Splitting Audio Clips - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

To Hide the Audio Scale Ruler
1. Right-click in the Clips pane.
2. Select View Options from the menu that appears.
The Track View Options dialog appears.
3. In the Track View Options dialog, uncheck the Show Audio Scale checkbox
and click OK.

Splitting Audio Clips

You can split long audio clips into shorter ones. This lets you extract and rearrange
individual sounds, adjust timing and alignment, and apply effects selectively.
Audio clips can be split using the Scissors tool in the Track view or with the Split
command.
To Split Clips with the Scissors Tool
1. If necessary, zoom-in in the Track view and use the Scrub tool to determine
where you want to make a split.
2. If you want the split to be made on a note or measure boundary, a marker, or
by an event, open the Snap to Grid dialog, make the appropriate settings and
click the Snap to Grid button to turn on the Snap to Grid.
3. Click the Scissors tool button on the Track view toolbar.
4. Click once to make a single split, or to make two splits, click where you want
the first split, drag within a clip and release to make a second split.
To Split Clips with the Split Command
1. Select the clip you want to split.
2. Right-click the selected clip and select Split from the menu.
The Split Clips dialog appears.
3. In the Split Clips dialog, select from the following options.
Option...
Split At Time
Split Repeatedly
Split At Each Marker
Split When Silent For At Least
Description...
Specify the time at which you want to split the clip
and the time format.
Specify the first measure at which you want to split
the clip in the Starting At Measure field and the
intervals at which you want to split the clip in the
And Again Every field.
Creates a split in the clip at every marker.
Creates a split after each period of silence which
exceeds the number of measures specified.
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