How do you move audio clips from one track to another

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2016/02/06 18:50:23 (permalink)

How do you move audio clips from one track to another

Probably One of the dumbest Questions Ive every asked, but I used to hold shift key down and drag audio clips from one track to another track.  However now, clips will not will move from the track they were recorded on... it's like they are attached.  I cant even cut n paste them to another track..
 
Ive wasted 45 minutes trying to do a 4 second task ... can anyone help?
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    Bristol_Jonesey
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/06 19:09:42 (permalink)
    Shift & drag has always worked for me and still does.
     
    Are you sure the clips aren't locked?

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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/06 19:10:44 (permalink)
    I was wondering the same thing... I didnt lock them so I dont know how to unlock them if thats the case...
     
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/06 19:35:48 (permalink)
    Are you moving the cursor over the track until it looks like a cross or plus sign?
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/06 20:05:00 (permalink)
    I determined they are not locked, and I do wait until the cursor turns to a cross.  I finally figured out a work around, cut special and paste special.... I am not feeling all that special right now doing it.  If there's a one in a million weird problem... I'll find it every time...  thanks for your help
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/06 20:08:08 (permalink)
    That's very weird indeed. Hopefully scook or Craig will come to save the day. I hope you get it figured out.
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/06 20:16:56 (permalink)
    Me too ... I never had this issue before either until about a month or so ago...
     
    Speaking of weird problems, I also use Spitfie Audio and 8DIO sounds in Kontakt.  These are not cheap fly by night programs... but it does this really weird thing every third or fourth session, where you record a track, but when you play it back its almost inaudible.  Ive tried a gazzilion different things to fix the problem all to no avail.  I used to think it was an 8DIO problem until Spitfire audio started doing the same thing.  No one on the planet has ever heard of this issue either.  The only work around is to reboot the instrument after every take... so I record with Kontakt strings and change to the other programs for playback.  The only fix anyone has offered is switch to Mac...   
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/06 20:41:06 (permalink)
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    Speaking of weird problems, I also use Spitfie Audio and 8DIO sounds in Kontakt.  These are not cheap fly by night programs... but it does this really weird thing every third or fourth session, where you record a track, but when you play it back its almost inaudible.  Ive tried a gazzilion different things to fix the problem all to no avail.  I used to think it was an 8DIO problem until Spitfire audio started doing the same thing.  No one on the planet has ever heard of this issue either.  The only work around is to reboot the instrument after every take... so I record with Kontakt strings and change to the other programs for playback.  The only fix anyone has offered is switch to Mac...   


     
    Try unchecking " Zero all controllers when payback stops" under preferences/project/midi (with a project open). I have a couple of kontakt sounds that use  expression controllers and with this checked the volume reduces drastically as soon as you stop playback. This would mean that the sound would be fine whilst you are recording, but as soon as you stop recording and try to play back the track, the volume of the sound would be reduced.
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/06 21:05:05 (permalink)
    i "think" I already tried that but I am so desperate to resolve this issue I will check it out again.  Thank you for responding... I just dread the thought of switching to Mac so I'll do about anything to resolve this issue
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/07 00:18:46 (permalink)
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    Thank you for responding... I just dread the thought of switching to Mac so I'll do about anything to resolve this issue




    Haha - a bit soon to make that kind of radical jump! I am sure the people here can help you fix your problems with a bit of patience and learning:)

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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/07 01:01:44 (permalink)
    Note that unchecking zero all controllers is a per project setting. If you start a new project (unless using a template in which you have already unchecked it) or load a project that was previously saved with it checked, you will need to uncheck it and resave the project in order for it to stick.

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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/07 05:44:17 (permalink)
    Also make sure the edit filter on the track you're dragging from  is set to Clips and nothing else

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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/07 07:46:49 (permalink)
    Do you have an audio clip in a MIDI track?
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/07 09:28:08 (permalink)
    Shouldn't make any difference - I can freely drag/copy midi or audio to any other track

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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/07 10:11:17 (permalink)
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    Probably One of the dumbest Questions Ive every asked, but I used to hold shift key down and drag audio clips from one track to another track.  However now, clips will not will move from the track they were recorded on... it's like they are attached.  I cant even cut n paste them to another track..



     
    I had the identical problem yesterday. i wanted to copy a number of bars from the beginning of a track to later. The ONLY thing that worked was copy & paste special.
     
    I also appears that drag-copy (from track to track) does not include automation, or at least it was not obvious to me how to include automation.
     
    Approach: I now use a "temp" track that I first copy-drag to, then move on the temp-track, and then copy-drag back. This, however, does not include automation.

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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/07 10:38:11 (permalink)
    Correct.
     
    To include automation you must use Copy/Cut Special

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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/02/07 14:52:08 (permalink)
    To include automation with drag-copy, check:
    Track View - Options - "Select Track Envelopes with Clips".
     
     

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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/03/10 00:50:45 (permalink)
    Tenfoot I think I owe you big time... I unchecked zero controllers and it "appears" to have resolved the issue.  I wanted to try it several times before saying for sure, but after a dozen or more takes putting on string tracks it never once did the weird volume thing after doing that. 
     
    Thank you so much.... I have to admit I have no idea why that setting would default to being checked... not even sure what it is for, but glad it's gone... by the way none of the vendors including Cakewalk were able to resolve this issue.... thank you soooo much
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    Re: How do you move audio clips from one track to another 2016/03/10 05:17:38 (permalink)
    Very glad you have it sorted!  
    It is quite an old setting,  the point of which was to ensure that if you stop a project and restart it from a different location  you don't end up with controllers like sustain pedals,  modulation  etc stuck on.  Unfortunately with the myriad of different ways that vst plugins now utilise controllers it has become a bit of a liability. 

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