VariAudio Inspector Section

The VariAudio section allows you to edit individual notes of your audio file, to change their pitch or timing, and to extract MIDI from your audio.

  • To show the VariAudio section, open an audio event in the Sample Editor, and, in the Sample Editor Inspector, open the VariAudio section.

Main Section

Bypass VariAudio Changes

Bypasses pitch, formant shift, and volume changes so that you can compare the changes to the original audio.

Edit VariAudio

Activates the audio analysis, splits the audio into segments that are shown in the waveform image, and enables VariAudio editing.

Smart Controls

Allows you to select how many smart controls are shown on the segments. Show Default Smart Controls shows frequently used smart controls, while Show All Smart Controls shows all smart controls.

Pitch Snap Mode

Allows you to choose how a segment snaps to a specific pitch when you move it with the mouse or the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys. When you use the Quantize Pitches function in the Scale Assistant section, this determines how the segments snap to the pitches of the selected scale.

MIDI Input

Allows you to change the pitch of a segment via MIDI input.

Step

Allows you to change the pitch of a segment via MIDI step input.

Correct Pitch

Allows you to correct the pitch of a segment to the nearest pitch.

Straighten Curve

Allows you to straighten the pitch curve of a segment.

Shift Formant

Allows you to shift the formants of a segment without affecting the pitch or timing.

Volume

Allows you to edit the volume of a segment.

Scale Assistant Section

Use Editor Scale

Allows you to select a scale for the segments in the Sample Editor event display.

  • Editor Scale

    Allows you to select a scale.

  • Scale Suggestions

    Shows the number of scale suggestions that match the analyzed pitches of the VariAudio note segments. Open the pop-up menu to select one of the suggestions. To receive scale suggestions for specific segments, you must select them. If no segment is selected, the scale suggestions are made for all segments in the event display.

Note

The Scale Assistant is also available in the Key Editor, and the Editor Scale is linked. If you select a scale in the Sample Editor the same scale is selected in the Key Editor, and vice versa.

Use Chord Track

Allows you to use the chord track data as a musical scale.

  • Chord Track Mode

    Allows you to select whether you want to use the scale events of the chord track, the chord events, or both as a musical scale.

Show Scale Note Guides

Changes the event display background according to the selected scale. Pitches that do not belong to the selected scale are shown with a darker background.

Snap Pitch Editing

Snaps the pitches of the note segments to the selected scale when you add, edit, or move them.

Quantize Pitches

Quantizes the pitches of the selected segments to the nearest pitch of the selected scale.

Note

Quantize Pitches takes the Pitch Snap Mode into account.

Lower Section

MIDI Reference Track

Allows you to select a MIDI reference track whose events are shown as lines in the event display.

Choose Function

Opens a pop-up menu with other functions.