooms in so that the current selection fills the editor
display.
Zoom to
Selection (Horiz.)
Zooms in horizontally so that the current selection fills
the editor display.
Zoom to Event Zooms in so that the editor shows the section of the
clip corresponding to the edited audio event. This is
not available if you opened the Sample Editor from the
Pool (in which case the whole clip is opened for edit-
ing, not an event).
Zoom In/Out
Vertical
This is the same as using the vertical zoom slider (see
above).