Sonifex COURIER, User Handbook Manual

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Chapter 7 - Editing
Courier User Handbook 7-1
7. Editing
7.1. Overview
With the latest version of firmware, you can carry out full cut and paste editing on
your Courier. You can delete multiple sections of audio from a cut and create a
Playlist of multiple cuts, which you can edit and play back.
Courier has graphical editing so that you can see the waveform of the recording - an
invaluable help, especially for speech editing where wave-packets often represent
whole words.
As well as using the tape transport keys, you can use the SCRUB-WHEEL and
SHUTTLE to audition your recording and move to the edit points.
“Marks” are your edit points and can be placed on the cut whilst recording, or
whilst editing. Marks can be moved and deleted, and you delete or keep sections
between Marks to edit. A deleted section is shown as a reversed graph display.
Editing on the Courier is non-destructive, and you also have the ability to create a
new audio file. This means that you always have access to the original source
material, until you decide to delete it. And also, if you’ve made a short edit from a
long recording, you can create a new audio file for the short edit and delete the long
recording to increase your disk space. The flexibility of file saving means that you
have a number of options.
If you make a mistake during editing, even though it is non-destructive, you can
undo your last four edit operations. You can also change the scaling factor of the
waveform, so that low level audio waveforms can be more easily displayed.
Note : The Courier was designed primarily as an mpeg recorder and editor.
Although Courier can record and edit linear files, the time needed to initially
display the file (roughly half real-time for a 44.1kHz, stereo recording) means
that editing linear files can be time consuming. However, once the waveform
has been generated, it does not need to be regenerated each time you go into
the
Edit Mode . There is also an option so that you can edit without having to
wait for the waveform to be generated – essential for long linear file editing.