Miscellaneous Operations
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Shortcut Audio Editor Owner's manual
Finding A Time Location
The F
IND
command can locate to a time position within a File, instead of a finding a
File name. Further, one may use F
IND
to locate an absolute time point, measured from the
beginning of the File; or the command can be used to skip forward or backward by a pre-
determined time interval. To find a time location within a File, Shortcut must be in the Editor.
To Find an absolute position
•
Press the F
IND
key.
(S
PACE
B
AR
)
•
Enter the absolute position in hours, minutes or seconds, calculator-style. New
digits will appear in the right column, while previously entered digits move to
the left.
•
If a (+) or (
-
) sign appears in front of the time, press the A
STERISK
(*) key to
clear the sign. See the following section on setting “skip” intervals.
•
Press E
NTER
. The Cursor will move to the new position, and the display will
show the time.
Entering a position
beyond
the end of the File will locate to the
actual
end of the File.
The
B
KSP
and D
EL
keys will back out the last digit entered. The U
NDO
key will undo or redo
the last change to an entry. E
RASE
will clear the entered value.
Setting skip intervals
The Shortcut editor allows the user to “skip” (or tab) forward or backward by some
convenient interval of time. Relative offsets are useful as a pre-roll when auditioning edits,
and also for rapidly moving through a File. This time offset is entered in the same way as an
absolute time (see above section) but is preceeded with a (+) or (
-
) sign to denote the direction
of the skip. The following steps show how the direction of skip is established. Also, the
S
CRUB
W
HEEL
or S
PACE
B
AR
can be used to alternate between these signs.
To skip forward in time
•
Press the F
IND
key.
•
Enter the interval to skip.
•
Press the R
IGHT
A
RROW
K
EY
to skip
forward
.
•
Press E
NTER
.
To skip backward in time
•
Press the F
IND
key.
•
Enter the interval to skip
•
Press the L
EFT
A
RROW
K
EY
to skip
backward
.
•
Press E
NTER
.
To repeat a forward/backward skip
•
Press the F
IND
key.
•
Press the FF (fast forward) or R
EW
(rewind) key.
