Basic audio editing confusion in X2
There are several things about basic manual audio editing in X2 (some of it applies to X1 as well) that I just don't understand the reasoning behind. I mentioned in an ealier thread, that when you turn off snapping, the Smart Grid will still be visible but not in a higher resolution that 1/4 note. When I edit, I will almost always need a grid at least a 1/16 note resolution and I just don't see the use of Smart Grid with snapping turned on. Fastbikerboy suggested to set the snap resolution high, but if you set it to lets say 1 tic, it's almost like there's no snapping, but as soon as zoom in or out, the resolution will change (that's the understandable nature of Smart Grid) and you'll have to change the snap setting to 1 tic again before the next editing.
I seems to me, that Smart Grid is created mainly to work along with the snapping turned on instead of turned off. Can someone please explain the reasoning behind that?
Another thing that bothers me is the way X2 behave, when you want to move a selection of a clip:
When you left-click and drag to either side, it will look like this:
The transparent, darker tone of the original clip color is very calm and comfortable to look at. Now, when you grab the selection and move it, it will become a new, active clip with a white background and you will still see a "ghost" version of the original selection in the background. I couldn't make a printscreen of the actual move, but if you try, you'll see what I mean (you probably already know what it looks like anyway
)
Both the change of background color and the "ghost" selection is rather annoying and it makes it rather difficult to see what you are doing (remember, I'm talking about editing (pocketing) which means that you only want to move the clip slightly to either side)and again - I don't understand the reasoning.
After dragging and slipping the mouse, it looks like this:
Firstly, I don't understand why the background color of the clips is white, because I know I set "selected clip" to purple (I imported the color settings from X1 and it
does say purple in the Preferences). Secondly, I don't understand why the moved clip and the clip it overlaps (to the left) are white - meaning they are selected clips - when I've set the "Selection after single split" to "None".
The ideal scenario when moving clips for minor adjustments (pocketing) to me would be to:
1. Have a fully functionable Smart Grid when snapping is off
2. Keep the transparent, darker tone of a selection when moving it
3. Let the moved clip and potential overlapped clips stay unselected
I'm not in any way an audio master and there may be something I've overlooked or misunderstood about X2's behavior. So if you've got a solution/suggestion to any of above, I'd be very thankful.
Best regards from...
post edited by Erik_O - 2012/09/27 15:39:55