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Window overview
The Elements menu
If you right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) in the Sample Editor to 
bring up the Quick menu, you will find a sub menu called “Elements”. 
By activating or deactivating options on this submenu, you can decide 
what you want shown in the editor window. Some of these options are 
also available as icons on the toolbar.
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The toolbar
The toolbar contains tools and various settings:
• You can customize the toolbar by right-clicking it (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking 
it (Mac) 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 page 678.
The Sample Editor toolsAudition, Loop & 
Volume controls
Show regions
AutoscrollShow Event
Show info line
Snap to Zero CrossingLength of the current selection rangeStart and end of current selection range
Hitpoint modeHitpoint controls
Warp Control Settings
Musical controlsMusical ModeShow Warp tabs
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The thumbnail display
The thumbnail display provides an overview of the whole clip. The sec-
tion currently shown in the Sample Editor’s main waveform display is in-
dicated by a blue rectangle in the thumbnail, while the current selection 
range is shown in blue.
•You can move the blue rectangle in the thumbnail to view other sec-
tions of the clip.
Click in the lower half of the rectangle and drag it to the left or right to move it.
•You can resize the blue rectangle (by dragging its left or right edge) to 
zoom in or out, horizontally.
•You can define a new viewing area by clicking in the upper half of the 
overview and dragging a rectangle with the pointer.
The ruler
The Sample Editor ruler is located between the thumbnail and the 
waveform display. It shows the timeline in the display format specified in 
the Project Setup dialog (see page 111). If you like, you can select an 
independent display format for the ruler by clicking on the arrow button 
to the right of it and selecting an option from the pop-up menu that ap-
pears (this affects the values in the info line too). For a list of the display 
format options, see page 108.
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The waveform display and the level scale
The waveform display shows the waveform image of the edited audio 
clip – in the style selected in the Preferences dialog (Event Display–
Audio page), see page 117. To the left of it, a level scale can be 
shown, indicating the amplitude of the audio.
•When the level scale is shown, you can select whether the level 
should be shown as a percentage or in dB.
This is done by right-clicking the level scale and selecting an option from the pop-up 
menu that appears. This also allows you to hide the level scale.
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•To display the level scale after hiding it, right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click 
(Mac) to bring up the Quick menu and activate “Level Scale” on the 
Elements submenu.
This submenu also allows you to select whether you want the zero axis and/or the half 
level axis indicated in the waveform display.
The info line
The info line at the bottom of the window shows information about the 
edited audio clip. You cannot edit the values on the info line.
•To hide or show the info line, click the Show Info button on the toolbar.
•Initially, length and position values are displayed in the format speci-
fied in the Project Setup dialog (see page 111), but you can change 
this by clicking in the middle field of the info line and selecting another 
display format from a pop-up menu.
This selection affects the Sample Editor ruler as well.
Half level axis Zero axis
Audio format and length Current selection range
Selected display format (for info line and ruler) Number of edits made to clipZoom factor
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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 relative to the height 
of the editor window, in a way similar to the waveform zooming in the 
Project window (see page 113).
The vertical zoom will also be affected if you drag a rectangle with the Zoom tool and 
the option “Zoom Tool Standard Mode” (Preferences – Editing dialog) is deactivated.
•The following options relevant to the Sample Editor are available on 
the Zoom submenu on the Edit menu:
•You can also zoom by resizing the rectangle in the thumbnail display.
See page 403.
•The current zoom setting is shown in the info line, as a “samples per 
screen pixel” value.
•Note that you can zoom in horizontally to a scale with less than one 
sample per pixel! 
This is required for drawing with the Pencil tool (see page 417).
Option Description
Zoom In Zooms in one step, centering on the position cursor.
Zoom Out Zooms out one step, centering on the position cursor.
Zoom Full Zooms out so that the whole clip is visible in the editor.
Zoom to Selection Zooms in so that the current selection fills the screen.
Zoom to Event Zooms in so that the editor shows the section of the clip corre-
sponding to the edited audio event. This is not available if you 
opened the Sample Editor from the Pool (in which case the 
whole clip is opened for editing, not an event).
Zoom In/Out Vertical This is the same as using the vertical zoom slider (see above).
