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Loop selection & loop-duplicate
Hi everyone, quick question that I can’t find a specific answer for. Search comes up w/ similar questions but not this (unless my wording is just off).
I’ve used Audio Editors for a lot longer than FCP so having a function like “loop selection” or “loop-duplicate” is an obvious menu item. However, in FCP I can’t seem to find either.
In case I’m wording it wrong (using my Audio terms here), “loop selection” is self-explanitory, I want to pick a point A and point B on the time line and have FCP loop between those point until I stop the playback. “loop-duplicate” would be selecting a clip on the timeline and having a menu option where I can duplicate that clip 2, 5, 30, 1000 times – instead of copy/paste, copy/paste, copy/paste, etc…
Do either of these exist?
FCP 7.0.2
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You can set an in and out point in the sequence, and then turn on looping playback from the View Menu. It’s keyboard command is control+L.
You can duplicate a clip at a time and raise or lower it on another track by dragging it down or up holding down the shift key (to keep it in the same position in the sequence time), then hold down the option key before you release. Can’t duplicate more than one at a time though…
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FCP is limited as an audio editor so a function like autofill a range with a pre copied section to loop doesn’t exist. An old trick though is to copy>paste four times, then copy the first four loop sections and then copy>paste four at a time. When you get to twenty, copy the whole loop section and copy>paste in blocks of twenty. You get to 1000 quite quickly that way.
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Thank you for quick quick replies!
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