Cutting events

Cutting an event, a time selection, or an event within a time selection removes the audio data from the track view and places it on the clipboard. Once data is placed on the clipboard, it can be pasted back into the project an unlimited number of times. Clipboard content remains on the clipboard until it is replaced by new data.

1.Select the event data you want to cut or make a time selection. For more information, see Making selections on page 38.

2.Cut the event data using any of the following methods:

Click the Cut button ( ) on the toolbar.

Choose Cut from the Edit menu.

Right-click the selection and choose Cut from the shortcut menu.

Press Ctrl+X.

All selected events are removed from the track view and placed on the clipboard.

Deleting events

Deleting an event, a time selection, or an event within a time selection removes the data from the track view and discards it. Deleted events are not placed on the clipboard and do not replace or interfere with current clipboard content. In addition, deleted events cannot be pasted back into a project.

Note: Deleted data can only be replaced in a project using the Undo command. For more information, see Using undo on page 44.

1.Select the event data you want to delete or make a time selection. For more information, see Making selections on page 38.

2.Delete the event data using any of the following methods:

Choose Delete from the Edit menu.

Right-click the selected event and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

Press Delete.

All selected events are removed from the track view and discarded.

Tip: To remove the unused media from your project, choose Remove All Unused Clips from the Tools menu. To remove unused clips

from individual tracks, click the Remove Unused Clips buttonin the Clip Pool window. For more information, see Using the Clip Pool to manage clips on page 104.

Reversing events

You can select events in the timeline and reverse their audio and peak data. Select an event in the timeline, right-click, and choose Reverse (or press U) from the shortcut menu. An arrow appears on the event in the timeline to indicate that it has been reversed.

Trimming events

Whereas deleting allows you to select event data to be removed from the project, trimming allows you to select the data that remains. Trimming is performed by creating a time selection or selecting an event within a time selection and subsequently deleting all unselected data.

1.Create a time selection or select specific events within a time selection. For more information, see Creating time selections on page 39.

2.Press Ctrl+T to trim the data within the selection. All unselected event data is removed from the track view and discarded.

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