Editing audio using the Inspector

The Inspector can be used for editing audio recordings numerically.

Editing recordings and cuts in the Inspector

If you select a Comp Row, the three displays change to show the Recording Offset, Comp Row Level and Comp Row Transpose value:

If you select a Cut Handle in Comp Mode, two displays appear, showing the Cut Handle’s Position and Crossfade time:

Edit the values by clicking on a segment in a display and then dragging up/down, using the up/down spin controls, or typing in new values. Snap is not taken into account.

See “Inspector segment displays” for details on how to edit in the Inspector displays.

Editing multiple recordings or multiple cuts in the Inspector

When you edit values for several selected Comp Rows or objects (Cut Handles etc.), the changes will always be relative. For example, if you change the Recording Offset, Level or Transpose values when several Comp Rows are selected, the recordings will all be changed by the same amount; their relative values will be retained.

•	If several Comp Rows are selected, the displays will show the values for the topmost selected Comp Row.

•	If several Cut Handles are selected, the displays will show the Position and Crossfade values for earliest Cut Handle in the clip.

•	If several Comp Rows, or several Cut Handles, are selected and any of their values differ, Match Value buttons appear next to the corresponding display.

For Cut Handles, only Crossfade values can be matched - not the Positions. See “Matching audio values using the "Match Values" function”.

•	If Comp Rows and Cut Handles are selected in combination (e.g. for moving Cuts and recordings together as a group), no displays are shown in the Inspector.

Matching audio values using the "Match Values" function

The Match Values buttons appear as ‘=’ signs.

The “Match Values” function in the Inspector can be used for matching Recording Offsets, Comp Row Levels and Transpose values of several selected Comp Rows to the offset/level/value of the topmost selected Comp Row. It can also be used for matching Cut Crossfade values of several selected Cut Handles to the Crossfade value of the Cut Handle with the earliest start position in the clip.

Matching Recording Offsets

Matching Recording Offsets is useful if you want to make sure that the Recordings on multiple Comp Rows start at the exact same position.

1.	Select more than one Comp Row and then place the Selection Tool on the Recording Offset Match Value button.

Three selected Comp Rows (the three topmost).

The topmost Comp Row has the Recording Offset set to 2 beats.

2.	Click the Match Value button to the right of the “Recording Offset” display.

The Recording Offsets on all selected Comp Rows have now been moved to 2 beats.

The Recording Offsets of the recordings on the three topmost Comp Rows have been moved to 2 beats.

Matching Comp Row Levels

Here’s an example showing how to match Comp Row Levels:

Select several Comp Rows and then click the Level Match Value button.

The Levels on the three selected Comp Rows are matched and adjusted to -19.90 dB.

Matching Comp Row Transpose values

Select several Comp Rows and then click the Transpose Match Value button.

The transposition is matched to the Transpose value of the topmost selected Comp Row.

Matching Cut Crossfades

Matching Cut Crossfades is a time-saving function if you want to apply the same Crossfade times to several Cuts throughout the clip. If you want to eliminate any clicks between segments in your comped clip, you could apply a Cut Crossfade to the first Cut and then match the other Cuts to get the same Crossfade times in one go:

Select several Cut Handles and click the Cut Crossfade Match Value button.

The Crossfades of the selected Cuts are matched and adjusted to the Crossfade times of the earliest selected Cut.