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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 Editing Tips & Tools

Editing Operations

On a tape recorder, in order to modify a performance, you

would have to erase the performance you recorded

previously. Also, if you wanted to change the composition of

a song, you would have to record it from the beginning, or

use a razor blade and splicing tape to splice sections of the

recording together. In either case, with the tape itself being

physically altered, the recording could never be restored

back to its original condition. This type of editing is known

as destructive editing.

With digital disk recorders, you can make copies of your

audio without affecting the original material. Copying data

has no effect on the sound quality. It is easy to copy parts of

the recording to different locations, or to erase specified

portions of the track. Even if you make a mistake during

punch-in recording or track bouncing, you can restore the

data back to its original condition. Editing that allows the

original audio to be recovered is known as non-destructive

editing.

Non-destructive track and phrase editing are some of the

most powerful tools available in the VS-1680. Since the

VS-1680 also has 999 levels of UNDO, you can edit your

audio without risk.

Steps for Track Editing

There are two basic editing steps on the VS-1680:

Step 1: Set the edit points.

Step 2: Complete the button presses to perform the

edit.

As you approach the editing process, certain information is

necessary to perform the edit. You should determine:

• What kind of edit you want to do (Erase, Copy, Insert,

etc.—see Chapter 10)

• Which track or tracks you want to edit (one, several, or

all)

• Where the edit points are (Start, End, From, To)

Simple edits such as Track Erase and Track Cut only have

two edit values: START and END. Edits such as Track Move

and Track Copy have two additional values: FROM and TO.

These terms are explained here:

START (Start point)

Specifies the starting time of the audio to be edited.

END (End Point)

Specifies the ending time of the audio to be edited.

FROM (From point)

Specifies a reference point within the section of audio to be

edited that will be placed at the “TO” point to align the edit.

In most cases, the FROM point will be the same as the START

point. It could also be the downbeat of a measure or a sound

effect—anything that can be used for precise alignment.

TO (To point)

Specifies the alignment point (or destination) for the section

of audio to be edited, as in a Move or Copy edit.

For example, suppose you want to move a sound effect that

consists of a time bomb ticking and then exploding, but you

want the beginning of the explosion to land at a specific point

in time. In this case, the START point would be the very

beginning of the “ticking” sound effect, and the END point

would be the very end of the sound effect, after the

explosion. The FROM point would be the point in the sound

where the explosion begins. The TO point would be the

position on the timeline where you want the explosion to

occur. This type of edit is called a back-time edit. You don’t

have to figure out where the ticking should begin in order to

have the FROM and the TO points line up.

fig.04-05

Step 1: Set the Edit Points

The first step to editing audio on the VS-1680 is finding the

START and END edit points. These edit points indicate

where on the track you want to start the edit, and where on

the track you want to end the edit. There are many different

ways to do this, and many different tools available to help

you, including locators, Preview and Scrub.

Using the FROM Point Effectively

Normally, audio is moved starting at the specified

START time, and moved to the TO point. However, if

you want to move audio based on a point between the

START and END points, you can define this using the

FROM point.

Start End To TimeFrom

Example3: Copying using the “FROM” setting

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