Tutorials

  1. The tutorials are designed to get you up and running with Fast Edit as soon as possible. The tutorials teach only the basic skills needed to run Fast Edit. After you have developed these basic skills, you will find it easy to explore all of the other features of Fast Edit on your own.
  2. The tutorials are designed as follows:

1. Starting and exiting Fast Edit; practicing Play, Selection, Cut-and-Paste editing, and Saving an edited soundfile.

2. Using Markers; doing Fades and Mixes; an introduction to the Undo command, and the Edit History List.

3. Copying sounds to and from the multiple Clipboards.

4. Recording with Fast Edit.

  1. NOTE: Mouse and keyboard methods of operation are available for most operations in Fast Edit. Keyboard and mouse operations are labeled with icons: ` ' for keyboard and `
    2. ' for mouse.

Getting Started: Playing and Editing a Soundfile

Studio Tools: Mixing, Fading, and Fixing Mistakes

Multiple Clipboards

Recording

Fast Edit - Functional Reference

Fast Edit Screen

Files

Editing Sound Files

Playing Sound Files

Tools

Markers

Display

Options: Customizing Fast Edit

Getting Help

Quick Reference - Fast Edit Commands

Shortcuts

  1. This is a listing of some of the mouse and keyboard shortcuts which can significantly speed up your editing work.

Grabbing and Placing the Edit Cursor.

Turning on the Select feature.

Turning off the Select feature.

Quick Select

Copy-and-Paste from the Read Only window to the Modify window.

Catalog Editor - functional reference

The Catalog main screen

Opening, Closing, and Saving Catalog Files

Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Sounds

Display

Play

Options

Playlist editor - functional reference

The Playlist editor main screen

Opening, Closing, Saving, and Deleting Playlists

Edit

The Region Library

Waveform Display

Options

Quick Reference - Playlist Commands