Tascam X-48MKII Owner's Manual

42 TASCAM X-48MKII6 – EditingEdit ToolsI-Beam ToolThe I-beam tool is used to select a portion of a recordedclip or clips. When the I-beam tool is dragged throughthe middle of a clip, only that section will be edited. Forexample, if you wanted to erase a cough in the middle of arecorded voiceover, the I-beam would allow you to selectjust that cough and then hit delete on the keyboard.Double-clicking on a clip with the I-beam tool selects theentire clip.NOTEEditing is only possible using the keyboard and mouse.You cannot edit tracks from the front panel. So all of theinstructions in this chapter refer to the mouse, keyboardand monitor interface. These instructions also assumethat you have selected the Tracks view at the bottom ofthe screen or by pressing F1.Mouse/Keyboard Operation (only)1 Click on the I-Beam button in the top-left cornerof the screen (pictured above) or press F9 onyour keyboard.2 Click and drag a portion or a complete clip in thetimeline, or multiple clips across multiple tracks.Any editing functions you perform (i.e. cut, copy,paste, delete) will be applied only to the portion ofthe clip you selected and highlighted.Object ToolPress F8 to select the Object tool, or click the buttonpictured above in the top-left corner of the screen.This tool does different things depending where themouse is:• When it’s not hovering over a clip, it looks like acursor (+) sign. You can click and drag over clipsto select multiple objects. (It doesn’t select onlyportions of clips like the I-Beam).• When you mouse over the bottom left or bottomright corner of a clip, you get a tool that looks likea horizontal line with arrowhead on either side.This tool allows you to change the beginning orending point of a clip. Drag the end point inward toshorten a clip, or drag it back out to lengthen it (ifthere is any waveform there).• Mouse over the top left or top right corner, andthe tool changes to a horizontal line under a whitearc. This is the fade tool, which allows you to adda fade-in or fade-out to a clip. If clips on multipletracks are selected, the fade-in or -out is changedon all of those tracks.• Move to the middle of a clip, and your cursorchanges into the finger tool. Click and drag tomove the clip (or multiple selected clips).Smart ToolPress F11 to select the Smart tool, or click the buttonpictured above in the top-left corner. Like the Object tool,this tool does different things depending where yourmouse is:• When it’s not hovering over a clip, or if it is over thebottom half of a clip, it acts like the I-Beam tool.Like the I-Beam tool, you can select a portion of awaveform. However, unlike the I-Beam tool, youcan only select audio on a single track.• When you mouse over the bottom left or bottomright corner of a clip, you get a tool that looks likea horizontal line with arrowhead on either side.This tool allows you to change the beginning orending point of a clip. Drag the end point inward toshorten a clip, or drag it back out to lengthen it (ifthere is any waveform there).• Mouse over the top left or top right corner, andthe tool changes to a horizontal line under a whitearc. This is the fade tool, which allows you to adda fade-in or fade-out to a clip. If clips on multipletracks are selected, the fade-in or -out is changedon all of those tracks.• Move to the top half of a clip, and your cursorchanges into the finger tool. Click and drag tomove the clip (or multiple selected clips).• Double-click on a clip with the Finger tool and youget the Clip Properties window. See page 35 for moreon this window.Magnify ToolPress F12 to select the Magnify tool, or click the buttonpictured above in the top-left corner. The magnify toolallows you to select a section of the timeline to fill thescreen. To use this tool, click and drag over the section youwant to focus on, such as a pair of clips on tracks 1 and 2.When you release the mouse, those two clips will fill theVGA screen.