Splitting Events

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Edit Menu

From the Edit menu, choose Split to split one or more selected events at the current cursor position.

Splitting an event allows you to adjust a small part of an event or break a single event into multiple sections that you can edit independently. For example, you may want to apply an effect to a section of an event and then return the event to its original setting.


  1. Position the cursor where you want to split the events, or select a range of time.

  2. Select the events you want to split.

  1. From the Edit menu, choose Split:

  2. If no events are selected, the events located at the current cursor position will be split throughout all of the tracks.

  3. If you create a time selection, events are split at each end of the time selection throughout all of the tracks.

  4. If you select events within a time selection, the selected events are split at each end of the time selection.

  5. Hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift while clicking an event to split it. Hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift and drag an event to split it at the point you click and trim the event in the direction you drag:

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Splitting Events