Choose Edit > Paste to insert a copy of the clipboard contents at the cursor position. If there is a selection, the Paste command deletes the selected data before inserting.
For information about pasting events, please see "Cutting, copying, pasting, mixing and deleting events."
Choose Edit > Mode > Time (or click the Time Mode button in an editor's playbar).
Select the sound data you want to paste.
For more information, see "Selecting data using the mouse."
Hold Command and drag the selection to the location where you want to paste the data. The paste cursor is displayed, and a vertical line is displayed to show you where the paste will occur.
You can drag a selection to a new location in the current editor, to a different editor, or to a blank spot in an editor (to create a new tab).
If you're dragging nonadjacent channels in a multichannel file — channels 1 and 3 in a 5.1-channel file, for example — hold Option during the drag to force the dragged data to adjacent channels.
Regions, markers, and envelope points are pasted with a selection. To turn this feature off, turn off Options > Lock to Selection > Markers/Regions and Envelope Points.
When you drop the selection, the selection is pasted.
Choose Edit > Mode > Time (or click the Time Mode button in an editor's playbar).
Use the Cut or Copy commands to add audio to the clipboard. For more information, see "Cutting sound data" or "Copying sound data"
Click to place the cursor where you want to paste the clipboard contents, or select the data you want to replace. For more information, see "Selecting data using the mouse."
Choose Edit > Paste (or control-click the timeline and choose Paste from the context menu).
Pasting into a multichannel file will insert data to all channels — the channels in a multichannel file must always be equal in length.
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Before paste |
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After paste |
Regions, markers, and envelope points are pasted with a selection. To turn this feature off, turn off Options > Lock to Selection > Markers/Regions and Envelope Points.