Overview

Audio Track Editor overview

The Audio Track Editor shows a close-up view of part of an audio track in the Tracks area, displaying the audio waveform of the regions on the track in a time grid.

Figure. Audio Editor with region selected.

In the Audio Track Editor, you can move and trim audio regions, split and join them, and edit them in other ways. You can scroll and zoom the Audio Track Editor, and zoom the amplitude of the waveforms in audio regions. Edits you make in the Audio Track Editor are nondestructive, so you can always return to your original recordings.

You can also quantize and edit the pitch of audio material in the Audio Track Editor using Flex Pitch. For more information, see Edit the pitch of audio in the Audio Track Editor.

When Show Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane, you can edit the timing of audio material in the Audio Track Editor using Flex Time. For more information, see Flex Time and Pitch overview and Quantize the timing of audio regions in the Audio Track Editor.

Open the Audio Track Editor

Do one of the following:

  • Select an audio track in the Tracks area, then click the Editors button .

  • Select an audio track in the Tracks area, then choose View > Show Editor.

  • Double-click an audio region to open it in the Audio Track Editor.

    The Audio Track Editor opens below the Tracks area. Along the top of the Audio Track Editor is a ruler showing time divisions, and a menu bar with local menus, tools, and other controls. The main area of the Audio Track Editor shows the audio waveform of the regions in the selected audio track.

Vertically resize the Audio Track Editor

  • Place the pointer in the bar at the top of the Audio Track Editor, and drag upward.

    Drag downward to make the Audio Track Editor smaller again.

Zoom the Audio Track Editor horizontally

  • Drag the zoom slider in the Audio Track Editor menu bar left or right.

Zoom audio waveforms

  • Click-hold the Waveform Zoom button in the Audio Track Editor menu bar, then drag the slider vertically to zoom the amplitude in or out.

Close the Audio Track Editor

  • Click the Editors button in the control bar.