FL Manual 11 Edison 2 Flashcards
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Menu Buttons - View - Audio
Draft
-Less visibility of details in favor of quicker graphics responsiveness.
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Menu Buttons - View - Audio
Spectrum gradient
- 12 dB steps, Charcoal, Furnace, Deeper furnace, Glacier, Temperature, The Matrix.
- -Choose the theme that reveals the most detail in the sound or that appeals to you.
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Menu Buttons - View
Regions
Regions - Turns region markers on/off.
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Menu Buttons - View
Loop
Loop - Turns loop markers on/off.
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Menu Buttons - View - Time
Time in samples
- Displays the time-base in samples.
- -This information is displayed to the bottom left of the peak meter.
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Deselect
-(Up arrow)
Deselects the current selection.
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Select before current selection
Left Arrow
-Selects the area before the current selection.
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Select after current selection
Right Arrow
Selects the area after the current selection.
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Select zoomed part
-(Ctrl+A) - Selects the region defined by the visible sample.
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Select previous region
(Left arrow) - Selects the previous region.
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Select next region
(Right arrow) - Selects the next region.
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Menu Buttons - View(Eyeball) - Misc
Scroller above
-Places the Zoom / Scroll bar X above the sample.
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Menu Buttons - View(Eyeball) - Misc
Background gradient
-Applies a 3D background effect to the sample edit window
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Menu Buttons - Snap(Magnet)
Snap to grid
(1) - Envelope points and selections snap to the background grid.
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Menu Buttons - Snap(Magnet)
Snap to regions
(2) - Envelope points and selections snap to the region markers.
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Menu Buttons - Snap(Magnet)
Snap to samples
(3) - Envelope points and selections snap to samples.
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Menu Buttons - Snap(Magnet)
Snap to zero-crossing
(4) - Envelope points and selections snap to zero crossings. This is the point where the waveform crosses the 0 amplitude line and is useful to avoid clicks.
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Menu Buttons - Snap(Magnet)
Snap to pitch period
(5) - Envelope points and selections snap to the period of any pitch detected at the selection point.
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Menu Buttons - Select(Box)
Deselect
(Up arrow) - Deselects the current selection.
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Menu Buttons - Select(Box)
Select after current selection
Selects the area after the current selection.
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Menu Buttons - Select(Box)
Select zoomed part
(Ctrl+A) - Selects the region defined by the visible sample.
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Menu Buttons - Select(Box)
Select previous region
(Left arrow) - Selects the previous region.
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Menu Buttons - Select(Box)
Select next region
(Right arrow) - Selects the next region.
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Menu Buttons - Zoom(Magnifying Glass)
Zoom in 2x
(PgUp) - Zooms in 2 times.
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Menu Buttons - Zoom(Magnifying Glass)
Zoom out 2x
(PgDn) - Zooms out 2 times.
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Menu Buttons - Zoom(Magnifying Glass)
Zoom out full
(Home) - Displays the full sample.
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Menu Buttons - Zoom(Magnifying Glass)
Zoom on selection
(End) - Zooms the selection to fill the Sample Edit Window.
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Menu Buttons - Zoom(Magnifying Glass)
Zoom on left of selection
(Ctrl+Left) - Centers the Sample Edit Window on the right edge of the selection at maximum zoom.
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Menu Buttons - Zoom(Magnifying Glass)
Zoom on right of selection
(Ctrl+Right) - Centers the Sample Edit Window on the left edge of the selection at maximum zoom.
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Undo/undo history - Icon and Function
- Rewind Arrow
- -Left-click to undo the last action. Right-click to display the last 10 actions (Left-click the point in the history you wish to return to).
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Claw Machine - Icon and Function
- Claw
- -Opens the Claw Machine Tool that creates new rhythms based on the knowledge that less is more!
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Normalize/normalize regions - Icon and Function
- Audio Wave ceiling floor
- -Left-click to normalize the current selection. Right-click to normalize on a per-region basis.
