Antares Infinity user manual

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EDITING THE SOUNDFILE
In addition to automated looping tools, Infinity has a sophisticated wave-
form editing environment. The following section describes how to select
data and use the editing tools to change it.
SPECIFYING WHERE TO CHANGE SOUND DATA
The first step in editing the soundfile data is to identify which data are to
be changed. In Infinity, as in many other Macintosh applications, data is
selected by using the insertion point and the I-beam cursor. Data can be
selected in both the Overview...

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SELECTING DATA
There is a variety of ways to select data in Infinity. Selected data become
video reversed to show that they are selected. The Mainview will automati-
cally scroll during the selection if the cursor is dragged beyond the data
displayed in the Mainview.
TO: DO THIS:
Select a region in one track Drag through the region, or Optionclick
at the start , then Shift-click at the end.
Select a region in both tracks Drag across the two tracks, or click at
the start of the region, then...

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USING SELECTION MODE IN THE OVERVIEW
Data can also be selected in the Overview by placing the Overview in
Selection Mode. The insertion point and data selection behaviors are
exactly the same as in the Mainview.
To put the Overview in Selection mode:
1. Click on the Selection icon in the Palette.
The icon begins to blink and the message “Choose a Window for
Selection Mode” appears in the Status Display area of the Palette.
2. Move the cursor into the active window and click in the Overview.
The cursor...

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USING THE EDITING FUNCTIONS
This section describes the edit functions shown in the Edit menu as they
operate without the use of the Blending feature. See “Using Edit Blending”
on page 31 for the details of how this feature effects the edit functions.
All of the functions described below can be reversed using the Undo
command in the Edit menu, provided that Undo is enabled in the Prefer-
ences… dialog. See “Customizing Your Environment” on page 36 for the
details.
When an edit operation is done on a...

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COPY
The Copy function copies data into the Clipboard without removing it from
the soundfile. Since the Clipboard can hold only one item at a time, any
data previously in the Clipboard is lost.
To copy data, select the region to be copied. Then select Copy from the
Edit menu. The keyboard command equivalent is 
x-C.
PASTE
The Paste function inserts data from the Clipboard into the soundfile.
Infinity will paste data into the soundfile at the insertion point or replace a
selected region with the...

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CLEAR
The Clear function is the same as Cut except the Clipboard remains un-
changed. The data to the right of the cleared region are moved to fill up the
gap.
To clear data, select the region to be cleared. Then select Clear from the
Edit menu. The keyboard command equivalent is 
x-B or Delete.
CLEAR UNSELECTED
The Clear Unselected function clears all the data around a selected region of
the soundfile. After the unselected data are cleared, the selected region is
moved to the front of the...

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To mix data into a selected region, choose Mix from the Edit menu. The
Clipboard is mixed with the selected data from the beginning of the
selection through the duration of the Clipboard or the selected region,
whichever is shorter. When mixing into a selection (with no blend), the
mixed data is limited to the minimum of the soundfile selection or the
Clipboard selection. This keeps changes within the selection.
When there is a blend, the blend is done outside the selection and different
blends are...

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The gain of the selected data can be changed by using the slider or by
typing in the text box. The range of the control is from -12 dB to +12db.
Clicking on the arrows will increment the setting by 1 dB. Clicking in the
grey area will increment the setting by 3 dB.
A typical application for the Change Gain function is adjusting the level of
a normalized soundfile downwards before mixing it with another
soundfile. After processing, the soundfile can be returned to its original
level by changing the...

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To delete loop points from a soundfile, click on the icon again. The
loop points will disappear and the menu item will change back to read
Create Loop Points. The deleted loop points can be returned to their
original positions by clicking on the icon a third time.
LOOP THE SELECTION
This command place the loop points at the ends of the current selection.
LOCATING LOOP POINTS
The Mainview can be scrolled to the position of either the loop start or
loop end points. The Loop Start icon is labeled 1. The...

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To constrain the selection boundaries to positive going zero crossings in the
soundfile, check Auto-Zero.
SHOW CLIPBOARD…
Choosing Show Clipboard… in the Edit menu calls the following dialog. AUTO-ZERO
When this item is checked in the Edit menu, Infinity constrains the bound-
aries of selected regions to positive going zero crossings in the sample data.
This helps you to avoid creating pops and clicks when you cut and paste.
Infinity will always expand the selection to the positive going zero...