Welcome < Modules < Zetta Multitrack Editor < Projects
The Projects tab of the Zetta Editor is where the user records, plays, edits and mixes audio. Audio can be added to a track(s) using the Add Audio button, from the Audio List pane or by dragging and dropping the audio from another module in Zetta® or from the Windows desktop. Assets can be opened from the Library, edited in the Zetta Editor and then saved back to the Library. When an asset is open in the Zetta Editor the Projects tab will show the asset type icon and the title of the asset. The name of the Project tab will show with an asterisk * when there are unsaved changes in the project. With multiple tracks, when a track is selected in the editor the background will change colors. When an Audio Section is selected in a track, the title header will display in purple. Click and drag left or right in the tracks of the editor to select a Highlighted Region. A track can be cleared by selecting the audio section in the track and pressing delete on the keyboard. Multiple Projects can be open and edited simultaneously. Audio can be recording in one project while the user is editing another project. To close a Project, use the x next to the name in the project tab.
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Send Highlighted Region or Clip to Voice Track
Audio Section right-click menu
Selected Region Right-click Menu
Zetta Editor Step-by-Step Topics
Drag and Drop Selection to Hot Keys, Stacks, Z-Player, Log or On-Air Module
When the Zetta Editor is launched using the Multitrack Editor option in the Module menu or Zetta Multitrack Editor from the Edit Audio menu, the Project will contain a minimum of 3 tracks by default.
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When the Zetta Editor is launched using the Quick Record option in the Module menu or the Zetta Single Track Editor in the Edit Audio menu, the Project will contain a single track and the Side Panel will be hidden. When only one track is visible in the Zetta Editor the track is automatically armed for recording using the configured Zetta Editor Default Audio Input. This allows the user to simply click the record button in the play controls to start recording. Optionally, the Zetta.OpenQuickRecorder task can be added using the Command Mappings to launch the Zetta Single Track Editor and automatically begin recording.
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The Side Panel holds the controls for each track. When a Multitrack Editor Project is created this Side Panel is shown on the left side of the window. When a Single Track Editor Project or Quick Record is created this Side Panel is hidden. The Toggle button menu can be used to toggle the side panel on and off.
The following settings are available from the track control.
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Track Length - The Track Length is shown to the right of the Track number. The value is shown in orange during recording and green if not recording. The value displayed is the amount of time between the first trim-in on the track and the last trim-out on the track (not necessarily starting at time 0). When there is no audio on the track the area is blank. |
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Solo - The Solo button will mute all other tracks and show only the current track as an enabled track. When the track is selected as Solo |
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Mute - The Mute button will mute |
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Arm Track - The Arm Track button will mark the selected track as enabled for recording. Tracks with the armed |
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Live Track Record - The Live Track Record will start and stop recording on the track associated with the button selected. This button acts entirely independent of the main play controls at the bottom of the Zetta Editor window. Users can ad hoc start recording into any track without the need to arm the track, and stop it by hitting the (in-track record) button again. Multiple ad hoc in-track recordings can run simultaneously and because they are not affected by the controls in the bottom panel, allow for the 'live track' functionality in any track. By using the ALT key while clicking this record button the Zetta Editor will start both the playback of the tracks and recording of this selected track. Clicking this record button again stops the recording but not playback. Press and hold the CTRL while clicking the Add Marker button to add the Track # Recording position at the current position of a live track recording. |
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Levels - The Levels of the right and left channels are visible in the far right of the Track Control section when the audio is being recorded.
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Audio Input - The Audio Input drop-down displays the Zetta Editor Default Audio Input selected in the Audio Assignments tab of the Computer Configuration window. To change the audio input, use the drop-down to select an installed device on the local computer. Each track can be reconfigured to have a separate audio input. |
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Record Mode - Each track can be reconfigured to have a separate record mode. Stereo uses both channels of the audio input selected. The waveform is displayed for both the right and left channels. The left channel only option, records in mono using the left channel of the audio input selected and shows a single channel in the waveform of the track. The right channel only option, records in mono using the right channel of the audio input selected and shows a single channel in the waveform of the track. |
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The Gain Level is used to increase or decrease the volume of a section of audio in a track. The Gain Level control is enabled in the Advanced 
button drop-down. This option puts a yellow line at 50% for each of the audio sections in the Zetta Editor.
