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  • Can you move tracks without dragging with the mouse?

    Posted by Morgan Lewis on November 13, 2012 at 2:40 am

    My friend and I do some recordings that need to be synced up perfectly with the video we record, as both contain game audio and would sound weird if not synced up.

    I do this by zooming out and then slowly dragging one of the audio files while playing a small piece looped. But although this works I can’t help feeling there could be a more precise way.

    I can already use the arrow keys to move a frame forward or back at a time, is there a way I can move a track down or up the timeline a frame at a time?

    Morgan Lewis replied 13 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Graham Bernard

    November 13, 2012 at 4:28 am

    Uncheck Quantise to Frames. This’ll allow you to move the Events at an inter-frame level.

    Grazie

    Video Content Creator and Potter
    PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
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  • Morgan Lewis

    November 13, 2012 at 6:27 am

    I’m not entirely sure where that option is, I’m using Sony Vegas Pro 10 if that helps.

  • Graham Bernard

    November 13, 2012 at 7:21 am

    [Morgan Lewis] “I’m not entirely sure where that option is, I’m using Sony Vegas Pro 10 if that helps.”

    Sure:

    Options >> Quantize To Frames – OFF

    PLUS

    Options >> Enable Snapping – OFF

    This will allow you to override both the SNAP of single frame adjustment and the ability to slip Audio.

    NB: Remember to turn back on!

    Grazie

    Video Content Creator and Potter
    PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
    Cameras: Canon XF300 and two elderly XM2s

  • Matt Crowley

    November 13, 2012 at 8:21 pm

    Check out the “keyboard shortcuts” list in the Vegas help.

    Select the event you want to nudge along the timeline, start your loop playing if you need, and tap num-pad 1 and 3 to nudge the event left/right by one frame at a time.

    If you’re on a laptop with no separate number pad, check if the keyboard has a numpad overlay using a FN key or similar. For example, my Dell laptop uses FN + 7/8/9/U/I/O/J/K/L/M as the number pad.

  • Morgan Lewis

    November 15, 2012 at 5:16 am

    Wow I’m observant, hah, was looking for it in Tools and not Options, thanks. 🙂

    And Matt, you are a god, that is going to save me so much hassle, I just synced my latest project so much easier now I have precise controls, thank you. ^^

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