Todd Groemling Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) Please explain how to get Calkewalk to paste multiple copied clips in one track into a new location within the same track...every time. I select clips from multiple take lanes in one track, click Copy, then Click Paste and tell Cakewalk where to start the Paste location, measure-wise. But Calkewalk rarely gets it right. It's like Calkewalk is a person who can't hold multiple things in his arms, only a few. Therefore, what too often happens is Calkewalk just drops them in a fairly random place that is not off by, say, a measure or a tick, but way off. I've even tried grouping the clips and still Cakewalk screws up the paste. Making this even worse is sometimes Calkewalk mutes all of the original clips, so those don't even play in their original location until they are unmuted. Edited October 12, 2022 by Todd Groemling More context needed to be provided Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murat k. Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Click the Track Name before the Paste. It will focus the track and your Paste's always be in the right place. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Groemling Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 What I meant to say is the clips DO paste in the correct track, but not at the measure or time that I told Calkewalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baay Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Todd Groemling said: tell Cakewalk where to start the Paste location, measure-wise Are you intending to paste starting at the Now time or specifying some other time in the Paste Special dialog? Maybe post a screen capture video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 On my system, I paste multi track clips all the time. Every time they paste in the intended position (the NOW marker). I always have any Snap settings off as most of my pastes are not to the grid. Also , I make sure Ripple Edit is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Are you selecting the clips themselves or are you selecting a time range on the ruler when you copy the clips? A video would definitely help us understand what's going on, because if this was a common thing the forums would be melting down about it (I know I'd certainly be ranting about it, but I honestly can't say this happens for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Groemling Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 I am selecting the clips I want to copy, clicking Copy Special, then selecting Paste Special AND telling Cakewalk where I want the clips to start. Most of the time this works, but it doesn't work often enough to where I think there's a bug to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baay Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 8:39 AM, Todd Groemling said: Most of the time this works, but it doesn't work often enough to where I think there's a bug to fix. You're going to have to come up with a repeatable sequence of steps that demonstrates the issue in order for the Bakers to have any chance of fixing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I always have to stop and check: Am I at the right time and do I have the right track highlighted. Otherwise I got clips pasting all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Groemling Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 I really appreciate the feedback! I am cautiously optimistic my longstanding mystery and frustration truly is solved! I thought I was adhering to all the above suggestions and then some, but I still was not having success. However, by taking time away from pondering this issue and then returning with a calm mind to the collective comments, I was able to walk through my process, step by step. I now believe the way I have been selecting clips is the issue: I have being doing a click and drag over the area that has clips I want to copy, so I could 'snare' them, I had been using this method because I was often trying to move many clips, not just two or three. I was trying to ensure I didn't miss copying a clip. Regardless, this means I was unintentionally also selecting the empty space before the 1st clip starts and after the last clip ends. Cakewalk appears to 'collect' that additional, empty space, so that impacted the paste start time. See the dark gray area that begins and ends after the two selected clips. If this is the issue, wow, to me that is bizarre. Talk about dark matter! However, fortunately, I now am having success by not also selecting the empty space. Instead, I am doing a control click to select each clip I want to copy. Then, regardless of whether I use Paste Special, Control C or have the project at the Now Time., so far, each one of these past options now works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoo Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Right click drag only selects clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Groemling Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 Awesome! Thank you, Kevin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 1/20/2023 at 9:05 AM, Kevin Perry said: Right click drag only selects clips. Oh is right click drag marquee select ever your friend in Cakewalk! I spent my first year or so unaware of it, and dang were things clunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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