Newbie needs a good scrub -ACID Product Family - MAGIX Community Forums Archive

Subject:Newbie needs a good scrub Posted by: AcidMark Date:7/26/2003 6:30:26 AM I'm looking at the demo of Acid 4.0. What's the story with regard to scrubbing? The only other thread I've seen asking about this never received a reply. I know that Sonic Foundry does it beautifully but I suspect that, because any variant on the verb to 'scrub' doesn't appear in any of Acid's help documentation, it's a no-no. Or is there a plugin or i/o controller or something that would facilitate scrubbing? The rest of the program looks great from initial inspection; shame there's always some niggling omission. Ta!
Subject:RE: Newbie needs a good scrub Reply by: ATP Date:7/26/2003 7:47:57 AM i guess i need a scrubbing as well, cuz i have no idea what you're talking about. what exactly does "scrubbing" in an audio application do?
Subject:RE: Newbie needs a good scrub Reply by: AcidMark Date:7/26/2003 8:49:42 AM Oh, all I was referring to was the ability to move your position on the timeline by dragging with the mouse. If you do that in Sound Forge, you can adjust the marker position by very small increments that way, as well as using the arrow keys. If you try & drag like that in Acid, you physically move the position of the entire track over time; it seems you have to physically click with the mouse to set the time position, or use the arrow keys. I haven't quite figured out the chopper tool as yet Pardon my ignorance; I was looking to see if I could use Acid as a kind of multi-track version of SoundForge without the additional expense of something more heavyweight. Obviously it's a slightly different paradigm.
Subject:RE: Newbie needs a good scrub Reply by: Iacobus Date:7/26/2003 2:45:22 PM I thought scrubbing was possible with something like the ShuttlePRO. (I don't have one myself but do know what you're talking about.) Otherwise, there isn't a way to do it outright that I know of. It is, indeed, a different paradigm. HTH, Iacobus
Subject:RE: Newbie needs a good scrub Reply by: AcidMark Date:7/28/2003 5:24:22 PM Yeah, this ShuttlePro does keep cropping up a lot in threads, and it looks like they're quite versatile; cross-application and so on. I had been thinking about test-driving one with my local supplier to see if they made a good investment - for video, not audio. If I find anything out I'll post it here. Thanx for the comment!

Subject:Newbie needs a good scrub

Posted by: AcidMark

Date:7/26/2003 6:30:26 AM

I'm looking at the demo of Acid 4.0.

What's the story with regard to scrubbing? The only other thread I've seen asking about this never received a reply.

I know that Sonic Foundry does it beautifully but I suspect that, because any variant on the verb to 'scrub' doesn't appear in any of Acid's help documentation, it's a no-no.

Or is there a plugin or i/o controller or something that would facilitate scrubbing?
The rest of the program looks great from initial inspection; shame there's always some niggling omission.

Ta!

Subject:RE: Newbie needs a good scrub

Reply by: ATP

Date:7/26/2003 7:47:57 AM

i guess i need a scrubbing as well, cuz i have no idea what you're talking about. what exactly does "scrubbing" in an audio application do?

Subject:RE: Newbie needs a good scrub

Reply by: AcidMark

Date:7/26/2003 8:49:42 AM

Oh, all I was referring to was the ability to move your position on the timeline by dragging with the mouse. If you do that in Sound Forge, you can adjust the marker position by very small increments that way, as well as using the arrow keys. If you try & drag like that in Acid, you physically move the position of the entire track over time; it seems you have to physically click with the mouse to set the time position, or use the arrow keys. I haven't quite figured out the chopper tool as yet

Pardon my ignorance; I was looking to see if I could use Acid as a kind of multi-track version of SoundForge without the additional expense of something more heavyweight. Obviously it's a slightly different paradigm.

Subject:RE: Newbie needs a good scrub

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:7/26/2003 2:45:22 PM

I thought scrubbing was possible with something like the ShuttlePRO. (I don't have one myself but do know what you're talking about.) Otherwise, there isn't a way to do it outright that I know of. It is, indeed, a different paradigm.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: Newbie needs a good scrub

Reply by: AcidMark

Date:7/28/2003 5:24:22 PM

Yeah, this ShuttlePro does keep cropping up a lot in threads, and it looks like they're quite versatile; cross-application and so on.

I had been thinking about test-driving one with my local supplier to see if they made a good investment - for video, not audio.
If I find anything out I'll post it here.

Thanx for the comment!