User Manual HOW TO … February 16, 2010
Xynergi Media Production Centre Page 97
Razor Cuts
Overview
Normal (non-razor) editing targets red clips, but does not affect other clips. This works well for
video-based editing where the sound is synchronised to fixed picture frames.
When working on radio spots, interviews and music pieces, we sometimes need to cut time as
well as audio. This is just like people used to do on tape.
The razor mode causes time to be manipulated as well as audio.
When you cut audio, the time it occupied is removed from the track, and everything afterwards
moves earlier.
When you paste audio, the time it occupies is inserted into the track, and everything afterwards
moves later.
Razor editing always uses a range.
Get Ready
Press the green Editor button.
Press the
cut button to access the Cut menu.
Operation
Locate the transport so that the cursor crosses the middle of (at least) one clip. Identify the track
containing that clip, and double-press its button to make it the only selected track. (If necessary,
use the
Bank key.)
Create a range within the clip using
from and to. (For help with this, see How to Editing
Using ranges)
Press
razor. Press cut range. The width of the range is cut out of the track, like a piece of tape,
and downstream clips move forwards. Investigate
cut head and cut tail (use undo in between).
Move inside another clip and press
Enter. The clipboard is pasted, and the time it occupies is
inserted into the track, like splicing tape.
Trimming clips
Overview
A clip is the visual representation of a real piece of recorded audio, located on hard disk. Editing a
clip means changing which part of the recorded audio is played.
When cutting or erasing parts of a clip, you are reducing the amount of accessed audio.
Trimming a clip also means changing which part is accessed, but you can increase or decrease the
length that is played. This is done by relocating the clip's
head and tail , thereby exposing more
or less of the stored audio.
Get Ready
Press the green Editor button.
Operation
Press the trim button. If the word slip is highlighted, press it again so that trim is highlighted.
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