Identical editing of 2 snare tracks

Cubase
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I’m about to start editing drums that were sent to me in multiple WAV files.
A couple of snare beats need repairing via copy and paste. The snare consists of 2 files: top mic and bottom mic on 2 separate tracks. Both would need to be pasted to identical positions.
If it was a single snare then I would probably use the Copy and Paste function in the Sample Editor, but I’m not sure the best way to copy and paste 2 separate files with absolute precision.
What would be the best procedure here?

CB pro 10.5

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Hi,

You can move both tracks to the Folder, then you can do the Copy & Paste tasks on the Folder level. Both (all) children of the folder will follow.

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Thanks for your reply Martin.
When you say “move both tracks to the Folder”, what folder do you mean? Do you mean create a folder in project window and drop snares into it? I have tried that, but couldn’t find a way to edit simultaneously. Could you elaborate?

I can select both tracks and open them both in Sample Editor. I can see both samples when “Show all selected audio events” is activated, but I’m still unable to edit both simultaneously. Activating/deactivating “Edit active audio event only” doesn’t seem to do anything.
I have really tried to research this, but there seems to be nothing online that describes what I’m trying to achieve.
I know that I can select both events, use the split tool and copy the snares, and paste them. That somehow feels inelegant and “wrong”. Perhaps that is the only way.

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Hi,

Yes, I mean this.

Cut it in the Project window. Cut the Folder event, not the Audio events. This would cut all children.

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Thanks Martin,
I understand that editing a folder in the project window edits everything within it. I can also select the 2 tracks and edit them simultaneously, but for some reason I had it in my head that this kind of editing is better done in Sample Editor and was looking for a way to edit the 2 tracks there. I guess I’m wrong :disappointed:
Thanks again Martin. Much appreciated