Splitting and joining audio clips – Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 User Manual
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Chapter 5
Working in the Timeline
Spotting Sound Effects from the File Editor to the Timeline
A common task for sound editors is adding sound effects or ambient clips to a
multitrack project. Often you will use one or more small sections from a longer source
file. You can make quick work of this by using the File Editor tab in conjunction with
the Timeline.
To add small sections of a longer audio file to a multitrack project:
1
Open the multitrack project in the Timeline.
2
Drag an audio file to the File Editor tab.
3
Select a portion of the audio file in the File Editor tab.
4
Drag it to a track in the Timeline.
5
Select another portion of the audio file in the File Editor tab.
6
Drag it to a track in the Timeline.
Optionally, you can open the Multipoint Video HUD to give you visual context for
spotting the sound effects to the Timeline. For more information about the Multipoint
Video HUD, see “
Scrubbing and Spotting with the Multipoint Video HUD
‘
Splitting and Joining Audio Clips
You may want to use only part of the source audio file in an audio clip. Soundtrack Pro
lets you split the clip into segments and use the segments in the Timeline as
independent clips. You can move the segments, edit them, and split each one into
additional segments. You can also easily (re)join clips.
You can split clips by using the Split command or by using the Blade (razor) and Blade
All tools. Each method has advantages, depending on the situation.