How to automatically slide clip left when deleting a section?

Okay, I went into Preferences and assigned "Cut Special" to the letter "O".
 
Is there a way to get it to complete the cut special edit without the popup prompt requiring me to hit enter for each occurrence?

frankjccNEVER MIND I see you found it, I think pressing O and then enter will be as easy as you're going to get this.  You should be able to do the O enter sequence so fast that the dialog just blinks.(unless there is an unknown hinderance, forgive me if it is.) 

Yeah, thanks, it's becoming one step now, after a few dozen occurrences. This is the beauty of neuroplasticity --- how we can program our brains through repetition --- conditioning done purposefully!

+1 to a batch process that you can adjust threshold for. Then you can simply review tracks for content and ease the process.

As an aside, you mentioned track length, implying cost is based only on time and not word count? If so, another thing you can do is bounce the track so it is one clip then stretch-edit to shorten it (ctrl-drag the right edge, and bounce again). In general, people can understand 3 times as quickly as they speak, but don't go overboard with such if you choose this (can probably save 10-20% right there).

Brando
FWIW I've used Audacity's "truncate silence" feature to do this in one step (after some trial and error to get settings right)
http://manual.audacitytea...title=Truncate_Silence

That's a very cool option as well. A better option, in fact, if I can get it to process how I need it to. Would save a LOT of time. Worth playing with, thanks!

I am not at the console, but I thought there was a "remove silence" edit available.
 
EDIT: Never mind.  It does not delete the hole.

Please help as this is how I have always done it, but now Sonar is not pulling every thing left, meaning all the way to the beginning of the selection. It only deletes to the amount of the clip selected. If there is blank space to the left of the clip, it does not delete to the beginning of the selection. Only to the beginning of the clip. Something's changed in Lexington release.
 
Any helpful insight as to any settings that will rectify this is very much appreciated. Thanks (see images below).
 
Wally
 

 

 

Chamlin,
Yes. I've been doing long-form audio editing since around 2001 using Cakewalk products exclusively. I cut while listening Sometimes there are blank spaces between where I've recorded the VO artist and picked it back up again. Ripple deleting FROM - TO, whether or not there was any clip there or not, always worked properly. I can drag as well, but it slows my workflow as well.
Anyway, I've submitted to tech support.
On a good note, when selecting a clip, then using Edit|Select|thru=end (Alt+Shift+F6), the actual clips in the track are selected and not just the time.

Wally, as I read your first post, I'm having a hard time clearly understanding what's happening and want to make sure it's clear for all of us.
 
Would you be willing to rewrite it for greater clarity?

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who has clips scattered around his projects and not one big long clip(s) on each track.
1) Put two clips on a track with empty space between.
2) Select a portion of the track that includes a portion of the clip on the left, but none of the clip on the right.
3) Cut Special and in the dialog box, select everything BUT "Shift by Whole Measures"
4) Click OK.
Works as expected. Deletes the hole and moves the clip on the right over to the left.
NOW, with the same two clips...
1) Select a portion of the track that includes a portion of the clip on the RIGHT, but none of the clip on the left.
2) Cut Special and in the dialog box, select everything BUT "Shift by Whole Measures"
4) Click OK.
DOES NOT work as expected. Deletes the beginning of the clip on the right that you've selected, but does not move the clip over. Only truncates the clip.
NOW, do the same thing with two or more tracks selected, but with only track one being the selection to be deleted and you will see that any clips to the right in track 2 (in either scenario) WILL NOT shift to the left.
 
Is this clear? I hope it is to tech support. I am wondering if this happens to anyone else.
 

What if prior to doing your deletions you bounced the track to another track and did your editing there? That would cause data to be present even in the silence (in other words, no clips at that point - it's all one long clip). Then, you would always be selecting part of the track with data. 
 
I realize it's more work, but if doing it makes it so that the cutting and deleting the whole works, it might help until you find a different tool or workflow that is better.

Have you tried grouping all the tracks before you cut?  I agree that this inconsistency is something the bakers should correct, but in the mean time, anything that can get you back on track might be helpful.

Still buggy.