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Preview and Audition Controls
Selecting an item in the Sound Effect list loads it into the preview player where you can play it or audition it in your timeline using the controls underneath the search field.
— Clip name: The name of the current clip you’ve selected.
— Next/Previous buttons: Two buttons let you select the next or previous sound effect clip in the Sound Effect list.
— Duration display: Shows the duration of the current clip, or of the section of the clip marked with In and Out points.
— Playhead timecode display: The playhead’s current position.
— Waveform overview display: The waveform of the entire sound effect appears here, providing a zoomed out view of the selected clip. All channels are summed together in this display.
— Zoomed in waveform display: A zoomed-in section of the selected clip that lets you see more waveform detail for setting In, Out, and Sync points.
— Jog bar: Lets you navigate through or scrub around the clip.
— Transport controls: Play, stop and loop buttons let you control playback, although you can also use the space bar and JKL controls. Right-click the Stop button to switch it into “Stop and Go to Last Position” mode.
— Marking controls: The Sync Point button lets you mark a specific frame on the sound effect that you want to sync to the Timeline’s current playhead position when you use the Audition controls. The In and Out buttons let you mark which portions of the sound effect clip you want to edit into the Timeline.
— Audition controls: The Audition button puts you into Audition mode, where the currently selected sound effect clip is automatically placed at the position of the playhead in the currently selected Timeline track. You can then move over to the timeline and listen to the clip in your mix. Cancel and Confirm buttons let you choose whether you want to remove the clip from the Timeline and try again with another clip, or leave the sound effect clip in.
1 Select a sound effect clip you’ve found from the list that you want to audition in the Timeline.
2 (Optional) In the Sound Library, use the scrubber bar to move the playhead to the part of the sound effect that you want to sync to, and click the Sync Point button to place a sync mark on that clip. For example, if you’re syncing the sound effect of a car door closing, you might sync the first frame of the door fully closed to the peak of the “slam” sound effect, rather than any door squeaking earlier in the sound effect.
3 (Optional) Set In and Out points to define the range of the sound effect you want to potentially use.
4 Select a track you want to preview the sound effect in by clicking its track header or Mixer channel strip.
5 Position the playhead at the place in the Timeline you want to place your clip.