210M: 05: Professional Audio Editing Techniques Flashcards
What would cause a cross fade to produce a noticeable drop in volume across the fade? What can you do to correct the problem?
If they are out of phase - correct by adjusting the fade curve. Change to equal power.
What are some examples of operations that you can perform “on-the-fly” during playback?
Make and edit selections Capture, separate, loop, trim clips Place, spot, rearrange clips Add fades or cross fades Transpose, quantize, etc MIDI Nudge Audition different playlists Adjust or scale automation data Process audio with an audiosuite plugin Process audio with elastic audio
In the fade editor window, how do you enable the black squares on the fade graphs that allow you to create a custom cross fade?
Set the link option to none
Why is it generally a good idea to Duplicate an audio file before editing the waveform with the pencil tool?
Because it is destructive and there are only 32 levels of undo.
What are the five operation modes in beat detective? Which can be use for both audio and midi material? Which can be used for audio only?
Bar|beat marker generation Groove template extraction Clip separation (audio only) Clip conform (audio only) Edit smoothing (audio only)
What are the seven main steps involved in using beat detective to clean up a drum performance?
Defining the selection
Detecting transients (identifying beat triggers)
Editing beat triggers
Separating clips
Conforming clips with beat detective
Smoothing edits with beat detective (optional)
Consolidating clips after debit smoothing (optional)
What are beat triggers? What tool would you use to edit beat triggers?
Identified peak transients. Grabber tool. Options click to delete. Cmd click to promote a beat trigger.
Describe some options for chord recognition when using beat detective in a midi analysis workflow.
Last note First note Loudest note Average location Highest note Lowest note
What are the steps that you would use to create bar|beat markers based upon beat detective’s analysis of a drum loop?
Mark transients, correct errant beat triggers, then:
Select the bar|beat marker generator radio button in the operation section of the beat detective window
Click the generate button
Choose either preserve tick position or preserve sample position
When editing multitrack drums, why should you make sure the same edits are applied to all tracks at once?
To maintain phase
Can you think of any disadvantages of only using the kick and snare when conforming drums with beat detective?
Anything between the kick and snare doesn’t get analyzed ex: hi hats.
How can you trim to the boundary of the next clip?
Hold control
How can the beat detective window be opened?
Cmd 8 on the numerical keypad
Or
Event operations>beat detective
How can clips be consolidated using beat detective?
Option shift 3
Or
Edit>consolidate
