A more precise way to cut to an audio track?

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Nick Mo

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A more precise way to cut to an audio track?

PostMon Mar 01, 2021 9:17 pm

Is it possible to cut in between a single frame?

I'm working with a a very fast and busy audio track (~170BPM) and I'm looking to have lots of quick synchronized cuts that "strobe" accurately on very fast audio transients in the track (often time triplets, etc). Sometimes pushing/pulling even one frame puts me well in front of or behind a transient I want to hit.

I'm well aware of many people's aversion to cutting on the beat so please spare me your editing ideology :twisted:

Thank you!
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Re: A more precise way to cut to an audio track?

PostMon Mar 01, 2021 9:45 pm

I don't think so.
The only thing you can do is to work with higher framerate.
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Re: A more precise way to cut to an audio track?

PostMon Mar 01, 2021 10:57 pm

Ah that makes sense. Thanks for the reply!
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Re: A more precise way to cut to an audio track?

PostMon Mar 01, 2021 11:09 pm

Nick Mo wrote:Is it possible to cut in between a single frame?
Yes, it is. Uncheck "Align audio edits to frame boundaries" in Preferences/User/Editing.
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Re: A more precise way to cut to an audio track?

PostThu Mar 04, 2021 10:15 pm

Thanks for the tip, Vit! I'll check that out. :D
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