Edit Sound Item Menu Functions

Sound Mill Clipboard

The Edit Sound Item Menu has the following functions. Sound Mill has its own clipboard which is separate from the Windows clipboard. Copy, Cut and Paste Sound Item use the Sound Mill clipboard. Also, Copy, Cut and Paste Sound do not use the standard Windows keyboard short cuts which are reserved for text editing.

Edit Sound Item menu

• UnDo Cut Sound  - - Restores a previously cut Sound Item from the cut stack.
• Delete Sound  - Deletes selected Sound Item from the list. Deletes cannot be restored and are not placed in the clipboard. Delete does NOT remove the physical audio file from your computer.
• Cut Sound  - Deletes selected Sound Item from the list. Replaces the contents of the clipboard and saves the cut item on the cut stack for Undo.
• Copy Sound  - Copies selected Sound Item into the clipboard. All attributes of the item are copied including 3D and Fx settings.
• Paste Sound  - Pastes a Sound Item from the clipboard to the list at the selected position. The list is renumbered. A sequential index number is added to the end of the Sound Item Name to make it unique.
• Add New Sound  - Adds a new Sound Item into the Sound List at the selected position. The new item will be populated with the Default Attributes values. The list is renumbered.
• Add Run Script Item  - Adds a new Sound Item at the selected position which will run an automation Script. You are prompted to select the script to run.
  Tip - For theater productions, even if you plan to run the Script from the Automator window, you might want to add a Run Script Sound Item to the list. That way it will appear in the printed Sound Plot report to indicate where the Script is run in the context of the production.
• Clear SoundFile Name  - Clears the Sound File value to blank.
• Delete a Selected Set of Sounds  - Deletes multiple Sound Items from the Sound List. You are prompted to select the Sound Items to delete.
• UnDo Delete of Selected Set  - Restores all Sound Items that were deleted with the last 'Delete Selected Set' operation.
• Move Sound Up  - Moves selected Sound Item up the list by one position.
• Move Sound Down  - Moves selected Sound Item down the list by one position.

Sound Item Edit toolbar

This toolbar provides one click access to some of the functions described above.

Buttons ( from left to right): Delete Sound, Cut Sound, Copy Sound, Paste Sound, New Sound, Move Sound Up,and Move Sound Down. Also see the Docking Toolbars section.