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• Fill replaces a selection area with the clipboard data. If the selection
area is longer in duration than the clipboard data, the data repeats itself
until the selection area is filled. If the selection area is shorter, Audio
Editor truncates the data accordingly. This command is disabled if there
is no selection area.
• As a New Document creates a new edit window, filling it with the data
from the clipboard.
Sound sweetening
Sometimes when you record audio data, you get annoying background
noise and general imperfections. For example, many times the sound
accompanying video footage comes out poorly, often because something
interfered with the microphone or recording equipment. In Audio Editor,
you can remove such noises as well as apply a number of studio quality
filters that correct and enhance (or sweeten) the sound in your audio files.
Note: If you only want to sweeten a certain portion of an audio file you must select it
first, otherwise the entire waveform is affected.
Changing the audio level
Audio level refers to how loud or quiet an audio file plays back at. Gener-
ally, you can use your computer's volume controls to adjust this directly,
but when it comes to mixing files you need to make sure that you first
equalize the different sound tracks so that they share a similar audio level,
especially if they were recorded at different levels.
To change the audio level of a file:
Click Effect: Amplify to open the Amplify dialog box.
1.
Specify the percentage you want to change the audio level by in the
2.
Percentage spin box. 100% is unchanged while anything above that
increases the audio level and anything below decreases it.
Click OK. The waveform changes to reflect the new audio level.
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