When working with the Event tool, you can easily cut, copy, paste, and delete events in an editor or across multiple editors. For more information, see "Opening multiple files in the editor."
Choose Edit > Mode > Event (or click the Event Mode button in an editor's playbar) to enable event-editing mode.
Select the events you want to cut. For more information, see "Selecting events."
Choose Edit > Cut (or control-click the selection and choose Cut from the context menu).
The selected events are removed from the editor and placed on the clipboard.
Regions, markers, and envelope points are cut with an event. To turn this feature off, turn off Options > Lock to Selection > Markers/Regions and Envelope Points.
Choose Edit > Mode > Event (or click the Event Mode button in an editor's playbar) to enable event-editing mode.
Select the events you want to copy. For more information, see "Selecting events."
Choose Edit > Copy (or control-click the selection and choose Copy from the context menu).
The selected events are copied to the clipboard and the waveform is unchanged.
Regions, markers, and envelope points are copied with an event. To turn this feature off, turn off Options > Lock to Selection > Markers/Regions and Envelope Points.
Choose Edit > Mode > Event (or click the Event Mode button in an editor's playbar) to enable event-editing mode.
Move the cursor to the desired location on the timeline.
Choose Edit > Paste (or control-click the timeline and choose Paste from the context menu).
The clipboard events are inserted into the editor, and existing events on the selected channels are moved by the total length of the pasted events.
If no channels are selected, the clipboard events are pasted to all channels.
Regions, markers, and envelope points are pasted with an event. To turn this feature off, turn off Options > Lock to Selection > Markers/Regions and Envelope Points.
You can mix events and selections when using the Event tool by dragging sound data within an editor or to another editor. Mixed audio is inserted as new events over existing events in a data window.
When you drop a selection, the Mix dialog is displayed to allow you to mix the new event.
If you want to paste the selection, 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.
Choose Edit > Mode > Event (or click the Event Mode button in an editor's playbar) to enable event-editing mode.
Select the events you want to delete. For more information, see "Selecting events."
Choose Edit > Delete (or control-click the selection and choose Delete from the context menu).
The selected events are removed from the editor, but they are not placed on the clipboard.
Regions, markers, and envelope points are deleted with an event. To turn this feature off, turn off Options > Lock to Selection > Markers/Regions.