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Blending On/Off
Horizontal Lock
Blending On/Off Button
When Blending is turned on, Peak creates very short
crossfades between sections of audio that are cut, pasted,
copied, or inserted. Blending helps to avoid clicks
and pops that can occur when cutting an audio waveform
at a non-zero crossing, or when combining material
with significantly different amplitude. The left-most
button toggles Blending on and off.
Horizontal Lock Button
The Horizontal Lock button allows both the begin &
end markers in a loop or region to be moved simultaneously.
This feature is very useful in situations where
the duration of a selection needs to be maintained, but
the selection needs to be made in a different part of an
audio document. The second-from-left button toggles
Horizontal Lock on and off.
Vertical Lock Button
The Verical Lock button allows multiple reference,
region, and loop markers that are placed in the same
location to be moved simultaneously. This feature is
very useful in situations where you may have back-toback
regions - such as in mastering a live recording or DJ
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Vertical Lock
Arrow Cursor
Hand Cursor
Magnifying Glass Tool
Pencil Tool
Toggle Drawer
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mix - and you need to adjust where a track break will
occur, without introducing any gaps between the two
regions.
Arrow Cursor Tool
The Cursor Tool is the default tool. It is the standard
“arrow” tool that lets you click and select on-screen
items.
Hand Tool
The Hand Tool lets you grab and move a waveform
around in its window.
Magnifying Glass (“Zoom Tool”)
To use the Magnifying Glass tool, simply click on the tool
in the audio document window, then move the cursor
over the waveform. A “plus” (+) sign will appear inside
the Magnifying Glass. Click on the waveform to zoom in;
each click of the mouse will zoom in farther. To zoom
out, option-click on the waveform.
The Zoom Amount dialog