3 title: Common Region Edit Operations
4 menu_title: Region Editing
8 This section covers a set of <dfn>region editing operations</dfn>
9 that you are likely to use often while working on a session.
10 Depending on your work habits (and experience of other
11 <abbr title="Digital Audio Workstation">DAW</abbr>s) you will find
12 some of these operations critical while others are used only rarely.
15 You can carry out all of these operations from the keyboard (see
16 <a href="/default-keyboard-bindings">Default Keyboard Shortcuts</a>
17 for a list). Equivalent operations can be performed with the mouse
21 You may want to review your understanding of
22 <a href="/editing-and-arranging/the-edit-point">the edit point/range</a> and
23 <a href="/editing-and-arranging/which-regions-are-affected">which regions will be affected by region operations</a>.
25 <dl class="wide-table">
26 <dt><kbd class="menu">Spot (Align)</kbd></dt>
27 <dd>Move selected regions to the edit point.</dd>
28 <dt><kbd class="menu">Split</kbd></dt>
29 <dd>Split selected regions at the edit point.</dd>
30 <dt><kbd class="menu">Trim Start</kbd></dt>
31 <dd>Adjust the start of selected regions to the edit point (or as close as
33 <dt><kbd class="menu">Trim End</kbd></dt>
34 <dd>Adjust the end of selected regions to the edit point (or as close as
36 <dt><kbd class="menu">Duplicate</kbd></dt>
37 <dd>Make a copy of each selected region and position it immediately after the
39 <dt><kbd class="menu">Crop</kbd></dt>
40 <dd>Truncate selected regions to the edit range.</dd>
41 <dt><kbd class="menu">Separate</kbd></dt>
42 <dd>Split selected regions at both ends of the edit range.</dd>
43 <dt><kbd class="menu">Set Fade In</kbd></dt>
44 <dd>Adjust selected audio regions' fade in to end at the edit point.</dd>
45 <dt><kbd class="menu">Set Fade Out</kbd></dt>
46 <dd>Adjust selected audio regions' fade out to end at the edit point.</dd>
47 <dt><kbd class="menu">Toggle Fade In</kbd></dt>
48 <dd>Turn selected audio regions' fade in on or off.</dd>
49 <dt><kbd class="menu">Toggle Fade Out</kbd></dt>
50 <dd>Turn selected audio regions' fade out on or off.</dd>
51 <dt><kbd class="menu">Play Region</kbd></dt>
52 <dd>Play session from the start of the earliest selected region.</dd>
53 <dt><kbd class="menu">Zoom To Region</kbd></dt>
54 <dd>Zoom horizontally so that the selected regions span the editor track
56 <dt><kbd class="menu">Set Sync Point</kbd></dt>
57 <dd>Set the sync point of all selected regions to the edit point.</dd>
58 <dt><kbd class="menu">Insert</kbd></dt>
59 <dd>Inserts the currently selected regions in the Region List at the edit