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Trim side noise/gate noise - Icon and Function
- Audio Wave near walls
- -Left-click to trim noise outside the selected region. Right-click to gate noise below threshold.
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Fade in/declick in - Icon and Function
- Half Hill
- -Left-click to fade in. Right-click to smooth in (removes clicks).
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Fade out/declick out - Icon and Function
- Right half hill
- -Left-click to fade out. Right-click to smooth out (removes clicks).
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Run script - Icon and Function
- RUN
- -The Script Tool compiles and runs scripts written in Pascal or Visual Basic, to process the wave file. Right-click to use the Run last script option. See the Tools Menu (Scripting) ‘Run Script’ option (above) for more details.
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Time stretch / paste stretch - Icon and Function
- Clock
- -Opens the Time Stretch / Pitch Shift Tool to independently manipulate pitch, time and formants.
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Convolution Reverb - Icon and Function
- Doorway Icon
- -Opens the Convolution Reverb Tool to apply reverb or convolution effects to the sample.
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Blur - Icon and Function
- Raindrop
- -Opens the Blur Tool to smooth/blend the sample data
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Equalize - Icon and Function
- Levels
- -Opens the Equalize Tool to apply an EQ curve to the sample data.
FL STUDIO - Edison - Sample Edit Functions Clean up (Denoise / Declip / Declick) - Icon and Function
- Brush
- -Opens the Noise Removal Tool to repair noisy, clipped or clicking samples.
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Add / remove marker / region - Icon and Function
- Flag+
- -Left-click to add/remove a new marker at the start of the selected region. Right-click to add region markers bounding the selected region. Shift+Right-click on a marker to invoke temporary zoom for precise positioning. A ‘Marker’ is a position flag, with an optional name, description and middle note. A ‘Region’ is a marker plus an end point. Right-click markers (tag at the top of the marker) to set a name, trigger note etc.
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Auto-slice - Icon and Function
- Slice Flag
- -Auto-slices the sample.
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Tune loop…/set loop - Icon and Function
- yin yang arrows
- -Left-click opens the Tune Loop Tool to access to the loop smoothing controls. Right-click sets loop points bounding the current selection.
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Save as…. / save as compressed - Icon and Function
- Floppy disc+
- -Opens a save file dialog with the options of .wav and compressed .wav (ogg format).
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Drag / copy sample / move selection - Icon and Function
- Arrow paper
- -Left-click and drag the button (yes the button) to the desired location. The selected region in the Sample Edit Window (or whole sample if no selection is made) will be copied and moved to any compatible location in FL Studio, e.g. Sampler channels, Fruity Slicer, DirectWave, the Playlist, etc. Right-click to copy the selection to the clipboard.
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Send sample to Playlist - Icon and Function
- Arrow to Waveform
- Left-click - Sends the selection (or whole sample if no selection is made) to the Playlist as an Audio Clip.
–Right-click - Replaces the currently selected Audio Clip or Sampler Channel with the sample/selection in Edison.
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Send sample to Playlist - Right-click
Replaces the currently selected Audio Clip or Sampler Channel with the sample/selection in Edison.
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Time Stretch / Pitch Shift Tool
- The Time Stretch / Pitch Shift tool allows you to alter the duration, pitch and formant of a sample independently.
- -The audio Editor and more generally the Sampler Channels & Slicer tool, use the Elastique Pro, zplane algorithms to deliver advanced time stretching / pitch shifting that meets the standards of professional production and broadcast applications.
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How to open the Time Stretch / Pitch Shift Tool:
- To open the tool you can either Left-click on the Time Tool button , press (Alt+T) inside the Editor, or use the Tools > Time > Time stretch / Pitch shift option.
- -To open the paste-stretch dialog press (Ctrl+Shift+T) or use the Tools > Edit > Paste stretch option.
- –The paste-stretch dialog is available only after a sample selection cut or copy operation.
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Options - Amount
Pitch coarse -Change the base pitch in semitones.
Fine - Change the base pitch in cents.
Mul - Pitch range multiplier (in %).
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Options - Amount
Time mul
- Change sample duration in %.
