Hi, Make sure cursor tracking is off and make sure the zoom popup menu is set to a smaller increment than the size of the file.
Robert Carter On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > Down arrow left or right arrow just beeps. Same with shift arrows to try and > select. > On Mar 31, 2013, at 3:57 PM, ROBERT CARTER <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Down arrow will take you to the end of the file. If, however, you try to >> play it at that point, it will start at the beginning since you are at the >> end. If, however, you press down arrow and then press left arrow a few >> times, you will be back just a little ways from the end of the file. How far >> back you go with the left arrow is dependent on where you have the zoom menu >> set. >> >> Robert Carter >> >> >> On Mar 31, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> I agree that sound studio is very easy to use. Robert helped me a lot when >>> I started and what he said in his email works for me too. >>> The only thing I haven't been able to do is move to the end of a file >>> without listening to it all the way through or fast forwarding. >>> But I do like the programme and use it when I need to do small amounts of >>> audio editing. >>> >>> Lisette >>> >>> On 1/04/2013, at 12:17 AM, ROBERT CARTER <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> In my experience with Sound Studio, holding down the 1 and 2 keys will >>>> rewind and fast forward continuously through a file. Marks are set with >>>> the m key. Option plus left and right arrow jump from mark to mark. adding >>>> shift to option left and right arrow selects the audio that is in between >>>> two marks. The spacebar will playback the selection The selected audio can >>>> be copied to the clipboard with command+c and pasted somewhere else with >>>> command+v. The entire file can be selected with command+a. >>>> >>>> Another way to select audio is using the shift+right arrow. Shift+left >>>> arrow unselects or reduces the amount of audio that is selected. The >>>> amount of audio that is selected when shift+right arrow is used is set by >>>> a popup menu that is next to the toolbar. It is called the "Zoom level >>>> Menu." At its default value, the left and right arrows move quite a ways >>>> through a file. I use the left and right arrows for to move by very small >>>> amounts when editing a podcast. I typically set the zoom level to 4096. >>>> With this menu, you press vo+space to open the menu and down arrow to >>>> locate the desired option. Press return to set the desired value. >>>> >>>> Cursor tracking does need to be off when editing. You may want to turn it >>>> on when working with menu items excluding the zoom level popup. >>>> >>>> Robert Carter >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 30, 2013, at 10:07 PM, John Sanfilippo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Sarai, >>>>> >>>>> I've had some success with Sound Studio using the following method: >>>>> >>>>> command p to play. >>>>> near the place to start editing, press comma to pause the recording, >>>>> comma to resume again. >>>>> >>>>> While playing, the 1 key rewinds, the 2 key fast forwards, but only by >>>>> one second. >>>>> >>>>> At the spot you want to mark, press m. I usually press comma first, then >>>>> press m. I'm not always certain that my mark is set on the fly, but you >>>>> may have better luck. >>>>> >>>>> Set another marker further on using the procedures outlined above. >>>>> >>>>> To select with assurance, press command shift g., and follow the dialog. >>>>> Set the start time to marker 1, the end time to marker 2. Be sure to >>>>> press enter to close the dialog. >>>>> >>>>> At this point you can press delete to remove what is selected. Or you can >>>>> press command option s to save what is selected as another file name. >>>>> >>>>> Or, you could play the file, press m while playing to set mark1, m again >>>>> later to set mark2, and so on for several markers. Then in the edit menu >>>>> use split file by markers, I'm not sure of the exact name of this feature. >>>>> >>>>> There is a manual which explains this perhaps more clearly. >>>>> >>>>> You can move from mark to mark with command left or right arrow, and you >>>>> can select between markers by adding shift the these commands. >>>>> >>>>> You can go to specific times by pressing command g and entering a number >>>>> of seconds, or minutes:seconds, that is, minutes, colon, seconds, such as >>>>> 10:15, or by selecting a marker to go to in the go to dialog. >>>>> >>>>> But I will caution that all this is possible only as long as sound studio >>>>> and or the OS are cooperating and you are in the correct mode. Something >>>>> misterious can happen whereby, for some reason which I cannot identify, >>>>> pressing ordinary commands simply does not work. For instance pressing >>>>> left or right arrow to move the playback pointer gets nothing more than a >>>>> bonk sound from the system as though this key press is unknown. The only >>>>> thing I know to do to fix this is save my work, if, indeed I feel it is >>>>> safe to, and reopen sound studio. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps, >>>>> John S >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Sarai Bucciarelli >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:07 PM >>>>> Subject: Sound studio editing tracks >>>>> >>>>> Hi: >>>>> I purchased Sound Studio. I cannot figure out how to edit audio files. I >>>>> tried turning off vo cursor tracking and shift down arrow to select >>>>> segments of tracks. They will not select so I can delete them. 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