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The Region List can quickly fill up with
auto-created regions. From the Region List
pop-up menu, deselect Show > Auto-Created
to hide all auto-created regions in the Re-
gion List.
Separating Multiple Tracks
Figure 13 illustrates a separation across three
mono audio tracks and one stereo track. For
some tracks, the selection resides within a re-
gion, while others reside at the start or end of a
region.
Figure 13. Separating across multiple tracks
Once separated, this material can be moved or
copied to another location.
Separation Grabber Tool
You can use the Separation Grabber tool to auto-
matically separate an Edit selection and move it
to another location or another track.
To separate a selection with the Separation
Grabber tool:
With the Selector tool, drag to select the ma-
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terial for the new region or regions. The selec-
tion can reside within a single region, across
adjacent regions within the same track, or across
multiple tracks.
From the Grabber tools pop-up menu, choose
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the Separation Grabber tool.
Separation Grabber tool
Drag the selection to the new location, or to
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another track.
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Dragging later in track with Separation Grabber tool
A new region (or regions) containing the previ-
ous selection is created, separate from the origi-
nal selection. New regions are also created from
the material outside the original selection.
Chapter 17: Working with Regions and Selections
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