- -NOTE: To match a samples BPM to FL Studio, rather than use this control, make sure the sample has a Tempo set in the Sample properties dialog. You can use the Autodetect (tempo) button if one is not set. Next make sure the ‘F10 > General Settings > Read sample tempo information’ is selected. Finally, drag and drop the sample from Edison on the Playlist and FL Studio will stretch the sample to match the current project.
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Options - Amount
Length (ms)
-Change sample duration by specifying length in milliseconds(ms). In ‘paste-stretch’ mode this value is automatically calculated.
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Options - Amount
Method - Select from the following pitch shifting/preservation methods. NOTE: Certain methods may disable or automatically adjust the ‘Formant preservation’ settings. Affected settings appear in a lower contrast and tweaking the control has no effect.
Elastique:
e3 Generic - A ‘Default’ mode is designed to work with the widest range of input signals. As usual, experiment with other methods if you hear unwanted artifacts.
e3 Mono - Specialized for monophonic input signals such as vocals or solo instruments. Uses automatic formant preservation techniques.
Legacy Elastique:
e2 Generic (Pro default & Pro transient) - Older version of e3 Generic.
e2 Transient (Transient & Tonal) - Transient and formant preserving stretch method.
e2 Mono (Monophonic) - Older version of e3 Mono.
e2 Speech (Speech) - Optimized for spoken words. For singing, use the ‘e3 or e2 Mono’ mode).
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Options - Amount
Insert - If this switch is on the effected audio will be inserted, if it is off the sample will be mixed with the original.
Formant preservation
Using the formant section - In order to manually preserve the natural tonal quality of the sound select ‘Pro Default’ method and set the Factor crs setting to the same value of the Pitch coarse in the ‘Options’ section above. For example, if the ‘Options’ Pitch coarse setting is +5 then set the Formant envelope Pitch crs to +5.
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What are Formants?
- Formants are peaks in the frequency spectrum caused by resonances, natural frequencies of vibration, of an instrument.
- -Trumpets, guitars, violins, drums and the human voice all have formants.
- –The human voice is an excellent case study for the importance of formant preservation as we are particularly sensitive to vocal formants. —-Resonances of the voice stem from mouth, sinuses and throat cavities and convey information about the size, age and sex of the vocalist. —–Normally, as the pitch of the vocal chords are raised or lowered, formants change intensity while the peak frequencies stay relatively fixed.
- —–A problem with ‘traditional’ pitch shifting of vocal recordings is that the formants transpose with pitch (itself an unnatural phenomenon) or fall outside the expected range; the ‘chipmunk’ effect is a classic example of formants shifted too high. ——-Formant preservation algorithms work by detecting the pitch of the formants in the original sound and then apply the same frequency resonances to the pitch-shifted sound, preserving the ‘natural’ quality of the voice or instrument.
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Edison Formant Controls
Factor coarse
Moves the base pitch of the formants, in semitones.
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Edison Formant Controls
Fine
Changes the base pitch of the formants in cents.
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Edison Formant Controls
Mul
Formant pitch range multiplier in %.
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Edison Formant Controls
Order
The default setting works for most material. If the input audio is high pitched the order should be lowered if the input audio is low pitched the value should be raised.
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Edison Formant Controls
Copy from pitch
Copies the pitch value from the ‘Options’ section above. If you select this after setting the desired pitch shift in the ‘Options’ section, then the formants should be automatically preserved.
NOTE: If these controls appear to be lower contrast or ‘grayed-out’, compared to normal, it means that they are disabled for the selected Pitch Shift/Time Stretch method in the ‘Options’ section.
Action buttons
Reset - Restore default settings.
Preview - Audition the current settings without applying them.
Accept - Process and paste (replace) the original selection
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What is Convolution Reverb?
- The Convolution Reverb engine in the Editor works by multiplying two audio signals in the frequency domain (in a sort of moving average).
- -A reverb effect is obtained when an ‘impulse’ file is convolved with the original wave file.
