Workshops: Zoomen

With the help of the zoom functions you can adjust the sections of a virtual project. The higher the zoom level, the more detailed the display.

Sequoia/Samplitude provides you with the following zoom functions:

Zooming with the position bar

You can click on the magnifying glass to open the zoom feature. The red buttons zoom vertivally along the timeline while the blue magnifying glasses zooms vertically. In addition there are 4 freely definable magnifying glasses (S1 to S4) that permit user-defined zoom sizes by holding down shift key and clicking the mouse.

With the two blue magnifying glass symbols on the right you can select the zoom stage of the wave display of the corresponding section.

Zooming with the keyboard
The key combination “Ctrl+Arrow right” zooms out of the project, “Ctrl+Arrow left” zooms in. With “Ctrl+Arrow up” you can zoom into the waveform display, while “Ctrl+Arrow down” zooms out of the waveform display.

Zooming with the mouse
An elegant method of zooming, which does need some practice and skill, is left-clicking on the time line, keeping the button pressed, and dragging the mouse vertically. By dragging the mouse up you can zoom out of the project and you can zoom in when you do the reverse. Simultaneously, you can change the range borders or the play cursor position with horizontal mouse movements, depending on whether you position the mouse at the beginning of the action on the grid bar or on the marker bar.
This way you can position the play cursor precisely in one go: set the desired playback position roughly by clicking somewhere in the marker bar. . Then move the mouse downwards while holding down the mouse button and zoom into the project. Correct the mouse position by moving it horizontally and finally zoom out of the project by moving the mouse upwards.
You can deactivate this function at any time via the system settings (“Y -> keyboard, menu & mouse -> Mouse -> No zoom when moving the mouse vertically in the timeline”).

Zooming with ehe scrollbar zoom buttons
In the lower right-hand corner of the VIP window a “+” and “-” button can be found for precise adjustment of the horizontal and vertical zoom levels.

A common feature of the preset three zoom functions is that they center the play cursor in the visible section if it’s visible when the zoom command in the section is executed.
Zoom tool (key: “Z”)

You can temporarily switch to Zoom Mode by pressing the “Z” key and sketch a lasso into the range you have selected with the mouse. Hold the “Z” key and right-click the mouse to return to the next higher zoom step.
Zooming with the scrollbars

The scrollbars can also be used to change the zoom levels. Once the mouse pointer moves over the left and right border of the horizontal scrollbar, it will change into a double arrow. This can be used to move the scrollbar borders, which also changes the length of the section displayed in the window. Its length will then be shown at the left of the horizontal scrollbar.

Similarly, you can use the vertical scrollbars to zoom into the track display.