[Completed 3.2] Will there ever be a Smart Tool like in Pro Tools, in Studio One?

asked Oct 14, 2015 in Completed Feature Requests by taoroot (240 points)
closed Jun 26, 2017 by AlexTinsley

Currently, that is probably the only thing that's keeping me from completely change to Studio One. I don't know about other people and their workflow, but for me it's much faster and easier to use Smart Tool since I do a lot of audio editing;)

Thanks for the answer;)

closed with the note: Smart range tool delivered in Studio One 3.2

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answered Jun 26, 2017 by AlexTinsley (925,350 points)

answered Oct 15, 2015 by DominicB (17,160 points)

The multi tool in Studio One is actually quite capable of performing many editing functions with just the selection of the "Arrow Tool" in the toolbar. The tool's function will change depending on it's relation and context within an "Event." Take a look at the images below. The blue highlighted area tells you the placement of the "Arrow Tool" and describes what editing function you can perform there. The tool will also change it's tool shape and orientation according to where it is placed.

You can grab and move events by clicking and dragging within the "Grab Tool" highlighted area.

You can perform various types of event trimming by placing your "Arrow Tool" within the highlighted areas here. Trimming In or Out requires placing the "Arrow Tool" at the edge of an "Event." Also, placing your "Arrow Tool" between two events that could overlap, will give you the ability to perform a "rolling trim edit".

It is easy to create "Fade Ins" and "Fade Outs" simply by clicking and dragging the handles in the top corners of an audio event. A secondary handle appears on the fade which will allow you to adjust the fade's curve. (Logarithmic or Exponential).

The handle at the top of an audio event will allow you to adjust the event volume level.

After creating a crossfade between to audio events, you can adjust the range at which the crossfade occurs by clicking and dragging within the highlighted area pictured below.

There are other options available for editing using keyboard modifiers. Please refer to the Studio One reference manual for more information.

answered Nov 29, 2015 by chancekaye (3,340 points)
edited Nov 30, 2015 by chancekaye

answered Dec 2, 2015 by davlet (5,340 points)

answered Dec 22, 2015 by Scoox (17,270 points)

answered Dec 22, 2015 by Zirrex (9,870 points)

answered Feb 26, 2016 by Funkybot (21,640 points)

So 3.2 introduced a Smarter Tool for audio, but I still think there's more love that's needed on the PRV side.

For the PRV, I'm imagining:

1. Single click a note to select it (no change)
2. Single click and drag to select one or more notes (no change)
3. Single click to draw a note (if there is no note already in the area being clicked, if a note is clicked, see #1)
4. Alt+Click and drag to paint a series of notes
5. Ctrl+Click on a note to split it at that location
6. Double click to delete a note
7. Shift+Click to select non-consecutive notes
8. Shift+Click and Drag to select non-consecutive ranges
9. Click and drag the edge of a note or range to the right or left to change the start or end position (i.e. change note start or note length)
10. Click and drag a note (or selection) up or down to change the pitch of that note(s)

That covers 95% of my PRV use cases in a single Smarter PRV tool, similar to what they did for audio.

answered Feb 26, 2016 by chancekaye (3,340 points)
edited Feb 27, 2016 by chancekaye

answered Feb 27, 2016 by samirelborno (8,420 points)

answered Feb 28, 2016 by Funkybot (21,640 points)

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