Tools Toolbar

The Tools Toolbar, Showing the six tool modes

Select: Drag on a waveform to select an audio range, click to select a start point for playback.

Envelope: Click to create envelope points. Drag an envelope point to change the amplification envelope.

Draw: Zoom in to the waveform and then use this tool to adjust individual samples.

Zoom: Clicking once zooms in. Shift-click or right-click zooms out. Click and drag to fit a time or zoom area to the screen.

Time Shift: Drag audio left or right to change its start time.

Multi: Combines all five modes - depending on where you click.

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"selection"

 Selection Tool

This is the main tool you use to select audio. Click in a track to position the cursor, or click and drag to select a range of audio. If you drag from one track to another, you can select multiple tracks. Extend a selection by shift-clicking a new point in the track.

Playback will always begin at the position of the selection cursor. If a range of audio is selected, only the selected range will play.

"envelope"

File:Tool envelope.png Envelope Tool

The envelope tool gives you detailed control over how tracks fade in and out, right in the main track window. When the envelope tool is selected, the amplitude envelope of each track is highlighted in a green line, with control points at the beginning and end of each track. To change a control point, click it and drag it to a new position. To add a new point, click anywhere in the track where there is not already a control point. To remove a point, click on it and drag it outside of the track until it disappears, then release.

"timeshift"

 Time Shift Tool

This tool allows you to change the relative positioning of tracks relative to one another in time. To use this tool, simply click in a track and drag it to the left or right. To align two tracks together or reset their time shift back to zero, use the Align Tracks Together or Align with Zero commands.

"zoom"

File:Tool zoom.png Zoom Tool

This tool allows you to zoom in or out of a specific part of the audio. To zoom in, click anywhere in the audio. To zoom out, right-click or shift-click. If you have a middle button, you can middle-click to do the same thing as Zoom Normal.

In addition, you can zoom into a region by clicking and dragging the mouse to highlight the region you want to see, then releasing the mouse button.

"draw"

File:Tool draw.png Draw Tool

Enables the user to draw in to the actual waveforms. This is especially useful to eliminate small pops and clicks from material.
ALT + click smoothes a area of audio
CTRL + click & hold edits only one sample, no matter whether you move the mouse left or right.