Use the mouse to click and drag the line to increase or decrease the gain. Dragging the line up, can increase the volume of the section to a maximum gain of 100%. While dragging the line down can decrease the volume of the section to a maximum loss of 0%.
Trim In marks the start point of the audio. Audio before the Trim In point will be ignored. Every piece of audio has a Trim In and Trim Out marker. To adjust the Trim In marker click and drag the left most red line of the audio wave form to the left or right to move the Trim In marker. The audio being trimmed will be displayed while the marker is being dragged to a new position. To remove the Trim In, simply drag the marker all the way to the left.
Trim Out marks the end point of the audio. Audio after the Trim Out point will be ignored. Every piece of audio has a Trim In and Trim Out marker. To adjust the Trim Out marker click and drag the right most red line of the audio wave form to the left or the right to move the Trim Out marker. The audio being trimmed will be displayed while the marker is being dragged to a new position. To remove the Trim Out, simply drag the marker all the way to the right.
With the Zetta Editor and the Voice Tracker open in Zetta, the user can drag and drop any highlighted region or Clip to the Voice Tracker to replace the empty voice track position. This can be accomplished in either multitrack or single track projects.
To highlight a region simply click and drag the mouse over the desired audio in the track(s). The user can then click and drag the selected region to the Voice Tracker and drop it. If one track is highlighted the audio is simply inserted into the track of the Voice Tracker. If multiple tracks are highlighted the audio is mixed and dropped into the track of the Voice Tracker.
If a Clip is created the Clip can be dragged and dropped from the Clip List of the Zetta Editor into the Voice Tracker.
The Project has many hidden right-click menus to assist in the editing of the audio and creating projects. The following sections of this topic cover the right-click menus available:
Audio Section right-click menu
Selected Region right-click menu
The Track right-click menu is visible when right-clicking anywhere in an empty part of a track.
Merge Selected Sections in Track
Right-click anywhere in an empty part of a track and select add track to add another track to the Zetta Editor. Selecting Add Track from the resulting menu will add a track to the bottom of the Project. When a track is added to the Single Track Editor Project the Side Panel is shown and the single track is disarmed.
When four or more tracks are in a project a track can be removed from the project. Right-click anywhere in an empty part of the track to be removed and select remove track. A project must contain at least one track. When only one track is remaining in the Zetta Editor the Side Panel is automatically hidden from view and the remaining track is armed for recording. Use the Advanced toolbar button menu to show the Side Panel when hidden.
The Play Selection will play the audio within the highlighted selected region. Use the Solo or Mute buttons to isolate a specific track selection. This option is disabled when there is no highlighted region selected.
The Play Outside Selection will play 2 seconds of audio on each side of the highlighted selected region. This option is disabled when there is no highlighted region selected.
The Remove Selection option is available in the Track right-click menu, Audio Section right-click menu and Selected Region right-click menu. This option can be used to remove a highlighted selection from the audio section from all tracks. If there is not a highlighted selection, the Remove Selection option is not available. This highlight selection can also be removed by double clicking in the tracks of the editor.
The Copy option, of the track context menu, can be used to copy the highlighted region or selected section(s) of audio to the clipboard for pasting. This audio can be pasted to the same track, another track or to another project. Use the Insert Copied Section to insert the copied region. If there is a highlighted region and a selected section, the highlighted region will take precedence over the selected section(s).
The Cut option, of the track context menu, can be used to cut the highlighted region or selected section(s) of audio from the track. It will be temporarily placed in the clipboard for pasting. This audio can be pasted to the same track, different track or to different project. Use the Insert Copied Section to insert the cut region. If there is a highlighted region and a selected section, the highlighted region will take precedence over the selected section(s).
