> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gridshift.studio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Audio Clips

> Opens an audio clip in a band with its slices, so you can play them from the keyboard, set the clip's gain and cut it at a slice. Open the clip with ⌥↓ and press the letter keys.

## Play the slices

Open an audio clip with `⌥↓` and press the letter keys: each one plays a slice between transient markers, to its end. The key map and the playback rules are on [Slices](/samples/slices.md).

## Step from slice to slice

Press `⌘→` / `⌘←` to step to the next or previous slice. Past the last slice, `⌘→` moves into the neighboring clip.

## Set the clip's gain

Drag the gain slider in the focus bar. The value shows in dB beside it, and the waveform grows or shrinks with it.

## Cut the clip at a slice

Right-click below the clip's header strip where the cut should go. In Focus Mode this slices the clip at the pointer and never deletes it.

## Edit the waveform in the Sample Editor

Click **Open Sample Editor** in the focus bar, or press `⌥X`. Transient detection and marker editing live there.

## Good to know

* **An audio clip opens in a shallow band, about 40% of the viewport**, with its slice markers.
* **Each slice starts at a transient marker.** Where the markers come from and how to move them: [Slices](/samples/slices.md).
* **The gain slider runs from −24 dB to +12 dB.** It sets the same clip gain as the number keys on the timeline: [Clip Gain](/arrange/clip-gain.md).
* **The [Sample Editor](/samples/sample-editor.md) also opens** from a click on the inspector's waveform preview.
* **To cut the clip into one clip per slice**, use **Split Clips at Transients** (`⇧⌘E`) on the main timeline: [Slices](/samples/slices.md).

> **Keys**
>
> | Action | Shortcut |
> | - | - |
> | Play a slice | letter keys ([Slices](/samples/slices.md)) |
> | Step slice (crosses into the next clip at the edge) | `⌘→` / `⌘←` |
> | Cut at the pointer | Right-click below the header |
> | Edit Sample or Instrument | `⌥X` |


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