Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
There are many editing functions that can be performed in Edit view. To access
them, go to the
Edit Menu.
In this menu, you will find basic waveform editing
options that will give you common items such as copy, paste, redo and undo,
as well as advanced features like
Mix Paste
which allows you to perform a
quick and dirty mix on a pasted section of another waveform.
Let us explore several important functions from the Edit Menu.
•
Copy
allows you to copy a selected portion or all of a waveform form the
edit view or multitrack view.
•
Paste
allows you to paste the data from the clipboard at the insertion point
or it replaces the highlighted waveform data. If the formats are different,
Audition performs a conversion to the format of the receptacle document.
•
Paste to new
creates a new file from the copied selection. It maintains the
original file data information.
•
Mix Paste
allows for better pasting of waveform clips because it enables
a small level of user control beyond the plain old paste. Mix paste lets you
control the
volume
level of the pasted clip and insert or overlap the clip.
Insert
pushes the existing audio back to make room for the pasted clip.
Overlap
allows a mix of the pasted clip with the existing selected clip.
With overlap, you can copy voice files and paste them directly into a single
waveform with music to eliminate having to work in the more advanced
multitrack mode.
Replace,
replaces the same time portion of the pasted
clip in the edited clip.
•
Modulate
will modulate the clipboard data with an interesting effect that
multiplies the waveforms. It is not a great effect for clarity of a clip, but is
good for creating intro or exit effects.
•
Crossfade
applies a fade consisting of a set number of milliseconds to the
beginning and the end of a clip.
•
Loop Paste
will paste the clipboard data a number of times in the inserted
or selected area.
•
The
Delete Selection
command will delete the highlighted selection from
the wave from. Use this when you wan to chop off the end of clip to shorten
the clip. The opposite command to delete selection is the
Trim command
.
This command allows you to select a piece of the waveform and then trim
away any data that is not selected.
