Chapter 3 
Editing Events
In this chapter, you’ll learn about basic event editing techniques such as cutting, copying, pasting, trimming, splitting, and joining events. You’ll also learn how to use ripple editing to expand the possibilities of timeline editing. Finally, you’ll take a look at advanced editing techniques such as slipping and sliding events, changing event properties, and adding event envelopes.
Note: For the basic event editing topics in this chapter, make sure that ripple editing is turned off. Verify that the Ripple Edits command in the Options menu is not selected. For more information, see Ripple editing on page 61.
Copying events
Copying an event, a time selection, or event within a time selection places an exact copy of the selected event(s) on the clipboard, but leaves the track view unchanged. Events copied to the clipboard can be pasted in the project an unlimited number of times. In addition, clipboard content remains on the clipboard until replaced by new content.
1.Select the event data you want to copy or make a time selection. For more information, see Making selections on page 38.
2.Copy the event data using any of the following methods:
•Click the Copy button (
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•Choose Copy from the Edit menu.
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•Press Ctrl+C.
Pasting events
The clipboard’s contents can be pasted in a project an unlimited number of times. However, an event is always pasted in the track it was copied/cut from. In addition, pasting the contents of the clipboard over an existing event results in the pasted event overlapping the existing event. To avoid pasting over existing events, you have two options:
•Use the Paste Insert command. For more information, see Using Paste Insert on page 56.
•Turn on ripple editing. For more information, see Ripple editing on page 61.
When events are cut/copied to the clipboard and subsequently pasted into a project, the time data inherent in the cut/ copied events is maintained and pasted. For example, if you select two events on the same track that are separated by five seconds of silence, copying and pasting these events results in the five seconds of silence also being pasted into the project.
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Taking this concept a step further, if you select discontinuous events from several tracks, copying and pasting these events results in any selected time data being pasted into the project as well. This maintains the relative position of events in the project.
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Note: You can also paste events across tracks using clips. For more information, see Copying clips and events across tracks on page 102.
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