Audio Region Editing

Audio Region Editing is a great convenience when you edit audio or MIDI data.Metro selects discrete chunks of data and labels them as audio regions. Whenaudio region editing is enabled (Switches menu), you can quickly drag and droppieces of audio or MIDI data without having to select the front and backboundaries. You can also create your own audio regions.

To use audio region editing:

  1. In the Graphic Editor window, display an audio track you want to edit.

  2. In the Switches menu, make sure Audio Region Editing and Show Audio Regionsare checked.

Notice that your audio clip in the Graphic Editor window now has a red squareon the right end at the bottom of the window. This shows where your audioregion ends. If you haven’t edited this audio track before, Metro selects the whole track as an audioregion.

  1. To move your audio clip anywhere in this or another track, click anywhereinside the audio region and drag. Option-drag to copy.

If you want to edit smaller portions of your audio clip, turn off Audio RegionEditing or create a new audio region.

To create an audio (or MIDI) region:

  1. In the Switches menu, turn off Audio Region Editing.

  2. In either the Graphic Editor or Track window, select some audio data you wantto be able to drag and drop.

  3. In the Switches menu, turn on Audio Region Editing.

Metro displays your new audio region with a red square on the right end at thebottom of the window (MIDI regions don’t have this). Now you can drag and drop your new region, or Option-drag it tocopy it.

See Also:

Cross Fade

Audio Region Editing