Selecting Audio

You can select the entire length of all tracks on screen with the hotkey (or  on a Mac). If you have a number of different tracks on screen you can select the entire length of one of those tracks by clicking on the Track Control Panel of that track (where the mute/solo buttons are). To select the entire length of other specific tracks at the same time, hold down SHIFT while clicking in the Track Control Panels of the other tracks you want to select.

You can select part of any track by:
 * clicking in the track and dragging to left or right with your mouse.
 * holding down SHIFT with the left or right arrow keys.
 * clicking in the track where you want to start your selection, then hold SHIFT while clicking in the track at the point where you want to end your selection.

The same selection area can be placed in other tracks on screen by holding down SHIFT whilst clicking on the Track Control Panels of the other tracks.

To create a series of one-at-a-time selections through a track without any gaps or overlaps between them, you can "leapfrog" the selection by clicking on the left end and dragging it past the right end. The right end stays fixed and thus becomes the new left end of the selection. Similarly, you can create selections backwards through a track by grabbing the right edge of the selection and dragging it past the left one.

There are also some shortcuts and menu commands to create a selection from the cursor point to the start or end points of the project or tracks.


 * creates a selection area from time zero in the project (on the timeline above the waveform) to the cursor point.
 * creates a selection area from the cursor point to the end of the project.
 * creates a selection area in the selected tracks from the start of the leftmost audio track to the cursor point. The start of an audio track (the point where its blue waveform begins) does not have to be time zero. The track can be shifted left or right using the Time Shift tool <---> (hotkey ) in the.
 * creates a selection area in the selected tracks from the cursor point to the end of the rightmost audio track.

The and  hotkeys can be changed on the  at "Selection to Start" and "Selection to End" respectively. The Start to Cursor and Cursor to End menu items can be allocated to hotkeys on the same tab.

Finally, selection areas can be saved and recalled. One selection area at a time can be saved with the command and recalled with. The selection area is restored in all the tracks that are currently selected.