Consolidating Clips after Edit Smoothing

The process of separating, conforming, and smoothing with Beat Detective can leave tracks with many clips and many crossfades. If you are working with multiple tracks, the density of these edits may lead to system performance problems.

If performance is not an issue, use the Clip Group command for easier editing and manipulation of clips. This can be useful for arranging beats that were sliced with Beat Detective, especially if you plan on changing tempos with tick-based audio tracks. For more information on clip groups, see Clip Groups.

Once you are satisfied with the results from Beat Detective, it is recommended that you flatten the tracks with the Consolidate command. For all clips selected, Consolidate creates a single, contiguous audio file to reduce the session’s edit density. See Consolidating Clips.

Before consolidating a large selection across multiple tracks, make sure there is enough RAM available. See RAM Requirements for Beat Detective.