Specifications

Audio Plug-Ins Guide576
Preparing Audio Files for Import
into Synchronic
To take full advantage of Synchronic’s rhythmic
editing and playback capabilities, you should
prepare your “loops” before importing them
into Synchronic. You can do this in Pro Tools by
editing a clip (loop) on a track in the Edit win-
dow and then consolidating the clip. Trim the
clip (loop) to an exact bar length. There should
be no gap between the start of the clip and the
downbeat, and no additional audio at the end of
the clip. Once you have defined your loop as a
clip, consolidate the clip (Edit > Consolidate Se-
lection) and import the resulting audio file into
Synchronic.
Importing a Sound into
Synchronic
You can import one or more audio files into Syn-
chronic by using the Import button or dragging
and dropping from the Workspace.
Supported Audio Formats
Synchronic supports AIFF, BWF (WAV), and
SD II (Mac only) audio file formats, and 8-, 16-,
and 24-bit mono or stereo audio files. Any com-
bination of supported bit rates and audio file
formats can be imported and played back at the
same time. All audio files are converted to 32-bit
floating point (RTAS native format) on import.
However, Synchronic does not convert the sam-
ple rate of files on import. For example, if you
Sound module, Edit mode (audio loaded into preset 1) (RTAS shown)
Sound
presets
Performance/Edit
Mode toggle
Slice Detection slider
Interactive Waveform
display (stereo file
loaded and sliced)
Sound Attributes
Import Sound Delete Sound
buttonbutton
Selected
preset
In preparing your loops in the Pro Tools
Edit window, use Tab To Transients to lo-
cate downbeats and use the Separate Clip
command (Edit > Separate) to create “loop-
able” clips from longer clips.
For more information about editing clips in
Pro Tools, see the Pro Tools Reference
Guide.