Specifications
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Special Cut, Copy, Paste, and
Clear Commands
Use the four “special” Edit menu commands (Cut
Special
, Copy Special, Paste Special, and Clear
Special
) for cutting, copying, pasting, and clearing
automation (volume, pan, mute, and plug-in auto-
mation) on audio, Auxiliary Input, Master Fader,
VCA Master, and Instrument tracks. These com-
mands can also be used for MIDI controller data on
MIDI and Instrument tracks. There are also
Cut
Special
, Copy Special, and Clear Special com-
mands for cutting, copying, and clearing clip gain
settings (see “Clip Gain” on page 598).
Repeat To Fill Selection
The Repeat to Fill Selection command lets you au-
tomatically fill a selection with audio or MIDI
clips or data without requiring that you manually
duplicate the clips. To use
Repeat to Fill Selection,
Cut or Copy a clip, then make a selection and use
the command to fill the selection. When pasting
audio clips, you are prompted to specify a cross-
fade to be used for the pasted clips.
If you fill an area that is an exact multiple of the
copied clip size (for example, filling 16 bars with a
4-bar clip), the copied selection is pasted as many
times as it takes to fill the selection. If you fill an
area that is not an exact multiple of the copied clip
size (for example, filling 15 seconds of a track with
a 2-second clip of room noise), the remaining se-
lection area is filled with an automatically trimmed
version of the original selection.
To fill a selection with Repeat to Fill Selection:
1 Select the clip you want to copy.
2 Choose Edit > Copy.
3 Select the area you want to fill using the Selec-
tor tool and choose
Edit > Paste Special > Re-
peat to Fill Selection
.
4 Do one of the following:
• If pasting audio clips to larger areas, the Batch
Fades dialog opens. Configure the
dialog to create crossfades between each pasted
clip, then click
OK.
• If you do not want crossfades for the
pasted audio, click
Cancel in the Batch Fades di-
alog.
You cannot paste MIDI controller data to
automation data nor automation to MIDI.
For more information, see “Cutting, Copying,
and Pasting Automation” on page 1051.