6 - Sample Edit

Cut Section

Utilities

The Sample Utilities menu contains several important sample editing functions.

• Cut Section

• Copy Section

• Paste Section

• Truncation

• Taper

	Cut Section
	Portions of a sample can be cut, copied, and pasted to other samples, or the
	samples from which they came. The Cut function removes a section of a
	sample, and stores the cut portion in a special part of memory called the
	clipboard.
	v To Cut a Section:
	1.	Press the Sample Edit key. The LED illuminates and the main sample
		edit screen appears.
	2.	Select the sample to be cut using the Data Entry Control, INC/DEC
O The clipboard contents		keys, or the numeric keypad.
	3.	Press the Utils function key. A second row of function keys appears.
are designated as Sample 000.

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Cut Section

If the sample is stereo, a 4. Press the Cut function key (F1). The following screen appears. (If the

pop up dialog box will ask you	sample is stereo, you will first be asked to select the right side, left side
to select left, right or both sides.	or both.)
	A visual display of the waveform appears with several controls.
		Waveform Display
	Editing
	Fields

Vertical	Zoom	Zoom In	Zoom In
Scale	Out	at Start	at End
Magnifier		Point	Point

		Editing Fields:	Move the cursor to the desired field to change the Start
	O Holding down the Enter		and End points of the cut.
		Magnification:	Adjusts the vertical scale for 1x, 2x, 4x, or 8x
	key while turning the Data Entry		magnification. Pressing the button repeatedly rotates
	Control allows “fine tuning” of		through the 4 options.
	the value by one number per	Zoom Start:	Magnifies the waveform to display finer detail around
	click.
			the Start point.
		Zoom End:	Magnifies the waveform to display finer detail around
			the End point.
		Zoom Out:	Reverses the effect of Zoom Start and Zoom End.

5.Specify the Start and End points for the portion of the sample to be cut.

6.The left and right cursor keys will change the start and end points so that they automatically fall on positive zero-crossing points in the waveform.

7.Press OK to cut the section or Cancel to return to the main Sample Edit screen.

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Copy Section

Cut Start	Cut End
		Sample 00
		Cut Region is
Result of Cut		Placed on Clipboard

8.If you are not happy with the resulting cut or want to compare before and after, press the Undo function key (F6).

Copy Section

Portions of a sample can be cut, copied, and pasted to other samples, or the samples from which they came. The Copy function allows you to duplicate a section of a sample, and store that duplicate in a special part of memory called the clipboard.

v To Copy a Section:

1.Press the Sample Edit key. The LED illuminates and the main sample edit screen appears.

2.Select the sample to be copied using the Data Entry Control, INC/DEC keys, or the numeric keypad.

If the sample is stereo, a 3. Press the Utils function key (F1). A second row of function keys

pop up dialog box will ask you		appears.
to select left, right or both sides.	4.	Press the Copy function key (F2). The Copy Section screen appears. (If
		the sample is stereo, you will first be asked to select the right side, left
		side or both.)

•The Copy Section display is identical to the display in Cut Section. See Cut Section for a full description of the controls.

O The clipboard contents	5. Specify the Start and End points for the portion of the sample to be
are designated as Sample 000.	copied using the Data Entry Control, left/right cursor keys, INC/DEC
	keys or the numeric keypad.

6.Press OK to cut the section or Cancel to return to the main Sample Edit screen.

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