User Guide

CHP. 4 EDITING EVENTS

Cutting events in ripple editing mode

Cutting events or portions of events removes them and their time information from their respective tracks.

This information is placed on the clipboard, from which you may paste the information back into your

project.

From the Options menu, choose Ripple Edits to enter ripple editing mode.

Click the event to be cut or make a time selection.

To cut multiple events, use the key, the key, or the

Selection ( ) tool to select the events. For

more information, see Selecting multiple events on page 42.

Click the Cut button ( ) on the toolbar to cut the event(s) to the clipboard.

The cut events and their time information are removed from the selected track(s) and placed on the

clipboard. Existing events in the selected track(s) move forward to occupy the space created by the cut.

Cutting time selections in ripple editing mode

Events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Also, the time information is

placed on the clipboard. Existing events occurring after the time selection move forward in the project by

the length of the time selection.

Cutting time and event selections in ripple editing mode

Events and portions of events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Also,

the time information is placed on the clipboard. Existing events occurring later than the time selection

move forward by the length of the time selection. Only tracks containing selected events are affected by the

ripple edit.

Events before cut Clipboard contents Events after cut

Ctrl Shift

Existing events

adjust to occur

sooner in the

project

Existing events on

the top track adjust

to occur sooner in the

project