Copy/cut/paste and maintain time

[ilee]

Hi,

I am trying to cut out specific parts of a region into an empty track just above it. I want the cut outs to precisely match the timing of the original region I'm cutting out from. Is there a shortcut which would allow me to copy/cut and then paste while preserving the original time (start/end) values? I guess that simply recording the parts I'm interested in cutting out into an empty track will work, but I wonder if there's a faster way to do this.

Thanks

[Stig Eliassen]

"P" is up, and ";" is down. Not entirely sure about the down key as I use a norwegian keyboard.

[ilee]

Oh, great. Thank you so much. If you knew how I did for the last two hours you would laugh. The devil is in the details.

[joachim]

another method sometimes usuable: after cutting, ctrl-drag (start-drag) the clip up/down (or additonally with alt to move a copy)
(p.16 PT shortcuts)

[DC-Choppah]

What I do is stay in grid mode, but set the grid size to 1 bar. Then when you move a clip vertically from one track to another it stays at the same place horizontally, unless you move more than a full bar.

[led5150]

Originally Posted by joachim

another method sometimes usuable: after cutting, ctrl-drag (start-drag) the clip up/down (or additonally with alt to move a copy)
(p.16 PT shortcuts)

Also a handy tool for this is the "Hand" tool with the little scissors. If you click and hold the hand tool, you'll see the option with the scissors. (or hit F8 a couple times and it shuffles through the different modes) Now any selection you have made in a region you can 'cut' out of that region by just clicking with the hand scissor tool and dragging. Use it with the cntrl-drag or cntrl-option-drag for super fast editing while maintaining the exact timing.

[Glazik]

What I do is stay in grid mode, but set the grid size to 1 bar. Then when you move a clip vertically from one track to another it stays at the same place horizontally, unless you move more than a full bar.

That work only if the audio begins on the bar. If it doesn't, switch to relative grid by pushing the Grid button a second time, it become purple. That way, the offset with the bars is kept.