Making It Fit - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

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3. In the dialog box that appears, choose Blend Old with New or
Replace Old with New, then click OK.
4. Listen to the read. If the pause seems natural, do the same to the
last section. If not, try moving the middle section until the pause
is correct.
Combining Audio Events
After you have moved the audio around and Þnished tightening pauses,
you may want to have a single, continuous audio event instead of three
separate ones. To do this:
1. Select all the events by holding Shift while clicking on each.
2. Right-click on any of the events and select Combine from the
pop-up menu. The events will combine into a single audio event.
If you overlapped any of the events when you moved them, you will be
presented with a dialog box asking how to treat the overlapping parts.
For more on this, see "Moving and Copying Clips" on page 5-9.

Making It Fit

Now that weÕve edited the announcer clip, letÕs see if it Þts in our allotted
time. Unsolo the announcer track and press Play. Does it Þt? If so, move
to the next section. If not, youÕll have to use the Fit to Time edit on the
audio. To do so:
1. From the Track view, select the announcer clip by clicking on it.
Choose Edit-Fit to Time .
2.
3. In the dialog box that appears, set the New Thru time to
00:00:20:00 and make sure that the box next to Stretch Audio is
checked.
4. Click OK. Pro Audio processes the audio so that it runs faster
while keeping the same pitch (also known as time compression).
5. Click Play and listen to the spot. The announcer should now fit in
the 20 seconds of the music.
If the announcer's clip still doesn't fit, you could remove the middle
section, but that's cheating.
You should save your file again now.