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Is there a way to lock individual soundbites in position?

I tried the "Lock" icon in Tracks View, but that doesn't seem to do anything, I can still move soundbites, automation, or anything else for that matter. Page 148 in the manual says everything should stay anchored to it's current frame location.

Not a biggy, just curious if this is a Windows glitch.

I believe locking is not meant to prevent YOU from moving soundbites, but prevent them from moving when you make changes such as tempo. The idea is that if you have a cue with SFX (for example) and you change the tempo of music in another (MIDI?) track, the SFX will remain where they are. Checkout the section in the manual about timestamps.

Ahhhh.Thanks MLC.

So I assume there's no way to lock individual soundbites in tracks?

I don't use that feature. Again, there are user time stamps v. original time stamps. I just don't work that way to provide an authoritative answer. IOW: I just don't know.


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Assigning a user time stamp to every soundbite is, IME, a viable way of "locking" your audio to the current time line.

You can assign a user time stamp to all your SBs in one fell swoop. This could act as some kind of insurance policy where, if things got messed up, you could return them to their original positions with the related command with one click.

I sometimes do this when I experiment moving things around and messing with tempo and arrangements.

I knew someone smarter than me would appear. Thanks, FM.


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FMiguelez wrote:Assigning a user time stamp to every soundbite is, IME, a viable way of "locking" your audio to the current time line.

You can assign a user time stamp to all your SBs in one fell swoop. This could act as some kind of insurance policy where, if things got messed up, you could return them to their original positions with the related command with one click.

Several years ago, I was recording a band in the studio. I left the room for a moment, and my partner ending up inadvertently shifting all the soundbites completely out of order (that's still a mystery to me). Well, I immediately opened the paper manual and quickly found the Timestamps reference. One key-command and everything was peaches and cream.

Thanks guys. I do the same as you all when things get outta whack, which is pretty rare.

What I used to use locking SBs in Tracks for was in a Post Audio situation.

Simple example:
If I need to make up a some time in a Voiceover (not on camera) I could lock all Soundbites in the track,
unlock the section I want to tighten up and remove breathes using Ctl-J,
which will nudge all following SBs forward that aren't locked,
which can shorten the time without having to timestretch the track.

Like I said, not a biggy, I can dupe the track, edit it and copy it back, but it's extra steps.

Anyone know a shortcut to select from the cursor position to the end of the last SB in a track? This would save me from zooming out, making the selection, then zooming back in.