manual/_manual/15_editing-and-arranging/05_common-region-edit-operations.html

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title: Common Region Edit Operations
menu-title: Region Editing
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<p>
  This section covers a set of <dfn>region editing operations</dfn>
  that you are likely to use often while working on a session. 
  Depending on your work habits (and experience of other 
  <abbr title="Digital Audio Workstation">DAW</abbr>s) you will find 
  some of these operations critical while others are used only rarely. 
</p>
<p>
  You can carry out all of these operations from the keyboard (see 
  <a href="/default-keyboard-bindings">Default Keyboard Shortcuts</a> 
  for a list). Equivalent operations can be performed with the mouse 
  in most cases. 
</p>
<p>
  You may want to review your understanding of 
  <a href="/editing-and-arranging/the-edit-point">the edit point/range</a> and 
  <a href="/editing-and-arranging/which-regions-are-affected">which regions will be affected by region operations</a>.
</p>
<dl class="wide-table">
<dt><kbd class="menu">Spot (Align)</kbd></dt>
<dd>Move selected regions to the edit point.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Split</kbd></dt>
<dd>Split selected regions at the edit point.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Trim Start</kbd></dt>
<dd>Adjust the start of selected regions to the edit point (or as close as
possible).</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Trim End</kbd></dt>
<dd>Adjust the end of selected regions to the edit point (or as close as
possible).</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Duplicate</kbd></dt>
<dd>Make a copy of each selected region and position it immediately after the
original.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Crop</kbd></dt>
<dd>Truncate selected regions to the edit range.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Separate</kbd></dt>
<dd>Split selected regions at both ends of the edit range.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Set Fade In</kbd></dt>
<dd>Adjust selected audio regions' fade in to end at the edit point.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Set Fade Out</kbd></dt>
<dd>Adjust selected audio regions' fade out to end at the edit point.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Toggle Fade In</kbd></dt>
<dd>Turn selected audio regions' fade in on or off.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Toggle Fade Out</kbd></dt>
<dd>Turn selected audio regions' fade out on or off.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Play Region</kbd></dt>
<dd>Play session from the start of the earliest selected region.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Zoom To Region</kbd></dt>
<dd>Zoom horizontally so that the selected regions span the editor track
view.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Set Sync Point</kbd></dt>
<dd>Set the sync point of all selected regions to the edit point.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Insert</kbd></dt>
<dd>Inserts the currently selected regions in the Region List at the edit
point.</dd>
</dl>