Waveform editor – Apple Soundtrack Pro User Manual

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Chapter 2

The Soundtrack Pro Interface

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 Record Enable button: Click to enable the track for recording. When you click a track’s

Record Enable button, the Recording tab of the Utility window appears, showing the
track’s current recording settings. Appears in track channel strips only, not in bus or
output channel strips.

 Mute button: Click to mute (or unmute) the channel strip.
 Solo button: Click to solo (or unsolo) the channel strip.
 Name field: You can type a new name for the channel strip.

Waveform Editor

You can edit audio files in the Waveform Editor using actions. Actions give you a
powerful and flexible way to edit audio files nondestructively using professional audio
processing effects and other operations. You can turn individual actions on or off,
reorder actions, flatten actions, and compare the project with and without actions. You
can also analyze audio files in the Waveform Editor and fix common audio problems,
including clicks and pops, hum, and phase problems.

 Waveform editing tools: Includes the Selection, Sample Edit, Audio Stretching, and

Zoom tools that you can use to graphically edit audio files.

 Automation Mode pop-up menu: Choose the automation mode from the pop-up menu.
 Previous and Next Selection buttons: Move back and forward through selections

you’ve made in the waveform display.

Waveform

editing tools

Time display

Transport controls

Playhead Position

value slider

Automation Mode

pop-up menu

Master volume slider

Waveform View and
Spectrum View buttons

Previous and Next
Selection buttons

Global Waveform
view

Actions list

Level meters

Waveform display

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