Cubase question on audio editing

[Santuzzo]

Hi,

I am trying to find out how to edit audio in Cubase 6:
How do I 'move' say a chord that is a bit ahead of the beat? I just want to find out how I can select a range in the audio and 'move' / 'shift' it a little bit without changing the whole take in itself?
I been trying to find the right chapter on that in the manual but I can't seem to find the information I am looking for.

Does anybody know how to do this in the audio sample editor?

[adadglgmut]

I'm not sure if I understand the problem completely, but it sounds like you need to shift a single section of an audio event. Depending on the 'chord' in particular and whether or not it is has sufficient spacing from any notes preceding it, there could be an easy way or a trickier way...

If the chords have a natural break in between them, even if it's very short (best case scenario), just use the 'cut' function to isolate the off-time chord and drag it to the appropriate location. The rest is just tailoring the events with fades and cross fades to make the transitions smoother.

If there's nothing preceding (ie. the chord is the first bit of audio information), cut away an appropriate chunk from the middle of the chord (depending on how far in front of the beat it occurs) and cross fade the remaining segments.

If you're dealing with a chord that ISN'T isolated (notes ringing through or whatever) then a simple cut and move will leave an awkward gap preceding the target chord. In this case, I would use the 'time stretch' function to stretch and shrink chords to taste. Personally, I don't really like this method- I find it time consuming and a bit too touchy. That might be the best option though...

I don't know if this helps AT ALL. Total shot in the dark. Good luck!

[KingAenarion]

Simplification of above. This is applicable to any DAW really

Step 1 - Using the Scissors/Cut/split tool to break the audio region just before transient that is out of time.

Step 2 - Using the same tool, cut before the next transient.

Step 3 - Move the out of time note so that the transient falls in time.

Step 4 - Depending on the type of note select from the following types of fades.

a) If the note before the out of time note was a short note and does not sustain into the out of time note, then a fade out on the previous region and a fade in to just before the out of time note will be fine. Crossfade or do the same into the region AFTER the out of time note depending on where it falls.

b) If the before the out of time note WAS a sustained note, use a crossfade. If you have moved it later in the timecode, use the extend/drag tool to bring the start of the audio region up to the end of the previous region and cross fade them into each other. If you moved it earlier, do the same but at the end of the region.


The crossfading is all about what makes sense and what sounds best, but what I wroteabove generally works quite well.

[adadglgmut]

^ Yeah, that.

[Santuzzo]

Thanks a lot guys.