- –Reverb impulse files are created by recording short, sharp sounds in real spaces or through a reverb/effects unit.
- —The recorded ‘reverberance’ is an acoustic fingerprint of the real space.
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Convolution Reverb Options
Offset
Adjusts the time offset between the onset of the reverb and the source wave.
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Convolution Reverb Options
Dry
Adjusts the level of the dry signal.
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Convolution Reverb Options
Wet
Adjusts the level of the wet signal.
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Convolution Reverb Options
Use data outside selection
- The reverb can operate on a selection of a wave.
- -When selected data from outside the selection is used to create the reverberant sounds.
- –When no selection is made the whole sample is effected and this option is greyed out.
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Convolution Reverb Options
Add tail
-Adds new reverberant data beyond the end of the original file.
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Convolution Reverb Options
Accept
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Convolution Reverb Options
Accept
- Applies the impulse to the wave.
- -To undo the reverb press Ctrl+Z.
- –In mathematics (in particular, functional analysis) convolution is a mathematical operation on two functions (f and g) that produces a third function expressing how the shape of one is modified by the other.
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Convolution Reverb - Impulse Resources
-Edison comes with many impulses, however the addictive nature of these files will mean that you will soon be looking for more.
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Blur Tool
- The Blur Tool works in a similar way to the Convolution Reverb, by multiplying an impulse sound (in this case, noise), with the waveform.
- -The impulse function is cross-multiplied with the source in a moving average, to smear or ‘blur’ the sound.
- –The multiplier function is determined by a user-selectable envelope.
- —To retain a sound closer to the original, use narrower shaped envelopes.
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Blur Tool Options
Amount
-Adjusts the width of the convolution window; a greater amount means more blurring.
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Blur Tool Options
Offset
-Adjusts the time offset between the source wave and the blurred section.
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Blur Tool Options
Mix
Adjusts the level of the dry to wet signal.
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Blur Tool Options
Use data outside selection
- Only applies when a selection is made in the Editor sample edit window.
- -This includes sample data immediately outside and adjacent to the selected region to improve the blend between the selection and surrounding sample data.
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Blur Tool Options
Accept
Applies the settings to the wave. To undo the blur, press Ctrl+Z.
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Blur Tool Options
Impulse
Envelope
- Change the shape of the envelope to adjust the convolution function.
- -The default ‘Gaussian’ function creates a smooth blur.
- –A wider function generally creates more blurring and a narrower function less blurring.
- —Experiment with different shapes to alter the blur texture.
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Equalize Tool
- The Equalize Tool is a linear phase EQ and boosts or cuts frequencies according to a user defined EQ envelope.
- -The example below shows the effect of the selected EQ curve on a white noise sample.
- –Frequency is displayed on the horizontal axis, time on the vertical axis (sample start is at the top, sample end is at the bottom) while intensity/saturation of color represents frequency amplitude.
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To Open the Equalization Tool
- To open the tool you can either Left-click on the EQ Tool button
- -press (Ctrl+E) inside the Editor
- –or use the Tools > Spectral > EQ option
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To Open the Equalization Tool
- To open the tool you can either Left-click on the EQ Tool button
- -press (Ctrl+E) inside the Editor
- –or use the Tools > Spectral > EQ option
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Equalize Tool Options
Editing envelopes, how?
- Right-click in the ‘Envelope Editor Window’ to add points, and Left-click to move points and tension markers.
- -Right-click points to open a context menu that will allow you to delete points or change the curve type.
- –The default mid-line is ‘no change’. Boost/Cut values appear in the FL Studio Hint Bar as the nodes and tension handles are moved.
- —Time is represented on the vertical axis and Frequency on the horizontal axis.
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Equalize Tool Options
Envelope
- Drop-down menu containing harmonically computed EQ envelopes.
- -The harmonic series is based on the sample middle note (root note).
- –Set this using the Sample properties dialog. The harmonic envelopes will remove sounds that do not belong to the harmonic series of the set note.
- —These envelopes can be useful for extracting sustained notes from complex recordings or removing noise from recordings of tonal sounds.
