The Audio Track Editor
With an audio track selected, the Editors pane (E) shows all of the track’s regions on the project timeline, drawn large, like Logic’s Audio Track Editor, with the non-destructive range tools of Logic’s Audio File Editor.
View and zoom
Section titled “View and zoom”- A bars/beats ruler (click or drag it to move the playhead; its top strip shows the cycle), the playhead (it follows Catch), the selected region highlighted, and a dB scale beside the waveform.
- The waveform is drawn with the region’s gain applied; red marks at its top and bottom show where the audio reaches 0 dBFS after that gain.
- Zoom: Ctrl+wheel or the slider zooms in time; the wheel scrolls along the timeline. Alt+wheel, the waveform slider (double-click to reset) or Ctrl+Down / Ctrl+Up zoom the waveform’s amplitude (1× to 32×) to see quiet passages.
- Z zooms to the selection (or the region, or all the track’s regions); press it again to go back. The editor keeps its own zoom, separate from the tracks area’s.
Selecting
Section titled “Selecting”- Drag across the waveform to select a time range. It follows the Snap setting (Smart snapping stops at sixteenths, and holding Alt while dragging is always free).
- Shift+click or Shift+drag extends the selection from its nearer end.
- Double-click a region to select all of it. A plain click selects the region under it.
- Esc deselects.
Editing regions
Section titled “Editing regions”Drag a region’s name bar to move it, its lower edges to trim it, and the handles at the top of the waveform to set fades, as in the tracks area (fade curves and crossfades are drawn the same way, and a crossfade’s handle works the same). The Gain field in the local bar sets the selected region’s gain: drag it (Shift for fine), scroll it (±0.5 dB), or double-click for 0 dB.
Range actions
Section titled “Range actions”The Functions menu, right-click inside the selection, or keys. Each acts on every region under the selection, as one undo step:
| Action | Key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Split at Selection | Ctrl+T | Splits at both ends (at the playhead without a selection). |
| Split at Transients | Ctrl+Shift+T | Splits at every transient in the selection (or the selected regions). |
| Trim Region to Selection | Alt+T | Keeps only the selection. |
| Silence Selection | Alt+Backspace | Splits and mutes the middle part (unmute it to bring it back). |
| Delete Selection | Backspace | Removes the middle part and leaves a gap. |
| Normalize Selection | Alt+N | Splits and sets the middle part’s gain so its peak reaches 0 dBFS. |
| Reverse Selection | Alt+R | Splits and reverses the middle part (into a new file). |
| Fade In to Selection | Alt+I | Fades in over exactly the range, splitting the region where the range doesn’t start at its edge. |
| Fade Out to Selection | Alt+O | The same at the end. |
- Copy and Cut (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X) put the selected audio on the clipboard as a region (Cut also deletes it); Paste at Playhead (Ctrl+V) pastes it.
- Play Selection (Shift+Space) plays from the selection’s start and stops at its end. With Cycle on, it sets the cycle to the selection and loops it. Set Locators by Selection only sets the cycle.
- Looped regions are converted to real copies first. Only Reverse writes a new file; the original stays intact.
Transients
Section titled “Transients”The transient button (or View › Show Transients) marks the onsets found in the audio. View › Transient Sensitivity sets how readily they are found: Low, Medium (default), High or Very High. Split at Transients chops the selection (or the selected regions) at every marker in one step, for slicing drums. Onsets are found from the audio itself: a fast peak level jumping well above a slower average, moved back to the start of the attack.
The bar under the menus shows the region’s name, start, length (in bars and as time), gain, and its file’s sample rate, channels and name, plus the selection’s range.
The editor’s own keys apply after you click in it; elsewhere the usual ones do. See the key reference.