Soft-Edge Tips

[Oz Nimbus]

do not be afraid to experiment with 10 and 20ms softedges to just smooth the edge of the region cut... these can do wonders for creating that silky smooth sounding performance.

Bob L

Man, you ain't kiddin'!

I used to average about 1-2 hours of edit time, per song, on drum tracks in Sonar, editing all the crap out of the tom mics. Lots of manual cuts & microfades, with their "slip edit" system.

SawStudio cut that time down to about 5-10 minutes per song. It could get even shorter on my next project as I've been experimenting with the channel gates, which are wonderful, BTW.

Anyway, back on the soft-edge thing. Personally, I think it's one of Saw's strongest features. No pops & clicks, just flowing audio. Makes editing a breeze when combined with the 'select' tool, and punch ins are actually fun again. No pops. Ever.

Great stuff!

-0z-



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[Bob L]

Just in case you missed it... take a look at the Auto Record Softedge option in the Options Menu... set it up and have every punch-in generate an automatic softedge on both sides of the region.

Bob L

[Oz Nimbus]

Yes, I use the "auto record softedge" on every session. What a great system!

-0z-