Minnetonka Fast Edit
Easy to learn and easy to use audio editor gets professional editing work done FAST.

In a world where software manufacturers race to fill your screen with hundreds "features" that you will never use, Minnetonka Fast Edit is a refreshing break from the norm. Minnetonka Fast Edit gives you the features you really need, in an uncluttered, straight-forward layout. Minnetonka Fast Edit is so intuitive that a novice can learn it quickly, yet so powerful that it can meet the needs of a professional. If you're looking to get real work done fast, Minnetonka Fast Edit is for you.

Minnetonka Fast Edit works with mono or stereo .wav files, and runs with any Windows-compatible soundcard.

A few of Minnetonka Fast Edit's features

• Non-destructive editing
  
• Edit History
  
• Ultra-fast cut-and-paste
  
• Manual Crossfade
  
• Sample-accurate editing
  
• Reversal
  
• Overlays
  
• Gearshift
  
• Fade-in and Fade-out
  
• Gain Change / Normalize
  
• Custom fades
  
• Sound Catalog
  
• Markers
  
• Playlist Editor
  

Non-destructive Editing

Minnetonka Fast Edit uses a split-screen waveform display for non-destructive editing.

The MODIFY window- All editing takes place in the MODIFY window. Sounds can be copied into the MODIFY window from any number of soundfiles. The original soundfiles are never altered!

The READ ONLY window- Sounds can be previewed from any soundfile on your hard drive or network! All or part of the soundfile in the READ ONLY window can be copied into the MODIFY window.

Ultra-fast cut-and-paste

Cut, paste, copy, and delete functions are extremely fast in Minnetonka Fast Edit

• Select the sound to be cut. It is easy to audition the selected sound.
  
• Choose "cut" from the Edit Menu, or use the hot-key. The screen redraws quickly.
  
• Move the edit cursor and click on the "Paste" button. The selected sound has now been moved! Nothing could be faster or easier.
  

Sample-accurate editing

The waveform-display windows can display large soundfiles, up to hours in length, or can zoom-in to any level of detail, even enough to do editing on single samples!

Overlays

• You can mix any two sounds together using Minnetonka Fast Edit's Mix function. The Mix function makes it a snap to do voice-overs or to add sound effects!
• Select the sound to be layered, from either window. Click on the Copy button.
• Place the edit cursor in the MODIFY window where you want the sound to be mixed in. Select the Mix function, and set the levels on the mix.

The sounds are now layered!

Fade-in and fade-out

• Mark the sound for a fade-out. Select the Fade tool, and perform a fade-out.

Fast Edit gives you a smooth, clean fade

Markers

Markers can be placed anywhere within the waveform window. They can also be dropped "on-the-fly" during play and record. You can give the markers names, or allow the program to automatically name the markers in alphabetical order.

Custom fades

You can make up your own fade curves in Minnetonka Fast Edit! Just drop markers at the fade points. Inside the Fade Dialog Box, you set the level at each marker, and select a linear or log fade for each segment. The fade curve that you've created is shown graphically in the Fade Dialog Box.

Edit History

Minnetonka Fast Edit's unique Edit History lets you go back in time! You can return to a previous point in your editing, up to 10 steps back, in effect giving you undo's 10 deep. Or use the Edit History to audition different edits, and keep the one you like best.

Scrub!

Want to find the exact beginning of a sound? SCRUB IT! Minnetonka Fast Edit lets you scrub with the mouse in a way that is fast and intuitive.

Other Tools

Manual Crossfade

Makes it incredibly easy to overlap 2 sounds! The first sound fades out as the second sound fades in. Minnetonka Fast Edit lets you set the overlap time, and lets you select linear or logarithmic fades.

Reversal

Play sounds backwards! Minnetonka Fast Edit lets you reverse part of all of a soundfile.

Gearshift

Remember the varispeed dial on your analog tape deck? Minnetonka Fast Edit give it to you in digital form! Just set the percentage of change, and Minnetonka Fast Edit will speed up or slow down the playback of your soundfile.

Gain Change

Is your recording too loud or too quiet? Just tell Minnetonka Fast Edit how much to change the gain!

Normalize

Give your recordings the maximum punch! Normalize will crank up the volume on your recording as much as possible before clipping.

New Features in Version 4.0

• DirectX Plug-in Support
  
• Audio up to 32-bits at 96 kHz
  
• Long filenames
  
• Waveform scrolling
  
• Transport control
  
• Time display
  

Bonus Programs

Fast Edit give you two additional powerful programs at no extra charge - - the Sound Catalog and the Playlist Editor

Sound Catalog

Make collections of soundfiles that you can play quickly and easily. Just point and click! Sounds can also be assigned a hot-key on the computer keyboard, or fired by MIDI.

Playlist Editor

Want to play sounds in a certain order? The Playlist makes it a snap! Use the Playlist to line up songs, news clips,or sound bites. Or break a tune up into regions, and do a remix.