Copying, Pasting and Deleting ranges

Various edit operations can be performed with the selected range. The content of the selected range can be copied to the clipboard (also called "clip" here) or cut, deleted, overwritten with silence, or pasted via the clipboard elsewhere in the project.

Notes:

The menu commands and keyboard shortcuts for the edit operations apply to selected objects as well as to selected ranges. Depending on whether objects or a range is selected, the corresponding operations are performed. If both objects and a range are selected, at Copy, Cut and Replace with silence the range selection always has priority, at Delete the order of selection decides: The last thing selected is deleted, range or object.
The object modes are also respected during cutting operations with ranges, i.e. if a corresponding object mode with rippling is set (e.g. Link all tracks to the right), subsequent objects will also be moved forward to fill the gap when cutting ranges.

Copy

Command	Description	Keyboard shortcut
Copy	The selected range is copied to the clipboard. The previous contents of the clipboard will be lost.	C Ctrl + C Ctrl + Ins
Copy as...	This operation is available only for Wave projects. There you can save the selected range directly into a new wave file.	Shift + C
Copy to ClipStore	The selected range is copied and stored as an entry in the Clip manager. This allows you to perform several copy actions in succession and preserve the respective clipboard contents. This operation is not available for wave projects.	Ctrl + Shift + C
Copy + Clear	Copies the current range to the clipboard, removes it from the project, and replaces it with silence. This command is very similar to the command Cut, but no rippling of subsequent audio material is performed here, even if an Object Mode with rippling is active. This operation is not available for wave projects.	Ctrl + Alt + C

Cut

Command	Description	Keyboard shortcut
Cut	The selected range is copied to the clipboard and deleted from the project. In wave projects, the subsequent audio material is rippled, the audio file becomes shorter by the cut part. In virtual projects, the subsequent material is rippled or not according to the set Object Mode.	X Ctrl + X Shift + Del
Cut with time/ripple	The selected range is copied to the clipboard and deleted from the project. The subsequent material is rippled, even in virtual projects, regardless of the object mode set.	Ctrl + Alt + X
Cut to Clipstore	The selected range is deleted from the project and stored as an entry in the clip manager. This allows you to perform several cut actions in succession and preserve the respective clipboard contents. The subsequent material is rippled or not according to the set Object Mode. This operation is not available for wave projects.	Ctrl + Shift + X

Paste

Command	Description	Keyboard shortcut
Paste / Insert Clip	The data from the clip is inserted at the position of the play cursor, or, if there is a range selection, at the beginning of the range. The length of the selected range does not matter, the content of the clip will always be inserted completely. In virtual projects, the content of the clip is inserted starting from the selected track; if the clip contains multiple tracks, only as many tracks are inserted as there are target tracks down in the project available; the remaining tracks of the clip are skipped. In wave projects, the subsequent audio material is moved to the back, the audio file becomes longer by the inserted part. In virtual projects, according to the set Object Mode, the following material is moved to the back (rippled) or overwritten with the content of the clip. A new range is defined over the inserted data.	V Ctrl + V Shift + Ins
Paste from ClipStore	Clips selected in the Clip Manager are inserted at the play cursor position or at the beginning of the selected range. Caution: For multitrack clips, only as many tracks of the clip are inserted as tracks are selected in the project. If you want to insert several tracks, select a range over several tracks in the project beforehand accordingly.	Ctrl + Umschalt + V
Paste with time/ripple	Like Paste/Insert Clip, but the following material is always moved to the back (rippled), even in virtual projects, regardless of the Object Mode set.	Ctrl + Alt + V
Overwrite with clip	Like Paste/Insert Clip, but the subsequent material is always overwritten.	Alt + V Ins
Mix with clip	This operation is available only for Wave projects. The content of the clip will be mixed with the audio file. Since both components are added to the mix at 100% each, there is a risk of overdriving.
Crossfade with clip	This operation is available only for Wave projects. The content of the range is crossfaded with the content of the clip. Here the position of the play cursor determines the end of the clip with which the audio file is to be crossfaded. The length of the clip sets the length of the crossfade.

Delete

Command	Description	Keyboard shortcut
Delete	All audio data and automation data in virtual projects in the selected range will be deleted. In wave projects, the subsequent audio material is rippled, the audio file becomes shorter by the deleted part. In virtual projects, the subsequent material is rippled or not according to the set Object Mode.	Del
Ripple Delete	All audio data and automation data in virtual projects in the selected range will be deleted. The subsequent material is rippled, even in virtual projects, regardless of the object mode set.	Ctrl + Del
Extract	This command deletes all data of the project that is not within the selected range. In virtual projects, all tracks are preserved, even if they do not contain an object in the selected range. Single objects can be extracted with the Object > Edit > Trim Object.

Silence

Command

Description

Keyboard shortcut

Insert Silence...

This command inserts silence - in other words, time - on all tracks from the current play cursor position or at the beginning of the selected range. If there are objects at this position, they are split and the corresponding parts are moved behind the silence together with the following data.

If a range is selected, its length is used as a default for the time span to be inserted. The selected range remains after the operation. The project is extended by the length of the inserted object.

Clear

All audio data in the selected range will be deleted. The data behind this will not be moved, silence will be added behind the affected range. The function thus corresponds to a Delete without rippling, for virtual projects regardless of the selected object mode.

Alt + Del