Sony Acid 7 Manual

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Editing Events
In this chapter, you’ll learn about basic event editing techniques such as cutting, copying, pasting, trimming, 
splitting, and joining events. You’ll also learn how to use ripple editing to expand the possibilities of timeline 
editing. Finally, you’ll take a look at advanced editing techniques such as slipping and sliding events, 
changing event properties, and adding event envelopes.
Note: For the basic event editing topics in this chapter, make 
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When events are cut/copied to the clipboard and subsequently pasted into a project, ACID maintains and 
pastes the time data inherent in the cut/copied events. For example, if you select two events on the same 
track that are separated by five seconds of silence, copying and pasting these events results in the five 
seconds of silence also being pasted into the project.
Taking this concept a step further, if you select discontinuous events from several tracks, copying and pasting...

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Cutting events
Cutting an event, a time selection, or an event within a time selection removes the audio data from the 
track view and places it on the clipboard. Once data is placed on the clipboard, it can be pasted back into 
the project an unlimited number of times. Clipboard content remains on the clipboard until it is replaced by 
new data.
1.Select the event data you want to cut or make a time selection. For more information, see Making selections 
on page 42.
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Splitting events
Splitting is a quick way to create independently functioning events from a single one. You might consider 
splitting an event if you want to adjust a small part of the track. For example, you may want to apply pitch 
shift to a guitar track for a few measures and then return the track to its original setting.
Splitting occurs at the cursor position or at the in and out points of a time selection. When you split an 
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Splitting an event
Selecting a single event prior to splitting prevents other events from being split at the cursor’s position. 
Splitting multiple events
Selecting multiple events splits only the selected events at the cursor’s position. Be sure to set your cursor 
position before selecting events. Attempting to set your cursor after selecting events causes you to lose your 
event selection.
Splitting a time selection
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Splitting events within a time selection
When selecting events within a time selection, only the selected events in the time range split at the in and 
out points.
Joining events
You may join events on ACID tracks that have been segmented along the timeline. Joining events is an 
efficient way to redraw an event and remove any splits or silent regions between events.
You would want to join events if you decided that the event should play uninterrupted over the specified 
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Cutting events in ripple editing mode
Cutting events or portions of events removes them and their time information from their respective tracks. 
This information is placed on the clipboard, from which you may paste the information back into your 
project.
1.From the Options menu, choose Ripple Edits to enter ripple editing mode.
2.Click the event to be cut or make a time selection.
To cut multiple events, use the   key, the   key, or the 
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Deleting events in ripple editing mode
Deleting events or portions of events removes them and their time information from their respective tracks. 
However, this information is not placed on the clipboard. Existing events move forward when you delete 
material from a selected track.
1.From the Options menu, choose Ripple Edits to enter ripple editing mode. 
2.Click the event to be deleted or make a time selection.
To cut multiple events, use the   key, the   key, or the 
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Clipboard information is pasted at the cursor’s position on the track. Existing events or portions of events 
after the cursor adjust to occur later in the project. The amount of adjustment is based on the total length of 
the information being pasted.
Pasting single track information in ripple editing mode
The information on the clipboard determines how many tracks are affected when you paste. If you have 
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Shifting the contents of (slipping) events
Hold   while dragging an event. The slip cursor appears ( ).
As you drag the event, the contents of the event shift, but the event does not move. You can use this 
technique when you want to maintain an event’s length and position but want the to event play a different 
section of the source media file.
For creative ways to use event slipping, see Duplicating with offset on page 188.
Slip-trimming events
Hold   while dragging the right or...