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3.Click the “Process” button.
The spectrum is computed and displayed as a graph.
4.You can adjust the display with the settings in the dis-
play window:
5.If you move the mouse pointer over the graph, a 
crosshair cursor follows the graph curve and the display in 
the upper right corner shows the frequency/note and level 
at the current position.
To compare the level between two frequencies, move the pointer to one 
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Audio processing and functions Estimated Pitch The estimated pitch of the audio selection.
Sample Rate The sample rate of the audio selection.
Min. RMS 
PowerThe lowest loudness (RMS) measured in the selection.
Max. RMS 
PowerThe highest loudness (RMS) measured in the selection.
Average The average loudness over the whole selection. Item Description 

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The Sample Editor
Background
The Sample Editor allows you to view and manipulate au-
dio at the audio clip level, by cutting and pasting, removing 
or drawing audio data, processing or applying effects (see 
“Audio processing and functions” on page 216). This ed-
iting can be called “non-destructive”, in the sense that you 
can undo changes or revert to the original versions at any 
time, using the Offline Process History (see “The Offline 
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The Sample Editor
Window overview
The Elements menu
If you right-click in the Sample Editor to bring up the 
Quick menu, you will find a submenu called “Elements”. 
By activating or deactivating options on this submenu, you 
specify what is shown in the editor window. Some of 
these options are also available as icons on the toolbar.
The toolbar
The toolbar contains the tools…
… and information about the edited audio clip:
The Sample Editor tools Audition, Loop & 
Volume controls
Show 
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The Sample Editor
Initially, length and position values are displayed in the for-
mat specified in the Project Setup dialog. If you click in the 
middle field, a pop-up menu opens, where you can select 
another display format. This selection affects the Sample 
Editor ruler as well.
You can customize the toolbar by right-clicking it and 
using the pop-up menu to hide or show items.
Selecting Setup from the pop-up menu allows you to 
reorder sections on the toolbar, store presets, etc. See 
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The Definition tab
The topmost tab of the Sample Editor Inspector is used to 
define the musical context of your audio. Here, you can de-
fine the grid, i.e. measure the audio tempo and the groove. 
Open this tab, if you want to use your audio in a musical 
context, so that you can later activate the Straighten Up 
mode, create a groove quantize map or slices.
The upper section of the Definition tab will help you to ad-
just the audio grid. You can select a grid resolution from 
the...

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The Sample Editor
The Hitpoints tab
In this tab, the transients, i.e. hitpoints of the audio can be 
marked. 
Adjust the sensitivity slider to determine how many hit-
points should be shown, and edit them with the Edit Hit-
points tool, if necessary. If you want to clear all hitpoints, 
e.g. to re-detect hitpoints, click the Remove All button.
Click the Slice & Close button, if you want to slice your 
audio to quantize the rhythm of the different slices sepa-
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The Sample Editor
The ruler
The Sample Editor ruler is located between the thumbnail 
and the waveform display. It shows the timeline in the dis-
play format specified in the Project Setup dialog (see “The 
Project Setup dialog” on page 35). If you like, you can se-
lect an independent display format for the ruler by clicking 
on the arrow button to the right of it and selecting an op-
tion from the pop-up menu that appears (this affects the 
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The Sample Editor
General Operations
Zooming
Zooming in the Sample Editor is done according to the 
standard zoom procedures, with the following special 
notes:
The vertical zoom slider changes the vertical scale rela-
tive to the height of the editor window, in a way similar to 
the waveform zooming in the Project window (see “Zoom 
and view options” on page 36).
The vertical zoom will also be affected if the option “Zoom Tool Standard 
Mode” (Preferences on the Editing–Tools page) is deactivated...