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Figure 11.44: The Split Editor’s Main Screen
The Split Editor’s Main Screen
The waveform
displays the volume of the song over time. It will appear as the song
plays and help to visually identify the point in time where the split is desired
The split point indicator
is a vertical line with a small triangle at the top end. It is the
most important control element of the split editor. It can be moved with the
Left
and
Right
buttons. Later, when you have fine tuned the split point, the song will
be split at this position.
The split time
At the top of the window a time value is displayed. This is the point in
time within the song at which the split point indicator is positioned.
The locator
Another vertical bar represents the position locator. It moves along as the
song plays. In contrast to the split point indicator it has no triangles at the ends.
The time bar
displays the current position within the song relative to the whole song.
The entire length of the time bar represents the song length. The length of the
solid part of the time bar represents the position and length of the displayed part
of the song.
The scale mode
On the right side of the bottom line the scale mode is displayed. The
waveform can be scaled either logarithmically or linearly. In logarithmic scale mode
the letters “dB” are displayed, in linear mode “%”. Use
F3
to switch between
these modes. Linear mode usually gives better optical hints with commercially
recorded music. For quiet recordings, especially of human speech, the logarithmic
scale often is preferable. More information in the Scale section
11.4.14
(page
118
)
below.
The loop mode
In the middle of the bottom line the loop mode icon is displayed. There
are 4 different loop modes. Pressing
F2
changes to the next loop mode.
Playback loops around the split point indicator. This mode is best used when
searching and zooming for the desired point at which to split the recording.
Playback loops from the split point indicator to the end of the visible area.
This mode is best used when fine tuning the split indicator position at the
beginning of a recording.
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