Edit clips
There’s no tool palette and no mode switching. The cursor adapts to where it is on a clip. Hover an edge to trim, a corner to fade, the center to select and move; ⌘-drag makes a time-range selection. The cursor icon changes before you click, so you always know what a drag will do.
One cursor, four zones
Start from a clip on the timeline; where you grab it decides the edit:
| Zone | What a drag does |
|---|---|
| Edge | Trim the clip boundary |
| Corner | Create or adjust a fade |
| Center | Click to select, drag to move |
| ⌘-drag | Time-range selection |
To trim, hover the edge until the cursor changes, then drag the boundary where you want it. To move a clip, drag from its center. To work on a span of time rather than whole clips, hold ⌘ and drag across the range.
Split a clip
- Put the playhead where the cut should land.
- Press ⌘T. The clip splits at the playhead.
The rest of the everyday edits are keystrokes too:
- Join clips: ⌘J
- Duplicate: ⇧⌘D
- Nudge: arrow keys; ⇧-arrows for larger steps
Snap
Toggle snap with N. Edits also snap to zero crossings and transients, so cuts land where they won’t click. Tab and ⇧Tab jump the playhead between transients, useful for parking the playhead exactly on a hit before you split.
Nothing is destroyed
Trim, split, normalize, reverse: every edit references the original audio; the source file is never modified, and everything is undoable. Zoom in far enough and the display is sample-accurate, so you can see exactly where an edit sits in the waveform.
Troubleshooting
- A cut clicks on playback: the edit landed mid-waveform, away from a zero crossing. Turn snap on (N): edits snap to zero crossings and transients, so cuts land where they won’t click.