Common Editing Actions - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

6.4

Common Editing Actions

6.4.1 Cut, Copy, Paste
As with most software applications, Studio One supports cut, copy, and paste actions. Once
you have selected an Event or a range of Events, you can perform these actions:
• Cut. Press [Ctrl]/[Cmd]+[X] on the keyboard to cut the current selection.
• Copy. Press [Ctrl]/[Cmd]+[C] on the keyboard to copy the current selection.
• Paste. Once a selection is cut or copied, press [Ctrl]/[Cmd]+[V] on the keyboard to
paste the selection. The Events will be pasted on the selected track, at the current
playback cursor position. If you select and copy Events on multiple tracks, then select
another timeline location on the first track, and then paste, the copied Events will be
pasted in the appropriate tracks and locations, starting with the first (selected) track.
Let's say you wanted to copy and paste an Event from one Song into another Song or another
version of the Song, and you want the Event to be at its original location in the timeline. You
can do this by copying the Event and then pasting with [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[V].
6.4.2 Audio Event Slip
Often, after an Audio Event has been sized to fit a particular region of time, the audio clip the
Event contains needs to be moved ahead or behind in time without changing the Event's
length and volume envelope. This action is commonly called "slipping" or "slip," and it is often
used alongside splitting, or splicing, to correct the timing of rhythm tracks. For instance, if one
snare-drum hit is off the beat by a little bit, you could split the Event on either side of that
section and then slip the audio into perfect time.
To use Slip, select the Arrow tool, and then press and hold [Ctrl]/[Cmd]+[Alt] on the keyboard,
while floating the mouse over an Audio Event. The Slip tool icon will appear. Click-and-drag on
the Event to slip the audio left or right across the timeline. Multiple Audio Events can be
selected and slipped at once, even across multiple tracks.
When slipping the audio in an Audio Event, note that all of the Event characteristics remain
unchanged, including the Event size, position, Inspector parameters, and volume envelope.
An Audio Event can be slipped only as far as the length of the audio clip it contains.
6.4.3 Audio Event Transpose and Tune
The ability to transpose and fine-tune audio adds a lot of flexibility when working with audio
files. For instance, if you have a keyboard loop collection in which every loop is in the key of C,
being able to transpose these loops to any other key opens up many possibilities.
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