Exercise 7
Performing Advanced Editing

In these exercises, you’ll practice the advanced editing techniques you’ve learned in this chapter.

Duration: 75 minutes

GOALS

Minimize the amount of times that you exit and re-enter Trim mode. Try to perform the entire exercise by only entering Trim mode once.

Use the A and S keys to move between edits

Select the kind of trim (single roller/double roller) using the P, [, and ] keys

Move the rollers using the buttons in Trim mode

Move the rollers using the keyboard shortcuts for left/right ten/one frames (keys: m,./)

Move the rollers by entering an offset using the numeric keypad

Avoid using the mouse to move the rollers

Practice using J-K-L trim to align edits to the beat

Practice using Mark IN to align an edit with a beat