Editing

Editing audio in Wave Editor is very similar to editing text in a word processor. Making selections, cut, copy, paste and drag are all familiar commands and behave as expected. Selections adhere to all "Snap To" settings including Labels, Zero Cross, SmartEdits and more. To modify Snap To settings, choose Edit > Snap To.

Wave Editor is fully channel-independent. You can cut/copy from or paste to a single channel of a multi-channel audio file.

You can drag a selection to another area in the document or to another file. Wave Editor converts the dragged audio data to match the target document if their formats or sample rates differ.

Wave Editor provides unlimited undo. To configure undo options, choose Wave Editor > Preferences > General. To flush the undo cache, choose Edit > Flush... and click the "Yes" button in the confirmation dialog.

Edit Menu

For a list and descriptions of the editing commands in Wave Editor, review the Menus chapter.

• Insert Silence inserts blank audio at the insertion point. Enter the desired length of silence in the Insert Silence dialog.

Insert Silence

Editing with the Pencil Tool

No editor is complete without a pencil tool! To manually draw the waveform simply zoom in to the area you want to edit and then hold option while clicking on the waveform:

Wave Editor contains many more Mouse Actions to quicken up your workflow.