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Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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The MIDI Clip Right-Click Menu
When you right-click on a MIDI clip, you will be presented
with a pop-up menu (Fig. 4.3.16) displaying the following op-
tions:
Cut: Select this to perform a standard “cut” operation. The se-
lected clip(s) will be removed and added to the clipboard.
Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + X (CMD + X for Mac users).
Copy: Select this to perform a standard “copy” operation. The
selected clip(s) will be added to the clipboard.
Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + C (CMD + C for Mac users).
Copy marked section: Select this to copy any part(s) of the selected clip(s) that is located between the
in and out markers.
Paste: Select this to perform a standard “paste” operation. The contents of the clipboard will be pasted
after the current clip. If this option is performed a number of times, each new paste will be placed after
the one preceding it. In this way you can quickly lay down a sequence of copied clips.
The keyboard shortcut: CTRL + V (CMD + V for Mac users) performs in the same way, unless you click
somewhere else in the arrangement area before pasting. In this case, the new clip will be pasted at the
position where you clicked, rather than after the source clip. From that point, repeated pastes will land
sequentially after the initial paste, in the manner described above.
Paste after selected: Select this option to paste the contents of the clipboard at the end of the selected
clip. Unlike with the paste operation, repeated pastes will simply create a pile of stacked clips.
Paste (inserting at cursor position): Select this option to paste the contents of the clipboard at the play-
head cursor position. If the cursor is located over this, or another clip on this track, the clip will be split
to make room for the pasted material.
Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + I (CMD + I for Mac users).
Delete: Select this to remove the clip from the edit.
Keyboard shortcut: DELETE or BACKSPACE.
Bring obscured clips to front: If this clip is placed over another clip, you can use this option to bring
the hidden clip forward.
Keyboard shortcut: B.
Show clipboard contents: This option displays the contents of the clipboard in the quick nd panel.
Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + ALT + C (CMD + CTRL + C for Mac users).
Clear clipboard: This option removes all items from the clipboard.
In addition, if the MIDI editor is visible, the pencil, select, eraser, and line tools are also available from
the right-click menu. The MIDI editor is described in detail in the next section.
Figure 4.3.16