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range tool query
working with the range selection tool i select ggg and hold option key down and select a bit from the audio on my timeline to copy. it is highlighted. i press and hold shift/option, then click on the selected audio and drag to another track. i want to copy just that section but when i release the mouse it duplicates the WHOLE audio clip directly under the original clip not just the bit i want. the short cut is supposed to copy just the highlighted section. it works fine if i copy and paste. any ideas?
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Yeah, it’s weird isn’t it? What I do is select the range and simply drag that down to whatever track I want. if I need to repair the original track I simply drag the clips back together and delete the splice.
Jeremy
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Alan
Yep that’s normal. Option-dragging only works on entire clips rather than a selected range, even though it looks as if it might because you do get the + symbol.
Copy/paste is one way to go. Another technique is to drag the selected range to a bin and then drag back to the timeline.
Martin
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the word on the street is that it was possible up until 4.5 but has been ‘broken’ since. hey apple dudes…it’s time to fix it.
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the drag-to-bin route works well. nice tip. thanks martin
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> this works well but is there a way to rename the clips so you can build up a bin of useful bits. for example, atmos etc?
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