3.Perform one of the following actions:

•From the Preset drop-down list, choose a preset that has been stored for the plug-in.

•Specify the length of silence that you want to add in the Insert box and choose a setting from the at drop-down list to specify where the silence should be inserted.

Setting

Description

Cursor

Inserts silence at the current cursor position.

 

 

Start of file

Inserts silence at the beginning of the file.

 

 

End of file

Inserts silence at the end of the file.

 

 

4.Click the OK button.

Using drag-and-drop operations

You can take advantage of using drag-and-drop operations to perform many common tasks. Drag-and-drop operations make controlling the Sound Forge software faster and more intuitive and allow for increased editing power. The major drag-and-drop editing operations are paste, mix, and create CD tracks.

Dragging mono selections into multichannel destinations

When pasting or mixing a mono selection into a multichannel 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 points 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 points in the destination window. All drag-and-drop operations can be configured to snap (or align) to points established within the destination file.

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

Points

Description

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.

 

 

Events

Start of block snaps to the start or end of an event.

 

 

Pasting, mixing, and creating CD tracks with drag-and-drop

You can drag an audio selection and paste, mix, or create a CD track in another data window.

Pasting

1.Open the Voiceover.pca and Drumhit.pca files.

2.Select all audio data in Drumhit.pca.

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