Right-click anywhere in an empty part of a track and select the Paste option to paste a copied or cut region or section.
The Insert Copied Section option in the track menu is used to insert a copied highlighted region into the track at the selected point of insertion. The copied section can also be inserted using the ALT key with a mouse click on the location that the copied section is to be inserted.
The Insert Copied Section/Merge option in the track menu is used to insert a copied highlighted region into the track at the selected point of insertion. After the audio is inserted all audio on the selected track will be merged into a single audio section. When the insert is preformed the copied or cut audio will be inserted at the location of the right-click.
To Merge selected sections in a track, first select the sections in the track to merge use the CTRL key to select multiple audio sections. Then right-click any location of the track with the selected sections and click the Merge Selected Section in Track option from the resulting menu. The Merge Selected Sections In Track is available in the Track right-click menu and the Audio Section right-click menu.
When there is a gap between the selected sections in the track, the Merge Selected Section in Track option will not snap the sections together. It will merge them with the gap.
The Audio waveform will be generated showing a visual representation of the audio that can be edited. When an Audio Section is selected in a track, the title header will display in purple. Right-clicking anywhere in the waveform will show a menu for inserting marks and editing the section. These edit markers are nondestructive and can be edited or removed as needed leaving the integrity of the Audio intact. Use the CTRL or SHIFT keys with a mouse selection to select multiple audio sections for editing.
Merge Selected Sections In Track
If a Clip, Muted region or Cross Fade is selected when the audio section is right-clicked, an additional remove option for the selected region(s) will be shown at the top of the resulting menu. In addition a Remove All option will be visible if multiple regions are present.
Right-click anywhere in a selected section of audio of a track and select the Delete Section to remove the section of audio from the track. Optionally, click the CTRL+DEL button on the keyboard to delete the selected section.
To split a section of audio place the play cursor at the desired point, right-click the section of audio to split and click Split from the resulting menu. This will split the section of audio into two at the play cursor position.
The Copy option, of the audio section context menu, can be used to copy selected section(s) of audio to the clipboard for pasting. This audio can be pasted to the same track, another track or to another project. Use the Insert Copied Section to insert the copied region.
The Cut option, of the audio section context menu, can be used to cut selected section(s) of audio from the track. It will be temporarily placed in the clipboard for pasting. This audio can be pasted to the same track, different track or to different project. Use the Insert Copied Section to insert the cut region.
To paste a section of audio, right-click anywhere in a section of audio and select Paste. This will paste a previously copied or cut selection of audio to the selected track. Optionally, click CTRL+V to paste a previously copied selection of audio to a track.
The Insert Copied Section option is used to insert a copied highlighted region into the audio section. This option will insert the copied region and split the audio it is being inserted into at the point of insertion moving the remaining audio to the right. The copied section can also be inserted using the ALT key with a mouse click on the location to insert the copied section.
The Insert Copied Section/Merge option is used to insert and merge a copied highlighted region into the audio section. This option will insert the copied region and split the audio it is being inserted into at the point of insertion moving the remaining audio to the right. After the audio is inserted all audio on the selected track will be merged into a single audio section. When the insert is preformed the copied or cut audio will be inserted at the location of the right-click.
Insert Cross Fade In will insert a cross fade in marker into the selected audio. To Insert a Cross Fade In marker right-click the location to place the cross fade and select Insert Cross Fade In. The Cross Fade can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the marker to the left or right. Right-click the Fade In marker and choose Remove Cross Fade In to remove the cross fade in.
Insert Cross Fade Out will insert a cross fade out marker into the selected audio. To Insert a Cross Fade Out marker right-click the location to place the cross fade and select Insert Cross Fade Out. The Cross Fade can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the marker to the left or right. Right-click the Fade Out marker and choose Remove Cross Fade Out to remove the cross fade out.
