Slipping Temp

If the graphics for a song don't exactly line up with the audio, you can slip the graphics into the past or future with the Sync-Slipping commands in the Control menu. Slip Back is used when the graphic is ahead of the music, and it moves the graphics into the “past.” Slip Forward is used when the graphic is behind the music, and it moves the graphics into the “future.” davequestion: If it's the graphics that are slipped, then why is it called Song Slip Back/Forward? Shouldn't it be Graphics Slip? It's a little confusing because Song Slip Back effectively moves the song forward!

Here’s how you slip the graphics:

1. Control → Sync/Slipping
2. Click on Song Slip Back or Song Slip Forward. The graphic will move one-tenth of a second in the direction indicated. (The audio keeps playing without interruption.)
3. Click until the graphic is synced with the audio.

Here’s what you need to know about slipping graphics:

• Slip values are in seconds and the default increment is one-tenth of a second.
• Each song permanently remembers its slip value, so once you set it, you can forget it.
• You can show the slip values for all songs by displaying the column for that meta data. Right click on any column name, then select Slip from the popup menu. Slip values are in seconds and the default increment is one tenth of a second.
• When you export to QuickTime, song slipping values are preserved.
• When burning discs, no slipping is applied. (Dumb, I know. Please let me know if you need this.)
• When editing with Producer, NO slipping is applied at all, so to see the song WITH your slip settings, you must exit Producer.

Global Slip

There is also a Global Slip value, which is applied to every song in your library. (This global slip value is added to the individual Song Slip value). This can be useful when you are, for example, playing audio through USB speakers or over the network or even through AirTunes (using AirFoil). The Global Slip allows you to sync all of your graphics perfectly, and it makes it easy to un-do as well. Here’s how:

Control → Sync/Slipping → Global Slip Back

OR

Control → Sync/Slipping → Global Slip Forward

OR

Control → Sync/Slipping → Global Slip AirFoil

If you want to be very precise, you can also specify exaclty how much slipping to apply.

Note: When exporting to QuickTime, Global Slipping is NOT applied.