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This is broken into two components, the reverb’s 
early reflection (I) and its decay curve (R). The indi-
vidual start times and levels of both components are 
adjustable. The sliders to the right of the window 
adjust the early reflection and decay curve levels. 
The sliders below the window adjust the early reflec-tion and decay curve start times (the amount of time 
each is initially delayed). The decay curve’s start 
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Chapter 16 – Working with Audio Regions
Essential Tools
The Tracks screen and its associated Waveform tab pro-
vide the main work areas for audio waveform editing 
on an VGA display. These work areas are mirrored 
on the LCD display by the 
Tracks and Waveform 
screens. The 
Tracks screens allow coarse editing and region selection on one or multiple tracks. The 
Waveform screens provide a larger view of the wave-
form and sample-accurate resolution...

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Edit Operation
This menu is used for selecting the type of edit oper-
ation to be performed on your selected event. The 
Edit Operations are as follows:
Event Editor After selecting an event (using the 
Event Select tool), a number of fields will appear to 
the left of the Waveform.
Name Allows you to name the selected audio event.
Time Displays the start time of the selected audio 
event.
Duration Displays the length of the selected audio 
event....

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LCD WAVEFORM Screen
This screen parallels the Waveform tab found in the 
Tracks screen on the VGA.
Press the 
WAVEFORM key from the LCD ACCESS 
section to reach this screen.
TRACK Allows you to scroll through your current 
project’s audio tracks.
ZOOM Magnify or contract the track view.
SELECT EDIT OP This menu is for choosing a type 
of edit operation to be performed on your selected region. The edit operations are described on the pre-
vious pages...

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VGA Take Browser Tab
Here you can manage your current project’s takes 
and import takes from other projects. You must load 
takes into slots by using the slot button on the VGA.
TYPE This allows you to toggle between viewing 
audio takes or MIDI takes.
Audio Clips
Clips are raw audio files created by recording on the 
SX-1, or by importing from other media (such as 
samples and loops). The SX-1 allows you to import clips that conform to one of a...

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Pressing the Import button opens the import dialog 
(pictured below). Here you can import audio files 
from the internal drive, a CD-ROM or other con-nected media. Once these files are imported into your 
project’s clip window, simply drag them to an audio 
track for playback.
Clicking the 
Use Time Stamps button will constrain the 
selected file to its original timestamp when it is 
dragged onto a slot. If the original file has no stamp, 
the file...

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Chapter 17 – Editing Audio
Edit Controls
Besides the editing controls found in the VGA and 
LCD screens, there are also front panel editing keys 
you can use with a parallel editing menu on the VGA 
menu bar, if you need it. Once you have selected a 
region or event using the on-screen or surface con-trols, the front panel editing keys give you quick 
access to basic editing operations.
Select an event and press one of these keys to per-
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VGA that is accessed from the SX-1 menu of the Main 
Menu Bar.
SMPTE FORMAT Sets the time format for the EDIT 
REGION
 registers. The choices are: SMPTE, 
hours:minutes:seconds, bars:beats:ticks, feet:frames, 
or samples
SET TO DEFAULT Sets the highlighted parameter 
back to its factory default value.
NUDGE LEFT & NUDGE RIGHT These soft 
keys let you move your selected region forward or 
backward in time by the nudge amount given in the 
NUDGE SETTING...

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PASTE Use PA S T E to place the clipboard contents 
at an edit In point. The newly pasted region over-
writes the area’s previous contents.
TIP
An In point can be created in two ways. On the VGA dis-
play, place the cursor (using the Region Select tool) 
where you want the In point to be and click once. Or, 
from the SX-1’s front panel, press the 
EDIT/ EDIT 
BEGIN
 key where you want the edit In marker placed.
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MERGE This key is for MIDI editing only. Use 
MERGE to combine two different MIDI regions (the 
contents of the clipboard and a region equal to the length of the clipboard’s selection after the paste In 
point).
RIPPLE/REV RIPPLE Ripple is a mode where data 
is moved during an edit operation, either to fill the 
gap created by a Clear or Cut, or to move out of the 
way for a Paste command. Ripple moves events later 
in time, while Reverse Ripple moves...