Edit Menu: Clip Boundaries

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Items in the Clip Boundaries  cascading Edit menu let you create or remove separate clips in the audio track.
The Edit Menu provides standard edit commands (Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete) plus many other commands specific to editing audio or labelsSelect Menu has commands that enable you make selections of tracks or parts of the tracks in your projectView Menu has commands that determine the amount of detail you see in all the tracks in the project window. It also lets you show or hide Toolbars and some additional windows such as Undo HistoryTransport Menu commands let you play or stop, loop play, scrub play or record (including timed and sound activated recordings)Tracks Menu provides commands for creating and removing tracks, applying operations to selected tracks such as mixing, resampling or converting from stereo to mono, and lets you add or edit labelsGenerate Menu lets you create audio containing tones, noise or silenceAudacity includes many built-in effects and also lets you use a wide range of plug-in effectsThe Analyze Menu contains tools for finding out about the characteristics of your audio, or labeling key featureThe Tools Menu contains customisable toolsThe Extra menu provides access to additional Commands that are not available in the normal default Audacity menusThe Help Menu lets you find out more about the Audacity application and how to use it. It also includes some diagnostic tools.Undoes the most recent editing actionRedoes the most recently undone editing actionRemoves the selected audio data and/or labels and places these on the Audacity clipboardRemoves the selected audio data and/or labels without copying these to the Audacity clipboardCopies the selected audio data to the Audacity clipboard without removing it from the projectInserts whatever is on the Audacity clipboard at the position of the selection cursor in the project, replacing whatever audio data is currently selected, if anyCreates a new track containing only the current selection as a new clipFor more "advanced" removal of audioCreate or remove separate clips in the audio trackThese commands are to add and edit labelsLabeled Audio commands apply standard Edit Menu commands to the audio of one or more regions that are labeledThe Metadata Editor modifies information about a track, such as the artist and genrePreferences let you change most of the default behaviors and settings of AudacitySplits the current clip into two clips at the cursor point, or into three clips at the selection boundariesDoes a Split Cut on the current selection in the current track, then creates a new track and pastes the selection into the new trackIf you select an area that overlaps one or more clips, they are all joined into one large clipIn a selection region that includes absolute silences, creates individual non-silent clips between the regions of silenceThe MenusEdit-Clip BoundariesMenu.png
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Mac users: Ctrl = ⌘ and Alt = Option. So, for example, Ctrl + Alt + J = ⌘ + Option + J

Split  Ctrl + I

Splits the current clip into up to three clips at the selection boundaries. The audio before, within, and after the selection can now all be shifted independently

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Split New  Ctrl+ Alt + I   Extra

Does a Split Cut on the current selection in the current track, then creates a new track and pastes the selection into the new track.

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Join  Ctrl + J   Extra

If you select an area that overlaps one or more clips, they are all joined into one large clip. Regions in-between clips become silence.

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Detach at Silences Ctrl + Alt + J   Extra

In a selection region that includes absolute silence and other audio, creates individual non-silent clips between the regions of silence. The silence in the selection becomes blank space between the clips.

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If the selection is entirely silence, it becomes blank space between the audio either side of the selection.


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