Wow. Thanks so much for the quick reply. That's very encouraging to
know that you're working on that particular feature. Actually,
ProTools calls it "Shuffle" mode. What XO does is what ProTools calls
"Slip" mode.

I'm still not understanding the marker thing. I was hoping to just
listen to the sound, find my edit point, type a key to place an "in"
marker, find my other edit point, type a key to place an "out" market,
double click between the marks and have the pieces snap together. In
theory, it seems easy, but I'm an operator, not a programmer.

Thanks again for all your work.

--- In xowave@yahoogroups.com, Bjorn Roche <bjorn@...> wrote:
>
> dpg19,
>
> Thanks for your question, and thanks for using the mailing list.
> I've got some answers for you below....
>
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, dpg19 wrote:
>
> > I sent this in the Feedback section, but then saw the comment about
> > using this mailing list, so I'll repeat it here for others to benefit.
> > ------
> >
> > I was so excited when I saw this program as I had been using ProTools
> > Free which is not available for Mac OS X. Yet that joy turned to
> > disappointment when it appeared that the most important thing I will
> > ask of this, doesn't seem to be doable. Specifically,
> >
> > When I want to cut out a piece of audio, the "cut" function should
> > delete the highlighted piece and automatically join the remaining
> > pieces, just as a word processor would do with text. What XO does is
> > simply delete the sound and keep the space, which would be more like a
> > "clear" or "erase" function. Then I have to manually slide the pieces
> > together. This is great if I want to overlap a piece of music, but is
> > inaccurate and wastes valuable time for simple editing.
>
> This has been written and is currently being tested for the next
release,
> due out very soon. I believe ProTools calls this "Slip" editing. XO
Wave
> will call it ripple editing, but it's the same idea.
>
> > Also, is there a way to place markers and then highlight and delete
> > the area between markers or do I have to click and drag over the wave
> > to edit?
>
> You could jump to the first marker and type '[' to set the selection
> start, then jump to the second marker and type ']' to set the selection
> end. You can assign keyboard shortcuts to the markers in the memory
> locations manager window, which makes that easier.
>
> > I realize this is beta and I commend you for what you've accomplished
> > thus far. I only hope that these options are there and I'm just not
> > seeing them.
>
> Almost all the features are in, but that's a big one. Stay tuned to
this
> mailing list for an announcement of the next release, and thanks for
your
> question/suggestion!
>
>
> bjorn
>
> -------------
> Bjorn Roche
>
> XO Wave
> Audio Production and Post-Production Software for Mac OS X
> http://www.xowave.com
>