The volume control will change the volume of the track. To insert additional volume points right-click the waveform and choose Insert Volume Point. The Insert Volume point will insert a new volume point into the selected location of the waveform. To adjust the volume click and drag the volume point 
or the line between two points to the desired dB level. As the Volume Point is adjusted a tool tip will show the media length, dB and the gain level percentage at that point. Volume points can also be added by double-clicking the line (when the hand cursor appears) to insert a volume point. Optionally, double-click and existing Volume Point to remove it. The first and last volume point can be repositioned by dragging the volume point to the desired position. Double-clicking on the first or last volume point will reset their levels back to 0 dB (100%).
The Audio (audio section name) Regions allow the user to Remove All Clips, Remove All Mute Regions or Remove All Regions from the selected audio section. The Remove All Regions option will remove all the clips, Mute regions and Cross Fades applied to the selected audio section. To view the Audio Regions options, right-click the audio section and select the audio regions option to view these additional remove options. If a Clip, Muted region or Cross Fade is selected when the right-click for the menu occurs additional remove option(s) for the selected region will be shown at the top of the resulting menu. If no Clips, Muted regions or Cross Fades exist in the audio section the Audio Regions option will not be shown.
The Track Regions allow the user to Remove All Clips, Remove All Mute Regions or Remove All Regions from the audio sections in the selected track. The Remove All Regions option will remove all the Clips, Mute regions and Cross Fades applied to the audio sections in the selected track. To view the Track Regions options, right-click an audio section in the track then select the track regions option to view these additional remove options. If a Clip, Muted region or Cross Fade is selected when the right-click for the menu occurs additional remove option(s) for the selected region will be shown at the top of the resulting menu. If no Clips, Muted regions or Cross Fades exist in the audio section the Track Regions option will not be enabled.
The Project Regions allow the user to Remove All Clips, Remove All Mute Regions or Remove All Regions from the audio sections in all the tracks in the selected project. The Remove All Regions option will remove all the Clips, Mute regions and Cross Fades applied to the audio sections in all the tracks of the selected project. To view the Project Regions options, right-click an audio section in the track and select the project regions option to view these additional remove options. If a Clip, Muted region or Cross Fade is selected when the right-click for the menu occurs additional remove option(s) for the selected region will be shown at the top of the resulting menu. If no Clips, Muted regions or Cross Fades exist in the audio section the Project Regions option will not be enabled.
The Bring to Front option can be used to bring an audio section to the front when it is stacked with other audio sections. To bring an audio section to the front right-click the audio sections at the point they overlap and click Bring to Front from the resulting menu. This will show the list of audio sections in the overlapped stack.
To view the selected region right-click menu, use the mouse to click and drag an area of the audio waveform section to highlight a Region of the track. Use the Play Selection 
button or menu option to listen to the region. This allows the user to easily adjust the selected region by clicking and dragging the edge of the selected region to the left or right then click play selection again to verify the selected region is correct. Hover the mouse over the highlighted region to view a tooltip showing the duration of the selection. Once the selected region is correct, right-click in the highlighted region to view the menu options. To deselect a highlighted region, double-click anywhere in the track(s) or select Remove Selection from a right-click menu.
The Add Clip option will add the highlighted section to the Clip List and save the highlight as a clip.
The Mute option in the selected region right-click menu can be used to mute the highlighted region of audio for the selected track. The region that is muted will have no sound as the play cursor moves through the audio. Right-click the Muted region and choose Remove Muted to remove the selected muted region.
The Remove Volume Point option will remove the selected volume point from the audio section.
The Remove Section Volume Points option will remove all the volume points from the audio section.
The Snap Sections option, in the selected region right-click menu, can be used to snap highlighted regions of a track. Snapping the region aligns the sections and puts them in order. Selecting this will snap every section within the region on the selected track. The words Section Snapped will appear in the history pane.
