Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 43)

Chapter 2 The Soundtrack Pro Interface 43
File Editor
You can edit individual audio files in the File 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 File Editor and fix common audio problems, including
clicks and pops, hum, and phase problems. The File Editor can take two forms: the File
Editor project view, for detailed work on individual audio files, and the File Editor tab,
for convenient editing within the context of a multitrack project.
 Waveform editing tools: Include 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 View and Frequency Spectrum View buttons: Change the display between
Waveform view and Frequency Spectrum view.
 Time display: Shows the current position of the playhead.
 Global Waveform view: Shows you a miniature view of the entire waveform and the
playhead position, and lets you move quickly to different parts of an audio file.
 Waveform display (and editing area): Shows the waveform of the audio file (or its
frequency spectrum in Frequency Spectrum view). You can select parts of the audio
file to apply different actions to.
Waveform editing tools
Time display
Playhead Location
value slider
Monitor volume slider
Waveform View and
Frequency Spectrum
View buttons
Global Waveform view
Actions tab
Waveform display
Previous and Next
Selection buttons
Transport controls
Automation mode
pop-up menu
Playhead