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Equalize Tool Options
To filter non-harmonic noises
- Set the middle note (root note) using the (F2) Sample properties dialog.
- Open the Equalization Tool, Envelope options and select from narrow, medium or wide.
- Use the Frequency scale knob to expand the lower frequencies to check that the filter envelope is starting at the correct frequency and covers the harmonics.
- Set the Mix knob to the desired level, 100% to retain only the harmonic series.
- Select Ok.
To remove a note from a sample - Perform steps 1 to 5 above.
- Select Tools > Amp > Reverse polarity.
- Select Tools > Edit > Copy to Copy the entire sample.
- Open a new instance of Edison with the original sample.
- In the new Edison select Tools > Edit > Paste mix and the note plus harmonics will be removed from the original sample.
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Equalize Tool Options
Freq scale
-Zooms the frequency scale for more or less precise EQ editing.
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Equalize Tool Options
Mix
-Adjusts the level of the dry to wet signal.
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Equalize Tool Options
Smooth
-Smooths the EQ envelope to reduce unwanted artifacts such as ‘ringing’.
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Equalize Tool Options
Phases
-Allows the envelope to change the phase of the sample, top of scale is 180 degrees, bottom -180 degrees.
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Equalize Tool Options
Reset
-Resets the EQ envelope to the default state.
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Equalize Tool Options
Accept
-Applies the EQ curve to the sample.
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Special Controls
Slave transport button location and function
- Top Left next to loop
- -Slaves the Edison transport controls to the FL Studio transport panel.
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Special Controls
Scrub Button Location and Function
- Top left next to stop
- -Left-click and hold the mouse button, and move left or right to play the sample under mouse control.
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Special Controls
Mute input Button Location and Function
- Top Right Speaker Icon
- -When recording in Edison click here to mute/unmute the audio input.
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Special Controls
Set threshold Location and Function
-Click and drag on the peak meter to set the threshold used with functions such as Trim side noise/gate noise.
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Special Controls
Freeze editing Button Location and Function
- Snowflake in bottom right
- If this is selected you won’t be able to edit or change any controls. Remember this as you will click it at some point and wonder why the fun has stopped.
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Special Controls
Auto scrolling Button location and Function
- Arrow bottom right area
- -When the sample is zoomed this enables/disables the auto scrolling function.
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Peak Meter - Set gate threshold
- Left-click and move the mouse up/down to change the threshold for noise gating functions.
- -A green band will display (as shown above) in the Sample View Window.
- –Parts of the wave that cross above or below the green band are trigger events.
- —These level triggers are used for both the ‘Recording on input’ feature and the ‘Trim/Gate’ functions .
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
- Sample Edit Window
- -Depending on the Envelope Selector and Feature Switch settings , you can edit the sample, set markers/loop-points, or apply envelopes to the sound.
- –Generally Sample Edit Functions will only apply to the selected region of the sample in the Edit Window.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Maximize Edison
-Click on Edison to focus it, then press enter on your keyboard.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Edit a sample
-Make sure ‘Waveform Edit Mode’ ‘Edit Sample’ is selected.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Make a selection
-Left-click and drag horizontally over the region to be selected. The selection will turn red.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Modify the start and end points of a selection
-Left-click outside the selection and the start or end point will jump to the new location (depending if you click before or after the selection).
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Select a region defined by markers
- Hold (Ctrl) and Left-click on the square tag at the top of a region marker OR double-click on a region marker.
- -A selected region will turn red.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Deselect selection / region
-Press the (down-arrow) on your keyboard OR double-click outside the selection/selected region.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Cut/Copy
- To Cut a selection press (Ctrl+X). To Copy a selection press (Ctrl+C).
- -These functions can also be accessed from the Edit menu button.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Paste insert
- First make a small selection (length does not matter) starting at the precise location where you want the paste insert to start and press (Ctrl+V).
- -NOTE: The pasted data will be inserted from the start point of the selected region.
- –All sample data after this point, including the selected region will be moved after the pasted data.
