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2. Drag the media file to the timeline or CD marker bar. An event for the media file appears where you released the mouse. The event
contains the media file in its entirety.
Note: Your first track should be dropped at 00:00:02:00 on the timeline to conform to the Red Book specification.
Dragging multiple media files to the timeline
1. Select multiple media files in the Explorer or Media Pool. Select a range of adjacent media files by pressing Shift and clicking the
first and last files in the range, or select nonadjacent files by pressing Ctrl and clicking individual files.
2. Right-click and drag the files to the timeline.
3. When you release the mouse, a shortcut menu appears. Select a placement option from the menu.
• Add to Timeline: adds selected files consecutively to the timeline.
• Add to Track List: adds selected files to the Media Pool and creates an event and CD track on the timeline.
• Add to Track List using Regions: adds selected files to the Media Pool and creates an event and CD track on the timeline for
each region in the media file.
• Add as Takes: places the selected files in a single event as multiple takes. You will see one event on the timeline. The other
events are listed as takes beneath the topmost event.
Note: A left-click drag-and-drop automatically inserts files across time.
Creating events and tracks from the Media Pool
Double-click a file or region in the Media Pool or drag it to the timeline or CD layout bar. The media file is added to the Media Pool and
an event and CD track are created.
Note the following:
If Then
You double-click a file or region The file or region will be added to the end of your project.
You drag a file or region to the timeline The file or region will be added to your project where you drop
the file with no pause time. Your first track should be dropped
at 00:00:02:00 on the timeline to conform to the Red Book
specification.
You drag a file or region to the CD layout bar The file or region will be added to your project where you drop
the file with the default pause time before the event.
Tip: If you don’t want to create a CD track when you add an event on the timeline, click the Automatically Create Tracks button to
turn off automatic track creation. You can then arrange events on the timeline and create CD tracks to indicate where each track
begins and ends.
Creating an entire CD project from the Media Pool
1. Click the Views button and choose Detailed from the menu.
2. Enter track numbers in the Comment field to assign a track order.
3. Click the Comment column header to sort the comments in ascending order.
4. In the Media Pool, select your tracks, right-click the selection, and choose Add to Track List from the shortcut menu.
Replacing media in the Media Pool
You may replace a file in the Media Pool with a different file. When changing the media file that an event contains, every occurrence of
the event on the timeline is updated with the new media file contents.
1. Right-click a file in the Media Pool.
2. Choose Replace from the shortcut menu. The Replace Media file dialog displays.
3. In the Replace Media File dialog, browse for and select the file that you want to replace the current file.
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