every editing option is greyed out and disabled

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wonderbean
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every editing option is greyed out and disabled

Post by wonderbean » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:31 am

I cannot access any editing option such as effects, compression, and even cropping. What is the problem?

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Re: every editing option is greyed out and disabled

Post by waxcylinder » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:17 am

you need to select some audio first for the Effects to operate on. To select the whole track: click CTRL+A - to select part of a trak: click and drag with your cursor.

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