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•If you have zoomed in to one sample per pixel or less, the appearance 
of the samples depend on the option “Interpolate Audio Images” in 
the Preferences dialog (Event Display–Audio page).
If the option is deactivated, single sample values are drawn as “steps”. If the option is 
activated they are interpolated to “curves” form.
Auditioning
While you can use the regular play commands to play back audio when 
the Sample Editor is open, it is often useful to listen to the edited ma-
terial only. Below are two ways to do this.
• When auditioning, audio will be routed directly to the Audition bus, see 
page 29.
• You can adjust the auditioning level with the miniature level fader on the 
toolbar.
By using the Speaker tool
If you click somewhere in the waveform display with the Speaker tool 
and keep the mouse button pressed, the clip will be played back from 
the position at which you clicked. Playback will continue until you re-
lease the mouse button.
By using the Play icon
Clicking the Play icon on the toolbar plays back the edited audio, ac-
cording to the following rules:
• If you have made a selection, this selection will be played back.
• If there is no selection, but the option “Show Event” is activated (see page 418), 
the section of the clip corresponding to the event will be played back.
• If there is no selection, and “Show Event” is deactivated, the playback will 
start at the cursor position (if the cursor is outside the display, the whole clip 
is played back).
• If the Loop icon is activated, playback will continue repeatedly until you deac-
tivate the Play icon. Otherwise, the section will be played back once.
• Note that there is a separate Play button for auditioning Regions. See 
page 415.
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Scrubbing
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio by playing 
back, forwards or backwards, at any speed:
1.Select the Scrub tool.
2.Click in the waveform display and keep the mouse button pressed.
The project cursor is moved to the position at which you click.
3.Drag to the left or right.
The project cursor follows the mouse pointer and the audio is played back. The speed 
and pitch of the playback depends on how fast you move the pointer.
•You can adjust the response of the Scrub tool with the Scrub Re-
sponse (Speed) setting in the Preferences dialog (VST page).
There you will also find a separate Scrub Volume setting.
Adjusting the snap point
The snap point is a marker within an audio event (or clip – see below). 
This is used as a reference position when you are moving events with 
snap activated, so that the snap point is “magnetic” to whatever snap 
positions you have selected. 
By default, the snap point is set at the beginning of the audio event, 
but often it is useful to move the snap point to a “relevant” position in 
the event, such as a downbeat, etc.: 
1.Activate the “Audio Event” option so that the event is displayed in the 
editor.
2.Scroll so that the event is visible, and locate the “S” flag in the event.
If you haven’t adjusted this previously, it will be located at the beginning of the event.
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3.Click on the “S” flag and drag it to the desired position.
When you drag the snap point, a tool tip shows its current position (in the position for-
mat selected on the Sample Editor ruler.
•If the Scrub tool is selected when you move the snap point, you will 
hear the audio while dragging (just like when scrubbing).
This makes it easier to find the correct position.
You can also adjust the snap point by setting the project cursor:
1.Place the cursor at the desired position (intersecting the event).
You may want to do this by scrubbing, to spot the right position exactly.
2.Pull down the Audio menu and select “Snap Point To Cursor”.
The snap point will be set to the position of the cursor. This method can also be used 
in the Project window and the Audio Part Editor.
•It is also possible to define a snap point for a clip (for which there is no 
event yet).
To open a clip in the Sample Editor, double click it in the Pool (or drag it from the Pool 
to the Sample Editor). After having set the snap point using the procedure described 
above, you can insert the clip into the project from the Pool or the Sample Editor, tak-
ing the snap point position into account.
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Making selections
To select an audio section in the Sample Editor, you click and drag 
with the Range Selection tool.
•If Snap to Zero Crossing is activated on the toolbar, the start and end 
of the selection will always be at zero crossings (see page 419).
•You can resize the selection by dragging its left and right edge or by 
[Shift]-clicking.
•The current selection is indicated to the right on the toolbar.
You can fine-tune the selection by changing these values numerically. Note that the 
values are relative to the start of the clip, rather than to the project timeline.
Using the Select submenu
The Select submenu on the Edit menu contains the following selec-
tion functions:
Function Description
All Selects the whole clip.
None Selects no audio (the selection length is set to “0”).
In Loop Selects all audio between the left and right locator.
From Start to Cursor Selects all audio between the clip start and the project cursor.
A selected range
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