Anyone know an easy way to copy an audio event

Cooldraft wrote on 11/27/2007, 10:27 PM

several times and i I make edits to the first it would automatically update. Text objects ask if I want to reference a copy. Should I just use nested vegs?

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busterkeaton wrote on 11/27/2007, 11:45 PM

Try right clicking and Create Subclip. that should give you a new piece of audio to play with

Chienworks wrote on 11/28/2007, 5:05 AM

I'm gonna have to guess here that you're doing the edits outside of Vegas in a destructive editor such as Sound Forge. Is that right? Or are you applying non-real-time effects? In either of these cases you're altering the original audio file on the hard drive. Since Vegas events are merely pointers to the file on the drive, if you alter the file, then every event using that file is changed.

So, if you really want separate audio for each event, you have to have separate files. In windows explorer, find the audio file, right-mouse-button click on it and choose copy. Then right-mouse-button click in that folder and choose paste. Or simply Ctrl-drag the file to an empty space in the folder. You'll now have "Copy of ..." your original file. Rename it if you choose. Back in Vegas, add this new file as the other audio event. Now each event is pointing to it's own separate file and you can edit each individually.