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MODULE 4
MORE EDITING AND ARRANGING WORKING WITH THE
SAMPLE EDITOR AND LAYING OUT A SONG
This module teaches how to edit audio les in the Sample Editor and then how to piece
together audio and MIDI regions in the Arrange window to start laying out a song. As well as
showing how audio regions are edited using the scissors tool, the module teaches about how
to edit audio in the Sample Editor, including how to create silence and fade outs. There are
also some tips for how to navigate the Arrange window and an explanation of certain useful
features such as the marquee tool, region muting and the skip facility.
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AUDIO EDITING IN THE ARRANGE WINDOW
When editing an audio region, the scissors tool can be used to
make splits in order to chop it up. Before making splits, it can be
a good idea to quantise the audio, especially if working with a
drum loop. This avoids having to zoom in to check that splits are
being created in the correct places as it shifts all the transients
(loud bursts in sound caused by a drum being hit or guitar being
strummed) so that theyre on the beats. To quantise the audio,
you just need to activate ex mode using the Flex switch and
then select a relevant mode, such as slicing for beats. Then, in
the region parameter box, you can choose a quantise setting in
the same way as for MIDI. Once selected, the audio transients
will jump to whatever divisions of the bar you choose. If its 1/16
of a bar then the transients will jump to the nearest semiquaver. If
the timing of the beat is sloppier then you may want to quantise
to 1/8 of a bar to be safe.
After youve quantised, you can make edits to the region more
easily as you can be more condent that youll be chopping the
audio on the desired transients. With the scissors tool selected
(press ESC then 5), you can click on the region to slice it at that
position. The slices follow whatever setting you have in the Snap
box at the top of the window. So, with Smart selected, when
zoomed out, the scissors split at the nearest beat for example,
then when zoomed in, they slice at the nearest semiquaver or
similar smaller division. You can change the snap setting to slice
at a different position if you want. However, after quantising, you
should be able to slice accurately whilst zoomed out with Smart
selected.
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USING THE SAMPLE EDITOR
The Sample Editor allows
you to edit the audio le
associated with a particular
audio region. Remember
that often you have many
audio regions in your session
that use the same audio le,
like when you paste a region
repeatedly to lots of different
locations. Double clicking
on an audio region opens it
in the Sample Editor. Once
open, you can see the whole audio le that the region relates to
in the Sample Editor, with the region boundaries shown by the
portion thats selected and the region bracket below. Clicking and
dragging on the edges of the region bracket in the Sample Editor
has the same effect as trimming in the Arrange Window.
You can drag with the mouse over parts of the waveform to play
and edit that particular bit. Once selected, you can choose various
options from the Local
menu to make changes to
it. For example, you might
want to silence a part of the
waveform to remove a bit
that you dont want. To do
this, just select Silence from
the Functions menu or press
ctrl and delete.
To remove abrupt waveform edges caused by silencing sections,
which often lead to clicks, you can select a small portion
surrounding the click and choose Fade In or Fade Out, also in the
Functions menu. To make it easier to select parts of the waveform,
there is a transient edit mode that you can turn on with a switch at
the top of the window, to the right of the Local menus. This places
markers on all the transients that make it easier to select them. Use
the plus and minus switches to increase or decrease the number
of markers and then double click between markers to select that
section, and shift click to select additional sections.
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NAVIGATING THE ARRANGEMENT AND LAYING OUT
SECTIONS OF A TRACK
Dragging regions in the Arrange window means that they snap
to positions on the grid according to the Snap setting. In the
same way as when editing with the scissors or making changes
to MIDI notes in the Piano Roll, having Smart selected means
that regions snap to smaller divisions the more zoomed in
you are so is normally the best and quickest option. You can
also select options in the Drag box to make editing easier. For
example, Shufe L or R makes
regions jump to the next
region on the track in either
direction, whilst No Overlap
means that dragging one
MIDI region on top of another
replaces it rather than having
two stacked regions.
Once you have a particular section of your song laid out, you
can play it by clicking on a region then hitting the play song
from the selected region button on the Transport. This also
makes it easy to play a section over and over, without having to
wind back the playhead each time.
Another way of
playing a section over
and over is using the
Marquee Stripe....
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MARQUEE TOOL AND STRIPE
The marquee tool allows quick playback and editing of regions
or sections of your song. With the marquee tool selected
(press ESC then E), you can click and drag over an area of your
arrangement to select it. The marquee tool, once again, follows
the snap setting. So, if you wanted to select the last bar and a
half of the intro section of the song in the module session, then
you would just drag over it, creating a white area that is the
marquee selection.
Hitting delete then removes the selected regions in that area,
so the drums, bass and shaker from the intro. To deselect tracks
from the marquee selection, simply hold down shift and click on
the track header. Returning the mouse to the pointer allows you
to paste any regions in the marquee selection to other parts of
your song. The stripe above the marquee selection is turned on
and off using the menu at the end of the bar ruler. This stripe
allows the marquee selection to be trimmed and moved in a
similar way to the loop
bracket, and also allows
a new selection area to
be set without having
to select the marquee
tool. As default, the
marquee tool is assigned
to the command option
for mouse operation in
the Arrange window, so
holding down the apple
key makes the cursor
temporarily change
from the pointer to the
marquee tool.
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