Hello glenboy23,

Welcome to the ADR forum

It seems like this should be fairly simple. What am I doing wrong?

Cut/copy/paste functions are available in the Edit, Restore & Mix modules of ADR. There's a very clear guide in the Help file



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Quote Hello glenboy23,

Welcome to the ADR forum

It seems like this should be fairly simple. What am I doing wrong?

Cut/copy/paste functions are available in the Edit, Restore & Mix modules of ADR. There's a very clear guide in the Help file




Yes I'm following the help guide precisely. I use the scrubber to highlight a section. I copy it and then when I hit paste, I get a dialogue box that asks do you wish to insert or overwrite. I wish to do neither. I want to copy the selected section to Track 2 in the mix mode, but when I select Track 2, it pastes the entire 1-hour clip.

PIX

Ahh, that's because you're in the Mix room, while PIX's screenshots are from the Edit screen. Try it there and it should work as described.

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Quote Ahh, that's because you're in the Mix room, while PIX's screenshots are from the Edit screen. Try it there and it should work as described.

In the edit screen, copy & paste only adds the selected segment back into the existing file. I don't want to add it back into the existing file, I want to isolate the segment as a separate file and then pull it into another track in the mix room.

I followed these same procedures in the mix screen and that's where my problem comes. It does not paste the clipboard into the empty track, it just pastes the entire file.

I guess I could delete the whole file in the edit screen except for my clip, export/produce it as an mp3, and then reimport it. That seems kind of hokey.

Just to clarify, is what's shown in this screen capture what you're trying to do?



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Quote Just to clarify, is what's shown in this screen capture what you're trying to do?



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Yes. That's exactly what I do, but I don't get the same result. I get the entire track duplicated, not the segment I highlighted.

Thanks for the video. I don't know how to post a video, or I'd show you how it works for me and the reason I'm posting.

I appreciate your attempts to help me.

Quote I don't know how to post a video, or I'd show you how it works for me and the reason I'm posting

If you have a YouTube account, upload it there and make sure the visibility is set to either Public or Unlisted (NOT Private) then paste the link here directly or use the forum's video box to embed it like PIX did:

You can also upload it to a cloud folder like on Google Drive or OneDrive and paste a shareable link here so others can download it.

Hello again,

Don't worry. You're not going bonkers! I've just seen exactly what you're talking about:

I get the entire track duplicated, not the segment I highlighted.

In preparation for another screen capture, I fabricated a longer track by combing tracks/songs then produced that as a single audio file (~20mins in duration). That produced file was imported into ADR to replicate what you're doing.

When I attempted to select part of the track to move or copy/cut, ADR slected the whole track. i.e. the selected section wouldn't remain selected! I'm still investigating what causes that.

Perhaps a simpler option for you (until we get resolution) might be to split the track [Ctrl+T] betweem songs/pieces, then simply drag & drop to re-order your music.

Here's the track I constructed, using some downloaded pieces from Epidemic Sound (so please only use for testing).

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Quote

If you have a YouTube account, upload it there and make sure the visibility is set to either Public or Unlisted (NOT Private) then paste the link here directly or use the forum's video box to embed it like PIX did:



You can also upload it to a cloud folder like on Google Drive or OneDrive and paste a shareable link here so others can download it.

Thanks for the tip!

Quote Hello again,

Don't worry. You're not going bonkers! I've just seen exactly what you're talking about:

I get the entire track duplicated, not the segment I highlighted.

In preparation for another screen capture, I fabricated a longer track by combing tracks/songs then produced that as a single audio file (~20mins in duration). That produced file was imported into ADR to replicate what you're doing.

When I attempted to select part of the track to move or copy/cut, ADR slected the whole track. i.e. the selected section wouldn't remain selected! I'm still investigating what causes that.

Perhaps a simpler option for you (until we get resolution) might be to split the track [Ctrl+T] betweem songs/pieces, then simply drag & drop to re-order your music.

Here's the track I constructed, using some downloaded pieces from Epidemic Sound (so please only use for testing).

PIX

I'm relieved to find out I'm not going bonkers. I assumed ADR would have this capability because I do it all the time in PowerDirector.

Anyway, I'll use the work arounds for now. Thanks for bird-dogging this. I'll be interested to see if you're able to figure it out.

I'll also be interested to see whether I can figure it out! It hasn't happened thus far.

I wouldn't regard the split option as a workaround, myself. It seems to be a cleaner way to go about what you're trying to do. AND it does what you'd expect!

It's also so simple, even I could manage it



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Quote I'll also be interested to see whether I can figure it out! It hasn't happened thus far.

I wouldn't regard the split option as a workaround, myself. It seems to be a cleaner way to go about what you're trying to do. AND it does what you'd expect!

It's also so simple, even I could manage it



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You know, in reviewing this, I realized that I hadn't used the split function before. You're right. That's a really clean way to accomplish my goal. So I learned something new. Thanks again.

I am new to AD and I'm struggling a littel. What I want to do is cut out a section of a several tracks all together. I've tired highlighting all the tracks and hitting CTL-X or CTL-C and nothing happens. (see picture)

Exactly how do I remove a section from mutilple tracks at one time?

Quote Exactly how do I remove a section from mutilple tracks at one time?

As far as I can tell, AD will only allow you to use the Split tool (Ctrl+T) on one clip at a time, so there's no point in using the selection tool.

Instead place the timeline slider at the starting point, then click on each track and then on the Split tool (or hit Ctrl+T). Repeat those 2 steps all the way down then move the slider to the ending position and follow the same steps going back up (or starting over at the top) to split the ending locations.

Once they're all split you can hold the Ctrl key down while selecting the middle section of each track like this, then hit the Del key:



You can also click on each track and hit Del without selecting all of them at the same time.

Maybe someone else knows of an easier way to do this all in one sweep, otherwise you may want to let CL know you'd like to see that functionality by using File > Rate Us & Provide Suggestions...

Thank you that helps although compared to other audio software I've used it''s pretty clumbsy. I will send this suggestion to CL.

Hello RunnerDuck,

Welcome to the ADR forum

I'm late to the party, I'm afraid. I saw your question earlier, then started trying to find a way round it. The Split & Remove option optodata suggested was all I could come up with.

We're all agreed, I think, that it's a fairly clumsy option.

My delay in responding was partly preparing a screen capture to explain, & partly because both PDR & my PC were being uncooperative

This screen capture is superfluous now, as my colleague has explained it perfectly. but I'll post it anyway.



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I thought grouping tracks in the Mix module (see attached screenshot) may have allowed all tracks to be edited (as in cut/copy/paste) together, but (as far as I can tell) it only allows volume to be adjusted across all tracks.

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Yeah, I was also disappointed at the Group functionality