Edit the pitch of audio in the Audio Track Editor

When you choose Flex Pitch for a track in the Audio Track Editor, any sections of audio on that track that are identified as individual notes are displayed like notes in the Piano Roll Editor. In the Audio Track Editor, you can edit the pitch, time position, and length of notes in much the same way as you would in the Piano Roll Editor. You can also cut notes and merge multiple notes into one.

Each individual note in the Audio Track Editor contains “hotspots,” which you can use to edit pitch, vibrato, gain, and other parameters.

Flex Pitch is also available in the Tracks area, when Show Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane.

Change the pitch of a note

  • Drag a note vertically in the editor.

    Figure. Dragging a note vertically in the Audio Track Editor.

Move a note

  • Drag a note horizontally in the editor.

    Figure. Dragging a note horizontally in the Audio Track Editor.

Resize a note

  • Drag the left or right edge of a note.

    Figure. Dragging the right edge of a note in the Audio Track Editor.

Split a note

  • Click a note with the Scissors tool.

    Figure. Cutting a note with the Scissors tool in the Audio Track Editor.

Merge two or more notes

  • Select two or more notes, then click with the Glue tool.

    Figure. Merging two notes with the Glue tool in the Audio Track Editor.

Edit the parameters of a note using “hotspots”

  • Select a note, then do any of the following:

    Figure. Showing the six hotspots on a note.
    • To edit the pitch drift at the start of the note: Drag the upper-left hotspot vertically.

    • To edit the vibrato: Drag the upper-mid hotspot vertically.

    • To edit the pitch drift at the end of the note: Drag the upper-right hotspot vertically.

    • To edit the gain: Drag the lower-left hotspot vertically.

    • To edit the fine pitch: Drag the lower-mid hotspot vertically.

    • To edit the formant shift: Drag the lower-right hotspot vertically.