In the Audio Lab, you can set the precise start point within the audio file in the Composer.
Each audio part in the Composer that points to the same audio file, can have its own start point!
Drag the start locator to where you want, eventually zoom in to get a more detailed view. You can also right click a certain point and choose "Start Here".
In the Audio Lab, you can also apply basic functions on a selection of the audio file.
Note however that the functions are applied directly on the audio file, so make sure to backup the audio file if you want to keep the original!
Detail Info:
- You can use the TAB key to switch between Composer and Sequence Editor
- You can use the Escape and Return keys to go back to the Composer
- You can use the mouse wheel to scroll / zoom (hold control (osx: command)) horizontally.
Using an external Audio Editor
The Audio Lab has only limited dsp functionality because there already are so many good (and free) audio editors on the globe, e.g. Audacity and Wavosaur.
And the nice thing is that (on Windows) you can setup MU.LAB so it can work together with one of these audio editors:
- Go to the Main Edit Menu -> Preferences -> Choose External Audio Editor.
- Browse to the relevant application file (.exe).
Now you'll see that when you right-click the audio display in the Audio Lab, you get a context menu option "Edit In Audio Editor", where "Audio Editor" will be the name of your favorite audio editor.
Then MU.LAB transfers control over the audio file to the audio editor, and so MU.LAB stops playing the audio file.
Now you can make any edits you want in the audio editor, and save them to the audio file.
When you switch back to MU.LAB, MU.LAB will sense the changes and propose to re-open the audio file, meanwhile updating everything to the fresh edits 
On OSX, this automated system does not (yet) work.
But as well OSX as Windows users can also reach the same functionality by 'manually' doing these steps:
- Right-click the audio display in the Audio Lab and choose "Start Editing".
- Now switch to the other application and start editing the audio file, then save your results.
- Then switch back to MU.LAB, right-click the audio display in the Audio Lab and choose "End Editing".
All this will have the same effect as the 'automatic' mode.
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