Specifications

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If pasting into a selection in Shuffle mode, the
selection is replaced by the Clipboard’s contents
with the adjacent material slid left or right as
necessary. In Slip mode, the selection is also re-
placed but with the surrounding material re-
maining unchanged.
Editing Across Multiple Tracks
When working with data from multiple tracks,
there are some important points to remember.
For instance, if any of the selected tracks are set
to their master view (see “The Master View For-
mat” on page 210), edits affect not only audio
and MIDI for the selected tracks, but all automa-
tion and controller data as well.
If all selected tracks are displayed as automation
data, edits only affect the type of automation
data displayed in each track. Furthermore, if
track 1 displays Pan automation, track 2 displays
Volume automation, and track 3 displays Mute
automation, the Cut command cuts only pan
data from track 1, volume data from track 2, and
mute data from track 3.
When copying only automation or controller
data for selected tracks, press the Start key (Win-
dows) or Control (Macintosh) to copy all types
of automation on all selected tracks.
To paste to multiple tracks, place the insertion
point in each of the destination tracks by Shift-
clicking in them—or to select all tracks, Alt-
Shift-click (Windows) or Option-Shift-click
(Macintosh) in a track, or make a selection in
one of the Timebase Rulers.
When you paste multiple types of data, what-
ever data has been copied is pasted into the cor-
rect type of playlist. Automation data is pasted
into the corresponding automation playlist. Au-
dio/MIDI data is pasted into the audio/MIDI
playlist. You don’t need to set target tracks to
the specific type of data being pasted for the
paste to work correctly.
If all destination tracks in a multitrack paste are
displayed as automation, the paste replaces any
previous data on the target track without shuf-
fling—regardless of whether you are in Slip or
Shuffle mode.
Duplicate Command
The Duplicate command copies a selection and
places it immediately after the end of the selec-
tion. Though this is similar to using Copy and
Paste, Duplicate is more convenient and faster,
particularly when working with data on multi-
ple tracks.
To make more than one copy of a selection, use
the Repeat command (see “Repeat Command”
on page 284).
As with the Copy and Paste commands, certain
rules apply when duplicating material on multi-
ple tracks. For details, see “Editing Across Multi-
ple Tracks” on page 283.
When working with MIDI, you can merge
the contents of the Clipboard with material
in the destination track. For details, see
“Merge Paste Command” on page 285.
For TDM systems, the Fill Paste command
can be used to fill a selection with the con-
tents of the Clipboard. For details, see “Re-
peat Paste To Fill Selection” on page 293.
For details on selecting data on multiple
tracks, see “Selecting Across Multiple
Tracks” on page 252.
The Duplicate command does not operate
on conductor events.