360 Systems Short/Cut Editor User Manual
Page 45
Editing
Page 37
Shortcut Audio Editor Owner’s Manual
Gain Editing
Gain Edits are accessed by pressing S
OFT
K
EY
2 while in the Editor. These include Set
Gain Value, Adjust Level, Fade In, Fade Out, Relative Fade. The direct control for the Speaker
On/Off is still here, moved to item 6. In this menu it is a single item that toggles the speakers
on when they are off, and off when they are on.
GAIN EDIT MENU
1.
4 ADJUST LEVEL
2.
SET GAIN VALUE
3.
FADE IN
4.
FADE OUT
5.
RELATIVE FADE
6.
SPEAKER OFF
Pressing the numeric key associated with any of these items will perform the operation
immediately or display the parameters for the operation. You can also use the S
CRUB
W
HEEL
or
A
RROW
K
EYS
to select an item and press E
NTER
. Operations performed immediately are FADE
IN, FADE OUT and SPEAKER OFF/SPEAKER ON.
Gain edits in Shortcut are completely non-destructive. Each ten millisecond block of
audio has a Gain Value that can range from +6db to -90db. This Gain Value is applied to the
audio during playback, but does not change the original audio data that was recorded. When a
block is first recorded, its Gain Value is 0db. The level of the recorded audio has no effect on
this, and the actual output level associated with any Gain Value is relative to the recorded level.
All Gain Edits are performed on the selected range of audio between the Edit In and Edit
Out marks, on one or both tracks depending on the state of the A
RM
buttons. The charts below
illustrate Gain Values in a single channel. These charts are for explanation only. The actual
Shortcut display does not show gain values in this format, but gain edits will affect the size of
the displayed waveforms.
There is still the option to adjust the gain both channels of the entire file. This is
accessed in the Editor by pressing M
ENU
, selecting item 3. OUTPUT LEVEL, adjusting the
value with the S
CRUB
W
HEEL
or A
RROW
K
EYS
, and pressing E
NTER
. The entire file is affected
regardless of the state of the A
RM
buttons or the E
DIT
I
N
and E
DIT
O
UT
marks.
The maximum and minimum Gain Values are enforced on each operation, so it is not
possible to increase gain above +6db in any section through repeated operations or the
combined effect of gain edits and the OUTPUT LEVEL parameter in the Edit Menu.
Note that increasing gain can cause distortion in audio that is already recorded near full
scale; in this event simply U
NDO
the operation or reduce the gain of only the affected audio.