Isolating (clip soloing)

Isolating works by muting all the clips in a track in the same time region except the ones that you want to hear. To make it simpler to work with overlapping clips in the same track, click the track’s Expand/collapse Take Lanes button to show overlapping clips in separate lanes.

To isolate a region

1.	Select the Mute tool in the Control Bar.

2.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

3.	Hold down the CTRL key and drag across the region you want to isolate.

To isolate a clip

1.	Select the Mute tool in the Control Bar.

2.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

3.	Hold down the CTRL key and click the clip to isolate the entire clip/lane.

To isolate a take in a Take lane

1.	Select the Smart tool or Comping tool in the Control Bar.

2.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

3.	Click the track’s Expand/collapse Take Lanes button so Take lanes are visible.

4.	Click the take to isolate the take and mute all other overlapping takes.

 

Note: The Smart tool is powerful, but may produce unintended results in certain situations, such as inadvertently isolating clips in Take lanes when clicking the bottom half of clips. If you are not strictly using Take lanes for comping, you may want to disable the Smart tool’s comping behavior. To do so, long press or right-click the Smart tool button to open the Smart tool menu, then clear the Comp option. For details, see To customize the Smart tool.

Tip: When isolating clips in Take lanes during playback, the Now time jumps to the clicked location by default. To automatically jump to the clip start instead, enable the Track view Options > Click Behavior > Left Click Rewinds to Clip Start in Lanes option. This option replaces the previous SHIFT-click behavior.

To isolate a take during audition

1.	Select the Smart tool or Comping tool in the Control Bar.

2.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

3.	Click the track’s Expand/collapse Take Lanes button so Take lanes are visible.

4.	Select a take, then press SHIFT+SPACEBAR to audition the take.

5.	Use the UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT ARROW keys to navigate between takes, then press ENTER when you locate the take you want to isolate.

 

See:

Take lanes

Clip muting and isolating (clip soloing)

Comping

Speed comping