First time slicing and dicing takes question

[wjmwpg]

This is my first time slicing and dicing takes and for the most part I think it's going well, except one thing . . .

I make a slice and it doesn't "cut" exactly where I think it needs to (between two words for example), so I drag it over a bit to place it correctly. Now sometimes when I drag the slice point only that one slice moves (good) but sometimes when I drag that slice point it also moves the preceding slice, thus maintaining the overall length of the items between the two slices . . . I get the point in having these two modes of behaviour, but aside from random clicking around (it doesn't seem to matter what's selected and what's not) I can't figure out how I choose which behaviour I execute when I hover over the slice and then drag it. A couple times now I've thought I was only dragging a single slice only to find out later that I was also dragging other preceding slices that were off screen. That threw out all the timing of my comping. I'm sure it's something simple, but so far it's eluding me.

[ashcat_lt]

Pretty sure the cursor changes to show you what it's going to grab... ???

[Wallofsound]

Check Ripple editing in the toolbar, it has 3 states: off / edit single per-tack / edit all tracks.

In edit all track state even unselected tracks are affected by edits.

[wjmwpg]

I hover until I get this symbol:



then I drag. And I get both behaviours described above while dragging with this specific symbol . . . sometimes only the slice I'm hovering over is moved, sometimes many of the preceding slices are also moved.

[wjmwpg]

Originally Posted by Wallofsound

Check Ripple editing in the toolbar, it has 3 states: off / edit single per-tack / edit all tracks.

In edit all track state even unselected tracks are affected by edits.

Ripple editing has been disabled the whole time . . . and toggling through its modes doesn't alter the behaviour I'm describing.

[wjmwpg]

It seems that I frequently have to left-click twice in an item (not double-click, but clicking twice) to not have the "multiple slices move" behaviour. The first click on an item (to the immediate left of my newest slice) selects it, but I have no idea what the second click does, but it seems to successfully make it so I can move a single slice without others following suit . . .