Cutting, copying, and pasting events

Just like a word processor for audio and video, VEGAS Pro will allow you to cut events, copy events, and paste them into new places.

TIP When the Cut, copy, and delete grouped events checkbox on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog is selected, cutting, copying, or deleting an event will affect all events in the same group. If you need to edit a single event, you can choose Ignore Event Grouping from the Options menu to temporarily ignore grouping. For more information, see Editing Tab

Cutting events

Select the events you want to remove and click the Cut button (or press Ctrl+X). The selected events are removed from the track and placed on the clipboard.

TIP From the Edit menu, choose Group, and choose Cut All from the submenu. The selected events and any events that are grouped with the selected events are cut to the clipboard.

If you want to shuffle existing events to fill the space left by cut events when using a time selection, use post-edit ripple mode. For more information, see Post-edit ripple

Cutting a time selection

If you cut a time selection, events across all tracks are removed from the timeline and placed on the clipboard. Events that extend beyond the time selection are split at each end of the time selection:

Time selection	Clipboard	Events after cut	Events after cut (ripple mode)

Cutting selected events within a time selection

If you cut selected events within a time selection, the selected events are removed from the timeline and placed on the clipboard. Selected events that extend beyond the time selection are split at each end of the time selection:

Time/event selection	Clipboard	Events after cut	Events after cut (ripple mode)

Copying events

Select the events you want and click the Copy button or choose Edit | Copy (or press Ctrl+C). This selected events are copied to the clipboard. You may now paste the events anywhere in the project.

Copying a time selection

If you copy a time selection, the portions of events that are within the selection (across all tracks) are placed on the clipboard:

Time selection	Clipboard

Copying selected events within a time selection

If you copy selected events within a time selection, the portions of selected events that are within the time selection are placed on the clipboard:

Time/event selection	Clipboard

Pasting events

Position the cursor and click the Paste button or choose Edit | Paste (or press Ctrl+V). Events from the clipboard are inserted at the cursor position.

Pasted events will sit on top of other events in the track if they overlap. To make space for pasted events, you can use Paste Insert or use post-edit ripple mode. For more information, see Post-edit ripple

Pasting the contents of the clipboard multiple times

From the Edit menu, choose Paste Repeat (or press Ctrl+B) to insert events from the clipboard multiple times at the current cursor position. You may also specify the time increments for which you want the events to be spaced.

1. Copy events to the clipboard.

2. Position your cursor where you want to begin pasting the events.

3. From the Edit menu, choose Paste Repeat. The Paste Repeat dialog box appears.

4. In the Number of times to paste box, enter the number of times you want to paste the event.

5. Select your options and specify the settings if applicable:

   • End to End – Pastes the events one after another with no space between.

   • Even Spacing – Pastes the events with the time increments specified in the Paste every controls between the starting points of the pasted events.

     If the Paste every setting is shorter than the clipboard contents, the pasted events will overlap.

Pasting insert events

To insert the contents of the clipboard at the current cursor position and force existing events to move in time to accommodate the pasted events, choose Paste Insert from the Edit menu (or press Ctrl+Shift+V).

NOTE If the cursor is in the middle of an event, the event will be split at the cursor position when the new events are pasted.