Cropping clips

Slip editing lets you “roll out” the beginning or the end of a clip to different places without changing the position of the music. Imagine that the clips are “windows” that allow you to see and hear pieces of audio. You can change the size of that window so that less of the data is visible. If it's not visible, it won't be heard during playback. The data still exists, so you can enlarge the “window” by slip editing the clip. The visible data will then be audible.

Select the Smart tool or Edit tool in the Control Bar to use slip editing.

Let's go back to the project and work on the clip in the track named Bass.

Now, if you point to the left or right clip edge, the cursor changes and you can drag the clip edge to a new location.

Fading clips

You can fade individual clips by using the Smart tool or Trim tool . Let's add a fade in to the track named GTR Rhythm. Drag the upper left corner of the clip to create a fade-in. Let's create a fade out at the end of the same clip. Using the scroll bar at the bottom of the Track view, go to the end of the project. Find the clip in the GTR Rhythm track and drag the upper right corner of the clip to create a fade-out.

To change the fade characteristics, right-click an existing fade and select the desired fade type from the pop-up menu.

 

Tip: When cropping clips, you can choose to also move clip fades proportionally, or retain the original fade position. To move the fade position, click the top three quarters of the clip edge when cropping. To retain the clip fade position, click the bottom quarter of the clip edge when cropping. You can also hold down the ALT key while cropping in order to move a clip fade.

This tutorial has shown you how to use different tools to shape your recordings into well-organized and great sounding projects. The next step is mixing, which is covered in Tutorial 7 – Mixing and adding effects.

 

See:

Selection

Moving clips

Splitting clips

Undo and Redo

 

See also:

Tutorial 1 – Creating, playing, and saving projects

Tutorial 2 – Using the Browser

Tutorial 3 – Recording vocals and musical instruments

Tutorial 4 – Playing and recording software instruments

Tutorial 5 – Working with music notation

Tutorial 7 – Mixing and adding effects

Tutorial 8 – Working with video

Tutorial 9 – Exporting, CD burning and sharing