- —This function can also be accessed from the Edit menu button.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Paste replace
- First make a small selection starting at the precise location where you want the paste replace to start and press (Alt+V).
- -NOTE: The pasted data will be inserted from the start point of the selected region over any sample data after this point, including the selected region.
- –This function can also be accessed from the Edit menu button.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Drag & drop samples
- You can drag samples from many locations and drop them on Edison to load them.
- -Holding (Shift) while dragging and dropping a sample onto Edison will append the dragged sample to the end of the existing data.
- –Holding (Alt) will replace the region. A slice marker with the original samples name will be added at the splice point.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Clear selection
- Hold (Shift + Del) on your keyboard.
- -The selection will be cleared without changing the sample length.
- –This function can also be accessed from the Edit menu button.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Delete selected
- Press the (Del) key on your keyboard.
- -The selection will be deleted and the sample length reduced.
- –This function can also be accessed from the Edit menu button.
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- Select the envelope type ‘Envelope Selector’ and Right-click to add points, Left-click to move points and tension markers.
- -To apply the envelope/s press (Ctrl+E) or select Tools > Amp > Mixdown amp envelopes. The undo function can be used to reverse any unwanted changes.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Zoom
-Hover over the window and scroll the mouse-wheel or Left-click an edge of the Zoom/Scroll Bar (a double-headed arrow will appear), then drag horizontally.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Horizontal Scroll
- Hold the shift key and then scroll the mouse-wheel
- -or Left-click in the middle of the highlighted section of the Zoom/Scroll Bar, then drag horizontally.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Zoom/Scroll
-Click the mouse-wheel or middle mouse button and move up/down (zoom) and left/right (scroll).
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Manual tempo setting using a selection
- The manual tempo detection technique is to highlight a part of the audio that you know to be an exact # of beats, then the properties dialog (F2) will show ‘Selection (beats)’ instead of ‘Length (beats)’.
- -If 4 beats were highlighted (for example), enter 4, and the tempo of the song should be detected.
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Sample Edit Window - How to:
Manual grid/tempo alignment using downbeat
- Right-Ctrl + Right-Shift + Click on the location in the sample where the first downbeat marker is to be set, hold and drag horizontally to fine-tune the position if needed.
- -Then, release the mouse button and click again with the Right-Ctrl + Right-Shift keys still held (drag left/right) to adjust the grid spacing to align the grid to the beat.
- –NOTE: Correct tempo/grid alignment assumes you have set the tempo AND Sync is selected in the Sample Properties.
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Waveform View
How To swap between Waveform and Spectral view?
- Use the Display Mode switch.
- -There is also a ‘Dual view’ option under the View Menu Button .
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Envelope Selector
All-purpose Envelope
- Some tools in Edison can use the envelope as an input to their process.
- -The horizontal axis represents time while the vertical axis is the modulation value, generally 0% is at the bottom to 100% at the top.
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Envelope Selector
Paste mix (envelope) method
- Use the envelope to modulate a paste action.
- -Select the sample in Edison and then copy it.
- –Apply an effect as desired to the whole sample.
- —Tweak the all-purpose envelope (100% = original sound, 0% = effected sound), use the ‘Paste mix (envelope)’ option from the Edit menu. This will modulate between the original and effected version as per the enbelope.
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Envelope Selector
Undo using mix (envelope) method
-Apply an effect, tweak the all-purpose envelope and use the ‘Undo using mix (envelope)’ option from the Edit menu.
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Envelope Selector
Scratching
- Select ‘Scratch using envelope’ from the Tools menu.
- -In scratching, the horizontal axis represents time while the vertical axis is the sample playback position from the sample start (bottom) to the sample end (top).
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Envelope Selector
Preview
- As there is no ‘live’ preview for the ‘All-purpose’ envelope in Edison, you will need to process the wave to hear envelope changes.
- -To hear your envelopes, select the ‘Tools’ option and then Mixdown envelope or (Ctrl+E) to process the wave.
- –The undo function can be used to reverse any unwanted changes.
