Navigation

• Overview of Navigation Options
• On-Screen Pan, Zoom and Waveform Height Controls
• Pan and Zoom "Tool"
• Quick Keys Multi-directional Pan and Zoom Controls
• Simple Scroll and Horizontal Zoom [single key with "mouse" wheel]
• Overview Window Thumb

Overview of Navigation Options

Because audio modification tools have a large number of ways of manipulating the zooming and panning of the signal viewing window, RePitch offers several popular methods for users to choose from.

Although these controls ultimately do the same things, the different access methods will appeal to different users or be useful in different operations.

The Pan and Zoom functions (with links below to details) can be controlled by:

1. Individual and visible On-Screen Controls using the mouse wheel or alternative device
2. A Pan and Zoom "Tool" that can be selected on screen or by a Quick Key
3. A set of commonly used Quick Key options for multi-directional Pan and Zoom that must be memorised - but will be familiar to many editors.
4. Simple held-down key plus Mouse-controlled Horizontal (Time) Zoom and Vertical and Horizontal Pan controls.
5. Using the Overview Window "thumb" control for Horizontal Pan and Zoom

Lastly, there are separate Waveform Height controls for the waveforms in the Main and Overview Windows.

On-Screen Pan, Zoom and Waveform Height Controls

In the figure below, the main controls are labelled, but in the RePitch plug-in, the controls all have pop-up Tool Tips.

All the Zoom and Pan controls can be controlled with the mouse wheel (or other device) while hovering over them (without clicking).

If they are clicked, a pop-up slider will appear.

If you are using a mouse or similar device, the ZOOM MAIN WINDOW X-scale control uses a Side-ways press of the mouse wheel (or left / right swipe).

Pan and Zoom "Tool"

The Pan and Zoom tool is at the top of the RePitch window and is shown selected (white) in the picture below.

Select this tool by clicking the icon or pressing the X key. The Hand icon will appear.

To Pan- click and drag left, right up or down.

To Zoom- press ALT (or OPTION) key, click and drag left/right to modify X zoom or up/down to modify Y zoom.

When done with this tool, you can quickly return to the main Selector Tool    by pressing the X key again.

Quick Keys Multi-directional Pan and Zoom Controls

These Quick Keys combined with mouse (or other input device) provide a very immediate way to Pan (Drag) or Zoom the Main screen.

These Quick Keys must be memorized.


mac OS

• Pan (Drag) mode  (hand icon)                    COMMAND + SHIFT

• Zoom mode (magnifying glass icon)          COMMAND + OPTION

Windows OS

• Pan (Drag) mode  [Hand icon]                    CTRL + SHIFT

• Zoom mode [Magnifying Glass icon]          CTRL + ALT

Simple Scroll and Horizontal Zoom [single key with "mouse" wheel]

These must be memorised.

• ZOOM time scale in/out
  • at Cursor position                                       CTRL + mouse wheel 
  • at Playhead  or                                          ALT/OPTION + mouse wheel
    at left edge of screen
    if Playhead is not visible 

• SCROLL Vertically                                             Mouse wheel (alone)
• SCROLL Horizontally                                        SHIFT + mouse wheel

Overview Window Thumb

The Overview Window offers a very quick and easy method of dragging and zooming the audio displayed in the Main Window.

In the picture below of a section of the Overview Window, the light-colored box (sometimes called a "Thumb" control) can be dragged left and right to make the Main Window show the same audio range as the "thumb".   

The left and right dots in the Thumb are also control points for positioning and clicking the mouse to drag the left or right edges of the box in or out as shown below . 

Dragging the edges will result in the audio shown in the Main Window zooming in or out from the left or right of the window.

Waveform Height Controls 

   TIP   We recommend that the user adjusts the Main Window Waveform Heights so that the waveform peaks are around 80% of the height of the semi-tone note box - as shown here below.

This allows a clear view of the note box position relative to the note lanes, indicating a sharp, flat or in tune note.

   TIP   We recommend making the Overview Window Waveform Height to be around 50% - 70% of the height of the Overview display.

             This allows the Overview "thumb" (the box with the two end "stretch" controls) and the yellow Playhead to clearly be seen as shown below.

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