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Repeating an operation

Once you perform an operation on an audio file, you can quickly repeat it with the same parameters by choosing Repeat from the Edit menu. This allows you to reapply the same effect, process, or function to a different section of audio using the same parameters.

Note: In the Edit menu, the Repeat command displays in conjunction with the name of the previous function.

Repeat an operation by doing any of the following:

•Hold Shift while choosing the command from its menu.

•Press Ctrl + Y .

•Click the Repeat button () on the Standard toolbar.

Using drag-and-drop

Once you are familiar with Sound Forge, you can take advantage of using drag-and-drop to perform many common tasks. Drag-and-drop operations make controlling Sound Forge faster and more intuitive and allow for increased editing power. The three major drag-and-drop editing operations are paste, mix, and crossfade.

Dragging mono selections into stereo destinations

When pasting, mixing, or crossfading a mono selection into a stereo file, you can mix the selection to both channels by dropping it on the destination data window’s center line. Otherwise, the selection is mixed into the left or right channel exclusively.

Snapping to events in drag-and-drop operations

A major advantage of drag-and-drop editing is the ability to snap to markers, regions, time increments, or other events in the destination window. All drag-and-drop operations can be configured to snap (or align) to points in the destination file based on the events established within that file.

The following table describes all events that drag-and-drop selections snap to in the destination file.

Cursor

Start of block snaps to cursor position.

Selection

Start of block snaps to start or end points of a selection.

 

 

Start

Start of block snaps to start of file.

 

 

End

Start of block snaps to end of file.

 

 

Markers

Start of block snaps to marker.

 

 

Regions Start and End Markers

Start of block snaps to region start or end.

 

 

Time, Measures, etc.

Start of block snaps to labeled divisions on time ruler.

 

 

Video Frames

Start of block snaps to the start of video frames appearing in the video strip.

 

 

EDITING, REPAIRING, AND SYNTHESIZING AUDIO

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