Cutting/Trimming/Editing of Audio tracks

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kaydance120
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Cutting/Trimming/Editing of Audio tracks

Post by kaydance120 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:31 pm

Hey guys,

Wonder if any of you have this problem. I need to edit my mix after all that recording and some of my tracks are not sync-ed,(musicians missed the metronome). So I need to push them back/forward by a couple of miliseconds. However, when I attempted to do that apparently, I can only highlight like the tracks in a width of the grid, even at the narrowest setting. Is there A way I can highlight a area smaller than a grid?

Thanks!

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Re: Cutting/Trimming/Editing of Audio tracks

Post by Yoseph » Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:54 pm

Use the keyboard shortcuts: Cmd-1 / Cmd-2 to adjust the grid size larger or smaller. If you zoom in, you'll get into even smaller increments.

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Re: Cutting/Trimming/Editing of Audio tracks

Post by kaydance120 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:46 pm

@yoseph Thanks lots! How precise can it get? Down to the milisecond or less?

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Re: Cutting/Trimming/Editing of Audio tracks

Post by merges » Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:32 pm

If I understand your problem correctly, you can also finely drag positions of clips in arrangement view (and loop braces etc.) by holding the Command key (Mac) when dragging. So you can zoom far into your view and fine tune clip position etc.

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Re: Cutting/Trimming/Editing of Audio tracks

Post by Yoseph » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:15 pm

kaydance120 wrote:@yoseph Thanks lots! How precise can it get? Down to the milisecond or less?
Well.. It's measured in bars/beats, not milliseconds. But if you zoom in far enough, the grid disappears and you can make microscopic adjustments.

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Re: Cutting/Trimming/Editing of Audio tracks

Post by Elevated01 » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:04 pm

I like to use an external WAV editor for that kind of thing. I recommend Amadeus Pro if using Mac, or Sound Forge on Windows. The Ableton "edit" button in clip view is really handy the way it shoots the file right into my editor.

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