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Tutorial 2: Editing audio
Copying events
Copying can be used to copy an event to another area in
the Project window. If you want to make several copies in
one go, see “Repeating” on page 35.
Using Copy and Paste
1. To copy an audio event, click on the desired event and
choose “Copy” from the Edit menu.
In our case let’s choose the “Elec Guitar_01” event.
2. Position the cursor at the point in the project that you
wish the copy to be made.
We’ll put our cursor at bar 17.
3. Make sure you click on the track that you want the
copied event to be copied to. Choose “Paste” from the
Edit menu.
It is possible that you may have another track selected. If so the “Paste”
command would paste it to a different track. Always note the track you
have selected before choosing “Paste”.
4. Now we have two guitar events.
Using the [Alt]/[Option] key
1. Choose the Object Selection tool and hold down [Alt]/
[Option].
2. We are going to copy the “Guitar 2” events. Remem-
ber that there are three events. Select all of the “Guitar 2”
events by clicking and dragging as described above.
3. Click and hold the selected events and drag to the po-
sition you wish the copy to be made. Then release the
mouse button.
Don’t worry about the “Scissor” icon that appears. As soon as you click
and hold on the event you are copying it switches to an arrow with a “+”
sign indicating that you are copying.
Repeating
Repeats are great for repeating something over and over
directly after the event you want to repeat.
1. Click the bass event with the Object Selection tool.
2. Choose “Repeat…” from the Edit menu.
3. In the dialog that opens, choose how many copies you
wish to make by increasing the value in the “Count” field.
• You can choose to select “Shared Copies” if you want.
Shared copies allow you to make aliases to the original
event. This means that if you make changes to the original
event (such as processing or editing), the copies will re-
flect those changes. This is a big time saver!
4. Click “OK” and the repeat will be placed directly after
the Bass event.