Dumb question about split clip at cursor

When in a montage, if I use split clip at cursor to make 2 clips, how can I easily rejoin them later if I decide I no longer want them as 2 clips (obviously assuming I don’t modify them so the edit/split point doesn’t change between the 2 clips)

Thanks!

I thought Auto Split retains the original file.


I also do not see split at cursor, maybe you have to be working with a marker.
Anyway, with the 2 split clips, you can add a generic marker to the end of the first clip and then copy and paste the second clip at the generic marker or by pressing the End button.

Sorry my mistake: I specifically mean split clips in a montage


It may be better to work with markers (Create a marker and press S) in this case where you have reference of your split point. Also disable auto fade in Montage.

If this was the last command, of course use Undo.
Else, the only way is to delete the right clip and extend the right edge of the remaining clip, so as to recover the original clip.

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Thanks PG,

I have done that, but it can be annoying if for example I’ve done a tricky fade on the end of the clip which I then have to redo.

If the underlying audio remains contiguous, it ought to be straightforward to just heal the split that is created ?

Yes, this feature is requested from time to time.

You can also do it the other way round: you keep the right clip and extend its left edge to the left.

I am unable to understand what is “underlying audio bring contigious”

It means as if a cut was made in a file, (or a piece of tape) but neither edge is changed or moved.
So that means if you place the 2 pieces back together, there is no difference to the previous uncut file (or piece of magnetic tape to keep the analogy)

Pro Tools has a nice feature to “Heal Separation” if an audio clip is split but nothing is moved.

It would be nice if WaveLab had this. Deleting one of the two parts and extending the edge is a workaround, but it can be dangerous if Ripple Mode is enabled, and then you may have to carefully redo an ending placement and/or fade.

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That’s exactly the feature I would like in WL.

I work nearly all the time in track ripple mode, so yes, I have had that bite me in the past!

Test Sine Wave.zip (366.5 KB)
I opened this sine wave on a montage, I placed a random marker, and I cut at the marker, after moving the other half to the right and bringing it back, i do not hear any click. I am unable to record system audio with sniping tool.


Default Fade And yes, it is obvious when you playback the cut edges separated from the file, there are clicks.

This … heal separation … is one of the features I regularly ‘miss’ in Sequo*a actually.

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My workaround is to ‘Bounce’ the clip. The upside is that it “removes” the split. The downside is that it creates a new audio file, so file organization is critical. Not exactly the same as ‘Heal Separation’ in Pro Tools but it’s the closest thing to it that I’ve found.

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