Hi Paul, I apologise for just rushing through the instructions, I'll try and do a better job below.
First, as you may or may not know, Amadeus has 2 - well, cursors, for lack of a better word - called the play head and the insertion point. The play head is your current playback position, and the position of the insertion point determines where in the file your edits will be performed. When using the arrows during playback, you're moving the play head. When using them when playback is stopped, you're moving the insertion point. Second, regarding zoom, to the left of the zoom slider you'll find a pop up button with 2 items, horizontal zoom and vertical zoom. To adjust the amount you move when using the arrows while not playing a file, select horizontal zoom from the popup menu. Now I'll go into a bit more detail about Space, Shift-Space and Tab. When not playing a file, Space starts playing from the position of the play head. While playing a file, it'll stop at the play head position, and when pressed again, it'll continue where you last stopped. If not playing anything, Shift-Space will always start playback from the insertion point. While playing something, it'll also stop at the current play head position. Tab is where things get a little tricky. Usually, it'll always move the play head to, and start playback from, the beginning of a file. If, however, you stopped playback with either Space or Shift-Space, pressing it once will start playing from the insertion point, pressing it again will stop playback just as Space or Shift-Space would, and a third press will move the play head back to the beginning of the file. I hope this isn't too long-winded an explanation. If something still isn't clear, we can connect on Skype and I can take you through a hands-on demo of how this all fits together. My Skype ID's in my signature. Regards, Gavin Grundlingh Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 Email: [email protected] Secondary Email: [email protected] Skype: Batworx Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/batworx Twitter: http://twitter.com/batworx On 28 Oct 2012, at 12:47 PM, Paul Erkens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gavin, > > This is a question that I'm seeking the answer for as well. Knowing how this > works will be very useful for me and others. Could you be a little more > specific? I don't think I understand the complete picture yet. I know that I > can use space to start, pause and resume playback. The arrows will skip ahead > or back in small increments. So far it's clear. But then. Why do you stop > playback, and then use the arrows to skip? Am I correct in thinking that this > makes no difference in getting the job done, but that you just don't want to > be bothered with all the chunks being played as you skip? > > Next, you use shift space to hear where you are. How does this work? What is > shift space actually doing? > > Finally, a question about zooming. Which option in which menu do you use to > zoom in and out? You said you begin at a hundred percent, to be able to jump > in relatively large increments, and then later decrease zooming to finetune > your location in the file. I would think that, the more you zoom in, the > higher the percentage is, the finer your jump increments will become, but it > seems to be the other way around. As you see, I don't quite get the details > yet. Could you please explain in greater detail how this works for you? > > Best, > Paul. > On Oct 27, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Gavin Grundlingh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> Usually, if I want to skip through a very long file in large increments, I >> stop playback, use the right arrow to move to where I want to be, then press >> Shift-Space to hear where I am. The amount you move with each press of the >> arrow is dependent on the zoom setting, which seems to be adjusted according >> to the length of the file you open. I normally set mine to 100%, find the >> spot closest to where I want to start editing, then decrease the value to >> move by smaller amounts until I find the exact place to perform edits. Hope >> this helps. >> >> Regards, >> >> Gavin Grundlingh >> Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 >> Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 >> Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 >> Email: [email protected] >> Secondary Email: [email protected] >> Skype: Batworx >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/batworx >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/batworx >> >> On 27 Oct 2012, at 6:24 AM, Blinkin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Fellow audio editors, >>> If I have a track that is somewhat long and I need to skip toward the >>> end what is the easiest way to do this? >>> I know the arrows will fast forward and rewind as well as changed to >>> playing speed but is there a way to just jump through it? >>> Thanks for any help ya'll. 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