Before Snap
After Snap
The Copy option, in the selected region right-click menu, can be used to copy the highlighted region of audio to the clipboard for pasting. This audio can be pasted to the same track, another track or to another project. Use the Insert Copied Section to insert the copied region.
The Cut option, in the selected region right-click menu, can be used to cut the highlighted region of audio from the track. It will be temporarily placed in the clipboard for pasting. This audio can be pasted to the same track, different track or to different project. Use the Insert Copied Section to insert the cut region.
The paste option, in the selected region right-click menu, will paste any audio found in the clipboard from a Copy or Cut operation. This audio can be pasted to the same track, different track or different project.
The Insert Copied Section option is used to insert a copied or cut highlighted region into a region, audio section or track. This option will insert the copied region and split the audio it is being inserted into at the point of insertion moving the remaining audio to the right. The copied section can also be inserted using the ALT key with a mouse click on the location that the copied section is to be inserted.
The Insert Copied Section/Merge option is used to insert a copied highlighted region into the highlighted region. This option will insert the copied region and split the audio it is being inserted into, at the point of insertion moving the remaining audio to the right. After the audio is inserted all audio on the selected track will be merged into a single audio section. When the insert is preformed the copied or cut audio will be inserted at the location of the right-click.
The Delete option, in the selected region right-click menu, will remove the highlighted region of audio. This will create two new pieces of audio out of the remaining audio, if the highlighted region is not at the beginning or end of the audio section. This audio will not be held in the clipboard or be available for pasting. This audio can however be recovered using the undo option or the History pane. Use CTRL+DEL keyboard combination to delete a selected section of audio from a track.
Before Delete
After Delete
The Snap Delete option, in the selected region right-click menu, will remove the highlighted region of audio and snap together the remaining surrounding audio. The DEL key can also be used to snap delete a selected region of audio from a track.
Before Snap Delete
After Snap Delete
The Snap Delete/Merge option, in the selected region right-click menu, will remove the highlighted region of audio, snap together the remaining surrounding audio and merge the remaining audio into one piece of audio.
Before Snap Delete/Merge
After Snap Delete/Merge
The Zoom/Pan allows the user to zoom into the waveform and pan to the left or right. The mouse wheel can also be used to zoom in and out of the waveform. To zoom into a specific section of the waveform using the mouse wheel, simply hover the mouse cursor over the desired location in the waveform and use the mouse wheel scroll down to Zoom in. To Zoom in/out at the play cursor press the ALT key while using the mouse wheel. To Pan right and left hold the SHIFT key while moving the mouse wheel forward and backward.
The user can right-click the zoom/pan and use the resulting menu to Zoom or Pan.
The Left Edge option will move the zoom/pan position to the far left of the tracks.
The Right Edge option will move the zoom/pan position to the far right of the tracks.
The Page Left option will move the zoom/pan to the left, equal to the amount of the Zoomed position.
The Page Right option will move the zoom/pan to the right, equal to the amount of the Zoomed position.
The Scroll Left option will move the zoom/pan to the left. Using the SHIFT while pulling down on the mouse wheel will move the play cursor to the left.
The Scroll Right option will move the zoom/pan to the right. Using the SHIFT while pushing the mouse wheel up will move the play cursor to the right.
The Zoom In option will zoom into the tracks.
The Zoom Out option will zoom the tracks out.
The Show All option will zoom the tracks in the project out to view the entire track.
The Time line below the project tracks will allow the user to navigate to any place in the audio by clicking the mouse in the time line or anywhere in the project the play marker will move to the clicked location.
