360 Systems Short/Cut Editor User Manual

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Controls and Displays

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Shortcut Audio Editor Owner’s Manual

PUBLIC DIRECTORY

48K TIME 3:45:17

A SHORTCUT PROMO

0:36

A SHORTCUT PROMO ORIGINAL

0:52

BOING

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8

]

0:02

CAR DOOR

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5

]

0:04

CAR PEEL OUT

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7

]

0:11

DOG GROWL

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3

]

0:06

A SHORTCUT PROMO EDITED

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1

]

FILE LISTING

The Directory Name appears in the top line, along with the Sample Rate and Available

Record Time. The File Names appear below, with their length at the right. If a file is assigned
to a H

OT

-K

EY

, the Hot-Key number appears to the right of the file name enclosed in brackets.

To select a File, use the S

CRUB

W

HEEL

or G

O

T

O

keys to highlight the File name. If there

are more than six files in the directory, the directory will scroll to show the other files as they
are selected. Once you have selected a file:

Press E

NTER

or E

DIT

I

N

to load the File for an edit session; or

Press P

LAY

to hear the File without moving to the Edit level.

Press C

OPY

to copy the file.

Press E

RASE

to permanently erase the file. (File erasures cannot be undone)

While working at most other tasks in the Editor, pressing the F

ILES

key will immediately

close the Editor (with a save dialog if the file is not saved) and present a File listing for the
current Directory.

Save and Save As

The S

AVE

key saves a File but does not close it. When changes have been made to a File

but not yet saved, the S

AVE

key will illuminate.

Holding A

LT

and pressing S

AVE

results in a prompt for a new File name. The file you

were editing is left as it was when it was opened or when S

AVE

was last pressed. Subsequent

editing is performed on and saved to the new file. This is useful when saving several versions
of an edited File. It is a good idea to do this at least the first time you save an edited file so that
your original recording is left unaltered. Copies of files use very little disk space, and it is good
insurance in case a mistake is made in editing. Remember to erase all copies of a recording when
clearing disk space for new recordings, as the disk space will be released only when all files that
use that audio have been erased.

Save As can be used to recover from some editing errors, even if no copy of the file being

edited exists. Editing always takes place on a temporary copy of the file you choose. Edits are
not copied back to the file until it is Saved. Save As leaves the original file that you edited
intact; any editing that was done between the last Save and the point at which the error is
detected is saved to a new file. Then the original edit file can be opened and used to retrieve
parts that were deleted in error, which can then be returned to the new file.

When you save a file, you are saving:

1. The data that describes what audio to play in what order.

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