Select the events you wish to remove and click the Cut button (or press Ctrl+X). The selected events are removed from the track and placed on the clipboard.
From the Edit menu, choose Group, and choose Cut All from the submenu. The selected events and any events that are grouped with the selected events are cut to the clipboard.
If you want to shuffle existing events to fill the space left by cut events when using a time selection, use post-edit ripple mode.
Cutting a time selection
If you cut a time selection, events across all tracks are removed from the timeline and placed on the clipboard. Events that extend beyond the time selection are split at each end of the time selection:
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Cutting selected events within a time selection
If you cut selected events within a time selection, the selected events are removed from the timeline and placed on the clipboard. Selected events that extend beyond the time selection are split at each end of the time selection:
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Select the events you want and click the Copy button (or press Ctrl+C). This selected events are copied to the clipboard. You may now paste the events anywhere in the project.
Hold Ctrl while dragging to create copies of selected events.
From the Edit menu, choose Group, and choose Copy All from the submenu. The selected events and any events that are grouped with the selected events are copied to the clipboard.
Copying a time selection
If you copy a time selection, the portions of events that are within the selection (across all tracks) are placed on the clipboard:
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Copying selected events within a time selection
If you copy selected events within a time selection, the portions of selected events that are within the time selection are placed on the clipboard:
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Position the cursor and click the Paste button (or press Ctrl+V). Events from the clipboard are i
nserted at the cursor position.
Pasted events will sit on top of other events in the track if they overlap. To make space for pasted events, you can use Paste Insert or use post-edit ripple mode.
From the Edit menu, choose Paste Repeat (or press Ctrl+B) to insert events from the clipboard multiple times at the current cursor position. You may also specify the time increments for which you want the events to be spaced.
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Copy events to the clipboard.
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Position your cursor where you want to begin pasting the events.
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From the Edit menu, choose Paste Repeat. The Paste Repeat dialog box appears.
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In the Number of times to paste box, enter the number of times you want to paste the event.
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Select your options and specify the settings if applicable:
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End to End — Pastes the events one after another with no space between.
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Even Spacing — Pastes the events with the time increments specified in the Paste every controls between the starting points of the pasted events.
If the Paste every setting is shorter than the clipboard contents, the pasted events will overlap.
To insert the contents of the clipboard at the current cursor position and force existing events to move in time to accommodate the pasted events, choose Paste Insert from the Edit menu (or press Ctrl+Shift+V).
If the cursor is in the middle of an event, the event will be split at the cursor position when the new events are pasted.
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Events |
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Just like a word processor for audio and video, will allow you to cut events, copy events, and paste them into new places.
When the Cut, copy, and delete grouped events check box on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog is selected, cutting, copying, or deleting an event will affect all events in the same group. If you need to edit a single event, you can choose Ignore Event Grouping from the Options menu to temporarily ignore grouping.
What do you want to do?
Cut events
Copy events
Paste events
Paste the contents of the clipboard multiple times
Paste insert events