Basic Editing in Studio One 3.

The Tools of the Trade

Editing audio in any digital audio workstation is paramount when it comes to features. The easier and faster one can edit within the program can make or break the general appeal it may aspire to.
Studio One, for quite sometime, had no 'Smart Tool' and although you could still edit audio as much as any other program could, you simply couldn't achieve the speed or efficiency levels that other programs had. Thankfully that has been addressed and a new 'Smarter Tool' was introduced.

So lets introduce you to the original line up of eight editing tools that Studio One had and then we'll dive into the best of them all... the 'Smart Tool'.

The Arrow Tool (1) - Primarily the main tool used for editing. It can move and resize events (clips), create fades, adjust event gain and select single or multi events.
Modifier Keys;

• Spacebar - to drag things faster.
• Hold Shift - to temp bypass 'snap to grid' when dragging to new position on timeline.
• Hold Shift - to adjust both fade in & out at same time when setting fades.
• Holding [Alt]/[Option] on the keyboard and then sizing an Event from the right edge results in the Event being freely time stretched.

The Range Tool (2)- The Range tool is used to select a range, or area, within Events both singular or multi. click-and-drag over the area to be selected; a grey box is drawn over the target selection area.
             Modifier Keys;

• Hold Shift - To select multiple, non-contiguous ranges across any Event, on any Track.

The Split Tool (3) - Using the Split tool, single Events can be split into multiple Events. Just click once on the event (clip) where you want it split.

The Eraser Tool (4) - The Eraser tool is used to delete Events, just click on what event you want deleted.

The Paint Tool (5) - used to create an empty Instrument Part on an Instrument Track. This can be handy if you want to manually insert some midi parts. Using the Paint Tool on the timeline you can draw and adjust Loop Selections. Used when creating automation the paint tool and add nodes and manually draw automation lines. When working on the Piano Roll                   View it is used to insert midi information.

The Mute Tool (6) - In the Arrange view, the Mute tool is used to mute audio events, audio parts, and Instrument parts. Just click once on anything you want muted and again to un-mute.

The Bend Tool (7) - In the Arrange view, the Bend tool is used to manipulate, add, and remove Bend Markers. It comes into its own when working with transient detection and editing.

The Listen Tool (8) - In the Arrange view, click and hold on any Track to instantly solo the Track and start play back from the position you clicked.

Last but not least the most anticipated tool of them all... the 'Smart Tool'

The Smart Tool - with this selected you now have control over the Arrow Tool, the Range Tool simultaneously. You can then set up a third alternate tool by selecting the down arrow on the highlighted Arrow Tool and choose from it's drop down menu options. Simply hold down the [Alt] key to access and use your third tool of choice.

Check out some more practical editing, employing all the tools listed above, shown in the video below.