Oops. I forgot an important step in my previous comment. It should read:
"...double click between the marks, then hit "delete" (or cut) and have
the pieces snap together.


--- In xowave@yahoogroups.com, "dpg19" <dgmisc@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>



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