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For example, if you would like to merge clipboard
data into a section of a track, repeating it as many
times as necessary to fill the section, just make a
time range selection over the section and choose
Merge Repeat. Merge Repeat is convenient because
you don’t have to merge many times by hand.
Merge Repeat fills the selection for you,
automatically repeating the data as many times as
necessary.
MERGE REPEAT MULTIPLE
This variation of the Merge Repeat command can
be accessed by holding down the Option/Alt key
while accessing the Edit menu. Merge Repeat
Multiple allows you to merge data from a single
track into multiple tracks in a single operation. For
example, if you copied data from track A, and you
wish to merge repeat the data into tracks X, Y and
Z, select tracks X, Y and Z, hold down the Option/
Alt key, and choose Merge Repeat Multiple from the
Edit menu.
MERGE REPEAT TOGETHER
There is a third variation of the Merge Repeat
command: Merge Repeat Together. This command
‘merge repeats’ data on the clipboard from multiple
tracks into a single track in one operation. To use
this command, copy data from two or more tracks,
make a time range selection in a single track, and
then hold down the Option/Alt key while accessing
the Edit menu. If all of these conditions are met, the
Merge Repeat command turns into Merge Repeat
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OTHER MERGE COMMANDS
Several additional variations on the Merge
command can be found in the Commands window
(Figure 9-1 on page 95). If you search the
Commands list for the word Merge, you can find
them and assign your own custom keystrokes to
them. Included are Merge At Wiper, Merge At Wiper
Multiple, Merge At Original Time, and Merge At
Original Time Multiple.
SNIP
The Snip command removes data in the selected
region and places it on the Clipboard. The time
region containing the data is removed as well,
closing up the gap between the beginning and end
of the region: events at the End time are moved to
the Start time. The types of data snipped are
determined by the View Filter setting. The Snip
command is undoable.
The Snip command requires a time range selection
instead of an event selection. For a further
explanation, see “Edit operations that require time
range selection” on page 525.
SPLICE
The Splice command inserts data on the Clipboard
in the selected region, making a gap for the new
data and moving pre-existing data later in time to
make room for the new material. The event just
after the Start time moves forward the amount of
time of the region on the Clipboard. Thus, if a one-
measure section is copied to the Clipboard and
spliced at measure 3, the old events starting at
measure 3 shift to measure 4. The types of data
spliced from the Clipboard are determined by the
View Filter setting, as are the types shifted to make
room. The Splice command is undoable.
1 2 3 4 5
Track-1
Clipboard
Before measure 3 is snipped:
3
Clipboard
After measure 3 is snipped:
(Measures 4 & 5 are shifted to 3 & 4.)
1 234 5
Track-1