Question

I am new to Studio One but am up and running for the most part. I have years using Nuendo 3. In Studio One 3 Artist I want to use the "Audio" dropdown tools but when i use the selection tool to pick part of an audio track all of the items under "Audio" become greyed out. How do I affect the areas of audio I am selecting? I am used to using Normalize, Fade in, Fade out, Crossfades, Silence and other functions all the time in Nuendo. Do I have to upgrade to Producer or Professional versions to use these or is there another answer? Thanks.

I am using Windows 7 Professional, Studio One 3 Artist, 1818VSL, also M-audio Firewire 1814, firmware update 3 days ago.

Answer 1

I've seen the same thing, and I'm on the full version of the software.  If you select the whole audio segment, that should be available for use.  If you want to, for instance, reduce or increase the gain on one slice of the audio segment, you have to split it and select the segment you split off.  If you click and drag across multiple segments in a track, those functions are grayed as they seem to be intended to use only on a full segment.  Hopefully you'll see what I mean when you check it out.  I'm new to S1 so not sure of the jargon yet (segments may not be the right term).

Answer 2

@chrishutton

Thank you for this useful tip. As much as I love Studio One 3, it can be frustrating as all get out when trying to figure out (what should be) something simple.

As you posted your reply a year ago, you probably have already figured out that Studio One 3 calls the "segments" you talked about "events".

I had a little unwanted noise show up on a track. I wanted to get rid of this brief noise (in what was otherwise silent space). I pulled my hair out for an hour trying to figure out how to "un-grey" the audio commands. Your little tip was just what the doctor ordered... That is, had to split the unwanted section apart from the rest of the track... then I could delete it without affecting the overall time line.

Thanks again!