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Editing a take

Select, cut, fade and level one recording on the Take page.

Where it is

The Take page (Alt+1) · the Edit and Clip menus

What you can do

  • Drag across the sound to select a stretch. Edits act on the selection on the active track.
  • Ctrl+I fades in across the selection and Ctrl+Shift+I fades out.
  • Delete removes the selection and leaves a gap. Shift+Delete removes it and closes the gap.
  • Ctrl+A selects everything. Ctrl+Shift+L normalizes the selection to −1 dBFS.
  • Trim to Selection keeps the selected part and removes the rest of the track's audio.
  • Ctrl+Z undoes an edit and Ctrl+Shift+Z redoes it. History, in the left panel, lists every step.

In this film

  1. The Take pageOne recording, large, for detailed edits
  2. Drag to selectThe selection is what edits act on
  3. Fade inCtrl+I · Ctrl+Shift+I fades out
  4. Delete a stretchSelect it and press Delete · Shift+Delete closes the gap
  5. Make it louderSelect all (Ctrl+A), then Normalize from the Edit menu
  6. Play it backSpace plays · Undo (Ctrl+Z) takes back any edit