## Edit audio timing dialog box

Use this dialog box to change the timing of audio files in your movie.

Cut : Click to cut the selected portion of the audio file.

Copy : Click to copy the selected portion of the audio file.

Paste : Click to paste information from the Clipboard. (For example, if you select a section of the audio file, then click the Cut or Copy button, the selected audio is placed on the Clipboard. You can then use the Paste feature to place the audio located on the Clipboard back into any location within the audio file.)

Delete : Click to remove the selected portion of the audio file.

Undo : Click to undo the last action taken.

Redo : Click to redo the last action taken.

Insert Silence: Select this option to add a period of silence to the beginning or end of the audio file, or to a specific location within the audio file.

Adjust Volume: Select this option to increase or decrease the sound level of the audio file. There is also an option to fine-tune quieter portions of the audio file.

Zoom In: Click to enlarge the playhead.

Zoom Out: Click to shrink the playhead.

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Options: Click to open the Audio Options dialog box, which enables you to set input source, adjust audio quality level, and calibrate a microphone or recording device.

Waveform: Displays the audio file graphically. The waveform is a visual representation of the audio file.

Record/Insert new audio : Click to begin recording audio. (To record, you need a microphone. For more information, see Equipment for recording audio.)

Play : Click to play the audio file.

Stop : Click to stop playing the audio file.

Status: Displays the current state of the audio file (that is, playing, ready, and so on).

Playhead: Displays the selected location, in seconds, within the audio file. For example, if you are working with an audio file that is 10 seconds long and you click in the middle of the file, this playhead area displays approximately 00.05.00, or 5 seconds.

Selected: Displays the total amount of time selected. For example, suppose you have an audio file that is 20 seconds long. If you click at the beginning of the file and drag to the middle, you will have selected approximately a 10-second span of the file.

Duration: Displays the total amount of time it takes for the audio file to play.

Scale: Displays the scale at which the waveform is displayed. (To change the scale, click Zoom In or Zoom Out.)

Import: Lets you browse to a new audio file and import the file.

OK: Click to accept changes made in this dialog box and close the dialog box.
Cancel: Click to cancel changes made in this dialog box.