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Ripple delete can be a very handy process for audio editing as well as video editing.
In your DAW, if you use “regular” delete when deleting a piece of audio on one track, it will delete that piece and leave all other tracks and pieces alone.
But if you use “ripple” delete when deleting a piece of audio on one track, all the other tracks will also be deleted over that particular time selection. Essentially, it deletes all track audio for the time selection, and all media to the right is slid left so there ends up being no gap or “dead space.” This is usually the best way to go if you are doing detailed editing in your DAW.
“I believe it’s named ‘Ripple’ because it causes a ripple change effect down the line.” – from Rock Stone on TechSmith.
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I use Ripple Delete All a lot in Audition.
The non-destructive editing in Multi-track means that I can tidy up a section of a recording, move all the elements together and then trim off the blank space across all tracks. This keeps any cross talk (where you want to keep it) in the right places.
Of course, if you are too tight with the edits, you can always backtrack and adjust the edit point.
I use Audition, and I’m certainly not an expert with it, but after ripple deleting several pieces of the audio, is there a way to “mend” the breaks or some of the breaks so that you can move the complete track or portions of it all at once?
Yes, I’m not sure how to do it in Audition, but in Reaper it’s a command called “Glue Items.” Poke around for something similar in Audition 😉
@Barry Gary re: Audition –>
For clips located on the same track – use “Merge Clips” , available from Contextual Menu or with shortcut ⌥ + ⌘ + J. Of course you’ll first need to select all targeted clips. You can convert merged clips to a “Unique Copy” (⌥ + ⌘ + C). For clips located on discrete tracks – look into Grouping. Defined Groups may be “Suspended” if necessary.
-paul.
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Thanks Paul!
I recently discovered that this was available on StudioOne 4 daw. Such a time saver!