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The Sample Editor
Using key commands
If you activate the “Playback Toggle triggers Local Preview”
option in the Preferences (Transport page), you can start/
stop auditioning by pressing [Space]. This is the same as
clicking the Audition icon on the toolbar.
Using the Audition icon
Clicking the Audition icon on the toolbar plays back the
edited audio, according to the following rules:
• If you have made a selection, this selection will be played back.
• If there is no selection, but the option “Show Event” is acti-
vated (see “Show Audio Event” on page 132), the section of
the clip corresponding to the event will be played back.
• If there is no selection, and “Show Event” is deactivated, play-
back will start at the cursor position (if the cursor is outside
the display, the whole clip will be played back).
• If the Audition Loop icon is activated, playback will continue
repeatedly until you deactivate the Audition Loop icon. Other-
wise, the section will be played back once.
Using the Speaker tool
If you click somewhere in the waveform display with the
Speaker (“Play”) tool and keep the mouse button pressed,
the clip will be played back from the position at which you
clicked. Playback will continue until you release the mouse
button.
Scrubbing
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio
by playing back, forwards or backwards, at any speed:
1. Select the Scrub tool.
2. Click in the waveform display and keep the mouse
button pressed.
The project cursor is moved to the position at which you click.
3. Drag to the left or right.
The project cursor follows the mouse pointer and the audio is played
back. The speed and pitch of the playback depends on how fast you
move the pointer.
• You can adjust the response of the Scrub tool with the
Scrub Response (Speed) setting in the Preferences
(Transport–Scrub page).
You will also find a separate Scrub Volume setting on this page.
Adjusting the snap point
The snap point is a marker within an audio event (or clip,
see below). This is used as a reference position when you
are moving 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, etc.
1. Activate the “Show Audio Event” option on the toolbar,
so that the event is displayed in the editor.
2. Scroll so that the event is visible, and locate the “S”
flag in the event.
If you haven’t adjusted this previously, it will be located at the beginning
of the event.
3. Click on the “S” flag and drag it to the desired position.
When you drag the snap point, a tooltip shows its current position (in the
format selected on the Sample Editor ruler).
• If the Scrub tool is selected when you move the snap
point, you will hear the audio while dragging (just like
when scrubbing).
This makes it easier to find the correct position.