User Manual

Making Audio Clip
Selections in the Timeline
Nearly every editing operation described in this chapter and others requires you to make a
selection to define which clips will be affected. Three editing modes in the toolbar give you
different ways of selecting clips, depending on what you’re trying to do, and how you like to
work. These are (from left to right) the Selection mode, the Range mode, and the Edit Selection
mode. Which mode you choose determines how clips and clip segments are selected in the
Timeline in preparation for all manner of editorial operations.
The Selection and Range
Selection tools seen in the toolbar
Why Are There Three Edit Modes?
While the Selection and Range modes can also be used with the pointer, they’re really
designed to enable automatic selections based on the position of the playhead. This is
accomplished when using either the Fairlight Editing console or keyboard shortcuts to
control Timeline transport, while specific tracks are selected to enable selection and
editing on those tracks.
The Edit Selection mode is designed for efficient selections made using the pointer via
a mouse, trackpad, or pen and tablet, made in conjunction with a variety of commands
for extending and editing selections triggered via keyboard shortcuts. If you’re editing
with a keyboard and mouse, this mode is designed to let you work quickly by enabling
a variety of different selection functions based on clicking different parts of clips.
Selecting Tracks
In order to understand clip selection, you must first understand track selection. The Timeline on
the Fairlight page lets you select entire tracks to facilitate the automatic selection of clips that
intersect the playhead on those tracks using keyboard shortcuts or the Fairlight Editing panel,
in Selection and Range Selection modes (described in upcoming sections).
For example, were you to select tracks A2, A3, and A4, then moving the playhead to intersect
two clips on those tracks in Selection mode automatically selects them, so they’re ready for any
operation you want to perform on both clips. To give a few examples, you could now split both
clips at the playhead, Cut Head or Tail to the playhead, Delete both clips, or Copy them in
preparation for pasting elsewhere.
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