Very basic question - how do you insert a new clip BEFORE the beginning of your existing clips

[Mike Ryko]

This is probably ridiculously dumb but I'm new to this!
I have an hour of spoken conversation for a podcast chopped up into dozens of little clips (chopped up to remove all the "ums" and "ahs" etc), plus other little clips of music and so on.

I now want to add an intro at the beginning (i.e. before zero on the Timebar) but can't see a way to do this. The only alternative is to shift all of these dozens of clips along which will take ages and I've spent hours getting them all just right.

I suppose a supplementary question to this is - is there a way to connect all of the clips together so that they can all be dragged as one thing. As I say, I have clips across three or four tracks so moving them all individually seems crazy.

Thank you for your patience!

[Watchful]

This is one of the more confusing operations in Waveform given how frequently people need to do things like this, how many steps are required, and how poorly documented it is. So bear with me, as I'm typing this from memory.

1. Estimate how many measures your intro clip will be (let's say 1 measure)
2. Place an in marker at beat 0--very first position you can on the time line. [Put your cursor over it and press i (for in).]
3. Place an out marker at the first measure--or however many measures your clip is. [Put your cursor over the 1st measure area and press o (for out).
4. Select every track that has to shift over: shift-click the first track and click the last track to select them all top-to-bottom.
5. From the properties window (the useful menu across the bottom) look for "Insert measures" or something like that. Waveform will shift all selected tracks over by the amount of measures you have between in and out.

Notes:

1. You don't have to do full measures: wherever you set the in and out markers works.
2. You don't need to do this only at the beginning: you can insert space anywhere in the project.
3. Doesn't have to be measures: you're likely using an HH:MM:SS timeline, so you can place in and out markers there, too.
4. You don't need to select EVERY track: just those you want to shift over. If you have temp tracks or muted tracks with placeholder clips or whatever, you can skip those. Only select tracks you want to shift.

[pough]

If you want more space at the beginning, put the cursor at the beginning, right-click the ruler at the top and choose "Insert time". It can be either bars/beats or time.

Also, you can select one clip and press Ctrl A to select all clips, then you can drag them all at once.

[Watchful]

Well, that's new. And undocumented! I have tried in the past to do the right-click thing and it wasn't an option. Nice shortcut.

[operandx]

Well, that's new. And undocumented! I have tried in the past to do the right-click thing and it wasn't an option. Nice shortcut.

It's not new, but yes documentation is always an issue with such a small outfit. There have been attempts at a community Wiki in the past but I think these fizzled out. Having said that, the user base is much greater now since the free version so maybe that's a possibility if someone has the time and inclination to organise.

[saint_william]

Using ripple edit a means to an end

- copy a clip - paste it at the very beginning with ripple edit turned on
-
delete that new clip RE turned off.

( this is how I do in reaper with out doodling around with functions I’m ot familiar with yet. It’s hack. But it works

[operandx]

Sorry duplicate

[operandx]

Using ripple edit a means to an end

- copy a clip - paste it at the very beginning with ripple edit turned on
-
delete that new clip RE turned off.

( this is how I do in reaper with out doodling around with functions I’m ot familiar with yet. It’s hack. But it works

Well, yes you could do this in WF by using Paste Insering menu option but really, it's easier to use the Insert Time at cursor option from Timeline right click menu.

[Mike Ryko]

Pough, thank you so much! That was exactly what I was looking for. You star!