Clips examples

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An example of creating clips, and how they can be expanded.
Advice The images on this page have RMS display turned on, the light color in the center of the waveform.
:A selection in a clip
SmartClip 01a.png


After Edit > Audio Clips > Split (note: the clips have been renamed for clarity)
SmartClip 02a.png


Clip "C2" can be dragged into a new audio track and then split into three clips (note: the clips have been renamed for clarity)
SmartClip 03.png

Note the double-headed arrow cursor to the right of clip "C2c" indicating that it can be expanded


After expanding clip "C2c"
SmartClip 04.png

When a new clip is created from an existing clip, the new clip contains all the audio contained in the clip it was created from


Clip "C2b" can be dragged into a new audio track
SmartClip 05.png


Clip "C2b" (now in the third audio track) can be expanded both left and right.
SmartClip 06.png
Note that clip "C2b" contains not only the visible audio in clip "C2", but all the audio in the original clip.