Timecode Ranges; Setting Up A Range; Simple Method; Using Range Menus - Fairlight Prodigy Edit User Manual

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The Prodigy Editor allows two methods of choosing what to edit. One mode is called clip or object-based editing,
and the other is called range or timecode-based editing. Some editing menus, such as Grab, work only in clip mode,
while others, such as Block, work only in range mode. Many menus can work in either mode, sometimes with
slightly different commands for each.
There are also two range modes, part mode, where any parts of clips included in the range will be affected by edit
commands, and whole mode, where only clips entirely inside the range will be affected. Any editing menu will use
only one of these modes. The redness of the clips always shows what will be affected.

Setting up a Range

A Range is the span between two timecode numbers. When using a Range for editing, only audio between the two
timecodes is affected. The Range keys (From and To) are used for setting ranges.

Simple Method

To set a Range, press and release the FROM/TO keys at the start/end of the Range you wish to edit. If there is no
range at the moment, you may press just one of these keys and use the Jogger Wheel to drag out a range. You may
issue edit commands at any time while dragging out a range.

Using Range Menus

(The following description applies equally to the To key.) Holding down the From key causes a menu to appear,
described below. At the same time the graphics show the existence of a range with its end at the cursor. Pressing the
Soft Keys affects the range end position as follows:
Space B/Up
Level Fade
Name Track
Grab Block
Takes Wave
Nudge Edit
Pressing this Soft key latches
the Menu (you can let go of the
From Key), and adopts the time
in the Numeric Register as the
range start. You can now type
in or edit a timecode number
and press ENTER. For details
on editing Timecodes, see En-
tering Timecode Values.
Pressing this Soft Key latches
the menu, adopting the current
Mark as the range start. You
may now type in a mark number
or select one with the Jogger
Wheel or + and - leys, and press
ENTER.
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Timecode Ranges

time mark
This has the same effect as
pressing the {time} Soft
Key, except that the previ-
ous Range end (from before
entering the menu) will be
adopted. Now it can be
edited in the usual ways,
before pressing ENTER.
prev
last gap
This Soft Key does not latch the
menu. The time of the Project
Head (i.e. Mark 0) is adopted as
the Range Start, and you have
the same options as for the {prev
gap} Soft Key.
This Soft Key does not latch the menu.
The From Menu "finds" the nearest
previous moment of silence between
clips on the current track, and adopts it
as the Range start. At this point you can
press other keys to continue moving
the Range start:
Release the From Key at any time to
accept the current Range start;
Press the {prev gap} Soft Key again to
find a further previous gap;
Press any other Soft Key and switch to
its functions. If this latches the menu,
the ENTER key will be needed to com-
plete the sequence;
Press either Jump Key to move the
Range start.
project
head
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