MACKIE HDR 24/96 - Manual (Page 50)

HD24/96 Technical Reference 50
clipboard along with areas of recorded audio. If pasted elsewhere, the pasted section will
include the blank space.
The Copy command is accessible from the pulldown Edit menu at the top of the GUI
screen, or by clicking on the COPY button on the Tools panel. The keyboard shortcut is
Ctrl-C.
Paste
Paste places the current contents of the clipboard onto the selected track, beginning at the
Current Time. When multiple regions are pasted in, the relative time between the regions
remains intact, with the start of the leftmost (earliest) region being pasted falling on the
Current Time line. Splice (page 50) and Crossfade (page 53) functions are key interactive
parts of the Paste operation.
The Paste command is accessible from the pulldown Edit menu at the top of the GUI
screen, or by clicking on the PASTE button on the Tools panel. The keyboard shortcut is
Ctrl-V.
Paste Repeat
The Paste Repeat operation is used in a similar fashion to the Loop region (page 57). It
works in the same fashion as Paste except that the Paste operation is repeated
automatically for a specified number of times, and at a specified interval. The Paste Repeat
function can include multiple regions and silent space in between regions, whereas the
Loop Region operates on one region only. The default Paste Repeat interval is the length of
the selection so that the pasted regions are placed end-to-end, but this can be edited from
the Paste Repeat dialog box.
Splice Mode
The SPLICE button, located near the center of the Tools panel, affects how cut and paste
operations are performed. It’s analogous to tape splicing, hence its name. If Splice is
turned OFF, cutting a selection out of a region leaves a hole, perhaps to be filled by an
equivalent part from an alternate take. If Splice is turned ON, the two sections on either side
of the cut are automatically joined together by the Cut operation. The earlier portion of the
cut region stays put. The later portion of the region (including everything to the right, even if
there are several regions) slides forward in time to join it.
When Pasting, if Splice is OFF, the pasted-in section is simply plopped down on top of the
existing region, replacing what was there. If Splice is ON, the region is divided at the point
where the section is pasted-in, and the right-hand portion slides over to make room for the
pasted-in piece.
With Splice OFF, when multiple regions with a gap (no audio) between them are pasted to
another track together, only sections where there is recorded audio will overwrite what’s
existing on the track. In other words, audio existing on the pasted-to track will be audible in
the gaps between the newly pasted regions. If Splice is ON, gaps in the pasted-in regions
will remain. This is consistent with the above, since the original track moves out of the way
to make room for the spliced-in section, leaving a space with no audio to poke through the
holes.
NOTE: Splice only works with clipboard (cut and paste) operations. It doesn’t apply when
dragging a region to a new location with the hand tool.