So, here's what I do. I leave the ripple edge editing on all the time. And to adjust clip in and out points, I use the these two scripts from X-Raym that can contract OR extend clips based on mouse position. Ripple editing can be toggled on and off as needed, or by dragging top of clip vs bottom.
I need ripple editing to let me move everything that’s to the right of my cursor further left, w/o touching what’s on the left side of the cursor. I just want to fill a gap, like when there’s too much silence or when cutting a few seconds off a project. I don’t want to shift everything.
So I guess I don’t want full ripple editing for that task. But I want that functionality on the right-hand clips (keep everything aligned and move them all left) but I want the left-hand clips to say put.
When I drag a clip from right to left, it also pushes the clip on the left further left. Which keeps the same space between the clips & just moves the entire piece left.
It’s hard to explain in words! It works for me when inserting new tape in the middle of a piece. It pushes everything to the right of that insertion point further right to make room.
Definitely hard to explain audio stuff in words! If you show me a screenshot or a video I might understand better. I think I'm getting hung up on how the left clips get pushed further left with ripple editing. My experience is that they stay put.
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However, I've got a system set up that sidesteps this that I'll explain in next post.
Let us taunt you with half a super useful thing.