Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 162)

162 Chapter 5 Working in the Timeline
Truncating Overlapping Audio Clips
You can have Soundtrack Pro truncate the overlapping part of audio clips in the
Timeline instead of crossfading them. To truncate audio clips, you set the project to
truncate mode, then drag an audio clip so that it overlaps another clip.
To set the project to truncate mode:
m Click the Overlap Mode button, located above the Global Timeline view.
In truncate mode, when you drag an audio clip so that it partially overlaps another
audio clip in a track in the Timeline, the overlapped part of the clip is truncated.
To truncate an audio clip:
m In the Timeline, drag another audio clip over part of the clip.
Editing Audio Clips in the Multitrack Timeline
Most audio applications focus on multitrack editing or waveform editing, but not both.
Furthermore, most waveform editing applications handle media destructively—making
permanent changes to your media files. Soundtrack Pro provides the best of both
worlds: nondestructive waveform editing while working in a multitrack project.
You can edit audio clips in a variety of ways in the Timeline. You can select, cut, copy,
and paste clips, move, resize, transpose, split and join them, and edit them in other
ways. You can also apply any actions and process menu operations to any clip directly
in the Timeline.
You can view and modify a clip’s media file in the File Editor tab without losing the
context of your multitrack timeline. This is called editing in place. Simply select a clip in
the Timeline and it appears in the File Editor tab below. The playhead in the Timeline
and the File Editor tab are synchronized so you can play the media file within the
context of your whole multitrack project. Any changes you make to the media file are
updated in the Timeline immediately. You can also solo any item in the File Editor tab.