Warp Markers

Warp markers anchor the audio to a specific point in the Timeline. Warp markers are only displayed in Warp view. In Warp view, a Warp marker appears as a thick black vertical line with a triangle at its base.

To better understand how Warp markers work, think of the audio clip as a rubber band, the Timeline as a ruler, and Warp markers as pins. Warp markers can be used to pin a specific point of the rubber band (the audio) to a specific point on the ruler (the Timeline). If you pin down one point of the rubber band to one point on the ruler, use a second pin to pin down another point of the rubber band to another point on the ruler, and then place a third pin equally between them on the rubber band, but fix it to a point on the ruler closer to the second pin, the rubber band will be stretched (or expanded) between the first and middle pins, and relaxed (or compressed) between the middle pin and the last pin.

In Warp view, you can add, relocate (without warping), and delete Warp markers. You can also move a Warp marker to apply Elastic Audio processing (see Warping Audio).

To add a Warp marker:

In Warp view, do one of the following:

With the Pencil tool, click anywhere in the clip to add a Warp marker at that location. If you click on an Event marker, a Warp marker is created on top of the Event marker.

With the Grabber tool, Start-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) anywhere in the clip to add a Warp marker at that location. If you click on an Event marker, a Warp marker is created on top of the Event marker.

With the Grabber tool, if no Warp markers are present in the clip, or if Warp markers are only present prior to the location where you want to add a new Warp marker, double-click an Event marker to add a Warp marker on top of the Event marker.

With the Grabber tool, double-click anywhere in the clip where an Event marker is not present to add a Warp marker at that location.

With the Grabber tool, single-click any Event marker prior to another existing Warp marker in the clip to add a Warp marker on top of that Event marker.

With any Edit tool, Right-click anywhere in the clip and select Add Warp Marker from the pop-up menu to add a Warp marker at that location. If there is an Edit selection, Warp markers are added at the selection start and end.

To relocate a Warp marker (without applying warping):

With the Grabber or the Pencil tool, Start-drag (Windows) or Control-drag (Mac) a Warp marker to a new location.

To delete a Warp marker:

In Warp view, do one of the following:

With the Grabber tool, double-click a Warp marker.

With the Grabber or the Pencil tool, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) a Warp marker.

With any Edit tool, Right-click a Warp marker and select Remove Warp Marker from the pop-up menu.

To delete all Warp markers in a selection:

1 In Warp view, make an Edit selection that includes only the Warp markers you want to delete (and none of the Warp markers you want to keep).

2 Do one of the following:

Press Delete or Backspace on your computer keyboard.

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With any Edit tool, Right-click the Edit selection and select Remove Warp Marker from the pop-up menu.