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Audio processing and functions
Silence
Replaces the selection with silence. There are no parame-
ters for this function.
Stereo Flip
This function works with stereo audio selections only. It al-
lows you to manipulate the left and right channel in various
ways.
The dialog contains the following parameters:
Mode
This pop-up menu determines what the function does:
Time Stretch
This function allows you to change the length and “tempo”
of the selected audio without affecting the pitch. The dia-
log contains the following parameters:
Define Bars section
In this section, you set the length of the selected audio
and the time signature:
Original Length section
This section contains information and settings regarding
the audio selected for processing:
Option Description
Flip Left-Right Swaps the left and right channel.
Left to Stereo Copies the left channel sound to the right channel.
Right to Stereo Copies the right channel sound to the left channel.
Merge Merges both channels on each side for mono sound.
Subtract Subtracts the left channel information from the right. This
is typically used as a “Karaoke effect”, for removing cen
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tered mono material from a stereo signal.
Option Description
Bars If you use the tempo setting (see below), specify the
length of the selected audio here, in bars.
Beats If you use the tempo setting, specify the length of the se-
lected audio here, in beats.
Sign. If you use the tempo setting, specify the time signature
here.
Option Description
Length in
Samples
The length of the selected audio, in samples.
Length in
Seconds
The length of the selected audio, in seconds.
Tempo in BPM If you are processing music, and know the actual tempo
of the audio, you can enter it here as beats per minute.
This makes it possible to time-stretch the audio to an
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other tempo, without having to compute the actual time
stretch amount.