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The Audio Montage
By importing files
1. In the Track View, click in the track on which you want
to put the clip, at the desired position.
This sets the Montage cursor position (as indicated by the vertical line)
and selects the track (as indicated by the highlighted Track Control area
to the left).
2. Right-click in an empty area on the track and select
“Insert file(s)…” from the pop-up menu that appears.
A regular file dialog appears. You can also open this from the Files view :
File menu.
3. Locate and select the file(s) you want to import, and
click Open.
Depending on whether you have selected one or several files, the Insert
options pop-up or the Insert audio files dialog will appear (see “The In-
sert options” on page 142). The new clips are then added, ordered ac-
cording to your settings.
The two clips shown in the picture above have been imported. The first
clip has been positioned at the Montage cursor. Note the default pre-
gap time inserted between the first and the second clip.
By copying clips from another Montage
If you have more than one Montage open, you can copy
clips from one Montage to another. This can be done ei-
ther by using drag and drop (from the clip list or the Track
View) or by using Copy and Paste. You can also use this
method to copy clips within the same Montage.
By dragging clips from the Clips view
You can add clips (that are already used in the Montage)
by using drag and drop from the clip list in the Clips view.
The Insert options
Single clip
When you add a single clip to the Montage (by pasting,
importing from disk or using drag and drop), a pop-up
menu appears. By selecting one of the menu items, you
specify how the clip should be inserted, whether existing
clips should be affected or not, etc.
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When dragging or selecting clips in the Track View,
you need to click at the appropriate mouse zone, as
explained in the section “About the mouse zones
(audio tracks only)” on page 151.
Option Description
Add/Mix The clip is inserted without affecting any clips
that already exist on the destination track. The
exception is if an inserted audio clip partially
overlaps another audio clip, in which case a
crossfade is created in the overlapping zone
(see “Using crossfades” on page 172).
Add/Mix & bind
right Clips (track)
When the clip is inserted, all clips to the right of
it (on the same track) are moved to the right, to
“make room” for the inserted clip.
Add/Mix & bind
right Clips (global)
When the clip is inserted, all clips to the right of
it (on all tracks) are moved to the right, to “make
room” for the inserted clip.
Split/Insert This option is only available if the insertion point
is within an existing clip (audio tracks only).
When the clip is inserted, the existing clip is
split and the right section is moved to the right
to make room for the inserted clip. Other clips
are not affected.
Split/Insert & bind
right Clips (track)
As Split/Insert, but other clips to the right on
the same track are also moved accordingly (au-
dio tracks only).
Split/Insert & bind
right Clips (global)
As Split/Insert, but other clips to the right on all
tracks are also moved accordingly (audio tracks
only).