The Region Library

  1. The Region Library is the collection of sounds that are available for use on your Playlists. A Region can be an entire soundfile (or Editlist), or it can be any part of a soundfile (or Editlist).
Adding and Modifying Regions
  1. To add an entire soundfile or Editlist to your Region Library, select the Add Soundfiles/Editlists command in the Region menu. An Open Dialog Box will appear (Figure 5-3).
Figure 5-3 The Open Dialog Box for Adding Soundfiles and Editlists to the Region Library
  1. The dialog box will list the Soundfiles and Editlists in the selected directory. Click on the desired Soundfile or Editlist, and then click on OK. The sound will now be in the Region Library, and under the same name (but without the filename extension).
  2. More than one file may be selected in the dialog by dragging the mouse across the selections, or holding the Shift key while clicking on the file name.
  3. To add a part of a Soundfile or Editlist, you must first open the Soundfile or Editlist into the Waveform Display at the bottom of the screen. Do this by using the Open Soundfile/Editlist command in the Waveform menu (see See Opening a Soundfile for Display.). Once the sound is displayed in the Waveform Display, you can select a portion of the sound for the Region Library. Just do a Selection as you would do it in FastEdddie (see See Making Selections in the Waveform Display Area.). When you are satisfied that you have Selected the right region, select the Create/Modify command in the Region menu. The Create/Modify Region Dialog Box will appear (Figure 5-4).
Figure 5-4 The Create/Modify Region Dialog Box
  1. Type in the name you want to give this region, then click on "OK". A new region will now appear in your Region library, with the name you selected.
  2. At any time, you can view the Soundfile and Selection of any region in your region library by highlighting that item on the Region Library list, then selecting the View command from the Region menu. The Waveform Display will now show you the entire Soundfile (or Editlist), along with showing the part you Selected. You can use this to edit your region by changing your Selected portion of the Soundfile, then saving the changed Selection back to the Region Library by using the Create/Modify command in the Region menu.
Deleting Regions
  1. Regions can be deleted from your Region Library by highlighting the Region you want to get rid of, then selecting the Delete command from the Region menu.
  2. You can delete all the Regions from your Region Library by selecting the Clear Library command from the Region menu.
Changing Region Libraries
  1. You can have any number of Region Libraries. Each library is stored on the hard disk with the name you specify, plus the filename extension ".rlb". Typically, you will make different Region Libraries for different editing projects.
  2. To change the displayed Region Library, select the Change Library command from the Region menu.