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Play Selection - The Play Selection button will play the audio within the highlighted selected region. Use the Solo or Mute buttons to isolate a specific track selection. |
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Play Outside Selection - The Play Outside Selection button will play 2 seconds of audio on each side of the highlighted selected region. |
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Go to start – The Go to start button will move the play marker to the beginning of the Tracks or position 00 in the Time Line. If an audio section has a selected region the Go To Start will move the play cursor to the beginning of the selected region. |
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Rewind – The rewind button will rewind the audio by five seconds every time it is used. |
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Stop – Stop will stop the play or record and move the play marker back to the beginning of the Tracks or position 00 in the Time Line. |
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Play – Play will play the audio starting from the play marker for all tracks that are not muted by the Mute |
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Pause - The Pause button will pause any audio playing and hold the play position. Optionally, use the Shift+Spacebar to play/pause the audio. |
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Fast forward – Fast Forward will fast-forward the play marker five seconds in the audio each time it is clicked. |
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Go to end – The Go to end will move the Play marker to the end of the audio of the enabled track farthest to the right. Therefore, if a track is disabled due to other track(s) being set to Solo the play marker will move to the end of the audio for the track set with the Solo |
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Loop - The Loop button places the play of audio to Loop |
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Record – The record button, records audio to all tracks set to Armed Press and hold the CTRL while clicking the Add Marker button to add the Recording position marker at the current position of a recording. By using the ALT key while clicking this record button the Zetta Editor will start both play back and recording, as long as at least one track is armed for recording. Clicking on the record button again stops the recording but playback will continue. Clicking on the stop button stops both the playback and recording. |
The Play Time to the right of the Play Controls shows the play cursor position and if a section is highlighted will also show the In, Out and Time of the highlighted selection. The large number shows the cursor play position and the smaller numbers show the In position, Out position and the Total Time of the highlighted region.
The following sections can be used to guide the user through using the Zetta Editor.
Drag and Drop Selection to Hot Keys, Stacks, Z-Player, Log or On-Air Module
Edit audio in Zetta Editor with a VST Plugin
Each user will have their own style for creating, editing and mixing a project. The following instructions will give a rundown of how to use the Zetta Editor to create a Multitrack Editor Project editor using the mouse. For a quicker work environment familiarize yourself with the Keyboard Commands.
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To create a project in the RCS multi track editor follow these steps: |
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button in the Play Controls to start the editor recording. (The following screen shot shows that all tracks can be selected for record. The Zetta Editor can record each channel and in stereo simultaneously.) As the audio is recorded the progression of the waveform is shown in red in the track.
button to stop the recording of audio.
to create and Template or starting point to allow for multiple changes and recordings of the same audio.
button to mark individual tracks 
that are to play when the Play 
button in the Play Control is used to play the audio in the project.
and Rewind 
buttons to pinpoint a position in the audio to be edited.
arrow in the toolbar and select Mix to Save, Mix to Save As, Mix to New Track, Mix to New Project or Mix to File.
and Play / Fast Forward / Rewind buttons to locate the precise position to place the trim in.
and Play / Fast Forward / Rewind buttons to locate the precise position to place the trim out. and Play / Fast Forward / Rewind buttons to locate the precise position to place the cross fade. Click and drag the Cross Fade In marker to the position. and Play / Fast Forward / Rewind buttons to locate the precise position to place the cross fade. Click and drag the Cross Fade Out marker to the position. / Fast Forward / Rewind buttons to locate the precise position to place the volume point. Click and drag the Volume Point to the position. Repeat as needed for each volume point. button or Remove/Clear and unneeded audio from the tracks. button and select a Save option. button or Remove/Clear and unneeded audio from the tracks. button and select a Mix option.
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To add a Selection from a project to another module, follow these steps: |
button to listen to the selection.
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To Mix a Selected Region to a Track, perform the following: |
button to listen to the selected region.
arrow to select the Mix to New Track option.
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To Edit a Library Asset, perform the following: |
button.
button in the Zetta Editor
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To Edit audio with a VST plugin, perform the following: |
button can be used to revert the changes made in the VST plugin. Use the Commit 
button to commit the changes, close the VST Plugin and return to the Zetta Editor.
button and select a Mix option. button and select a Save option.Welcome < Modules < Zetta Multitrack Editor < Projects
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the track when the tracks are played. Multiple tracks can be muted.
when played either using the Play 