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The Project window
Using Cut, Copy and Paste
You can cut or copy selected events, and paste them in
again, using the functions on the Edit menu.
• When you paste an audio event, it is inserted on the se-
lected track, positioned so that its snap point is aligned
with the cursor position.
If the selected track is of the wrong type, the event will be inserted on its
original track. See “The Snap function” on page 56 for information about
the snap point.
• If you use the “Paste at Origin” function, the event is
pasted at its original position (the position from which you
cut or copied it).
Renaming events
By default, audio events show the name of their clip, but
you can enter a separate descriptive name for separate
events if you like. This is done by selecting the event and
typing in a new name in the “Description” field in the info
line.
• You can also give all events on a track the same name
as the track by changing the track name, holding down a
modifier key and pressing [Return].
See “Handling tracks” on page 38.
Splitting events
You can split events in the Project window in the following
ways:
• Click with the Scissors tool on the event you want to
split.
If Snap is activated, this determines the exact split position (see “The
Snap function” on page 56). You can also split events by pressing [Alt]/
[Option] and clicking with the Arrow tool.
• Select “Split at Cursor” from the Edit menu.
This splits the selected events at the position of the project cursor. If no
events are selected, all events (on all tracks) that are intersected by the
project cursor will be split.
• Select “Split Loop” from the Edit menu.
This splits events on all tracks at the left and right locator positions.
Ö If you split a MIDI part so that the split position inter-
sects one or several MIDI notes, the result depends on the
option “Split MIDI Events” in the Preferences (Editing–
MIDI page).
If the option is activated, the intersected notes will be split (creating new
notes at the beginning of the second part). If it is deactivated, the notes
will remain in the first part, but “stick out” after the end of the part.
Gluing events together
You can glue events together using the Glue Tube tool.
There are three possibilities:
• Clicking on an event with the Glue Tube tool glues it to-
gether with the next event on the track. The events do not
have to touch one another.
The result is a part containing the two events, with one exception: If you
first split an event and then glue the two sections together again (without
moving or editing them first), they become a single event again.
• You can select several events on the same track and
click on one of them with the Glue Tube tool.
A single part is created.
• When you hold down [Alt]/[Option] while clicking on an
event with the Glue Tube tool, this event will be glued to-
gether with all following events on this track.
You can change the default key command for this in the Preferences
(Editing–Tool Modifiers page).
Resizing events
Resizing events means to move their start or end positions
individually. In Cubase, there are three types of resizing:
Resizing type Description
Normal Sizing The contents of the event stay fixed, and the start or end
point of the event is moved to “reveal” more or less of the
contents.
Sizing Moves
Contents
The contents follow the moved start or end of the event
(see the figure below).
Sizing Applies
Time Stretch
The contents will be time stretched to fit the new event
length (see the separate description on “Resizing events
using time stretch” on page 47).