Inserting Audio

Fission can move and insert audio in several ways. Audio can be copied and paste around a single file, copied from one file to another (even between audio formats), or dragged and dropped from a file in the Finder.



Copy and Paste
Within a single file, you can re-arrange or duplicate audio. Simply make a selection, then select Copy from the Edit menu to place it on the clipboard. Move the playhead to your desired insertion point in the file, then select Paste from the Edit menu to place the audio.

Run-Through
Let's run through the steps to copy and paste audio around a file.

Step 1) Open your audio file and enter Select mode.

Step 2) Select the audio you wish to copy by clicking and dragging in the waveform.

Step 3) In the Edit menu, select Copy to copy the audio to the clipboard (if you wish to duplicate audio), or Cut to copy the audio to the clipboard and remove the current selection (if you wish to move audio).

Step 4) Drag the playhead to the desired location, then select Paste from the Edit menu to paste the audio in.

Step 5) Save the audio out by clicking Save Audio.

Combine Audio Segments
You can also copy audio from one file, then paste it into another file. Select and copy audio from your first file, then open the second file. Move the playhead to the desired insertion point, then select Paste from the Edit menu and Fission will place it in.*

* If the pasted audio does not match the format of the open file, Fission will convert it. This may cause quality loss.

Run-Through
Let's run through the steps to combine audio from two different files.

Step 1) Open your source audio file and enter Select mode.

Step 2) Select the audio you wish to copy by clicking and dragging in the waveform.

Step 3) In the Edit menu, select Copy to copy the audio to the clipboard.

Step 4) Open the destination audio file.

Step 5) Drag the playhead to the desired location, then select Paste from the Edit menu to paste the audio in.

Step 6) Make sure the audio is where you'd like, by previewing. Once everything is set, be sure to remove the Split Points (by clicking to highlight, and then deleting). This will allow the audio to be saved as one file.

Step 7) Save the audio out by clicking Save Audio.

Drag & Drop
When you want to simply join two files, you can drag a file from the Finder to the end of the open window. Fission will then append the audio from the dragged file to the end of the open file.*

* If the appended audio does not match the format of the open file, Fission will convert it. This may cause quality loss.

Run-Through
Let's run through the steps to join one file to another.

Step 1) Open your first audio file in Fission.

Step 2) Find the second audio file in the Finder, and drag it to the open window in Fission. Fission will automatically append the second file to the first.

Step 3) Once you've got the audio position where you'd like, remove the split point by clicking to highlight it, then pressing the Delete key to remove it. The audio will now be merged.

Step 4) Save the audio out to one file, by clicking Save Audio.

Inserting Silence
To insert a period of silence, just position to playhead where you wish silence to be inserted, then select Insert Silence from the Clip menu. Specify the desired duration of silence, and it will be appended from the playhead on.

Run-Through
Let's run through the steps to insert silence.

Step 1) Open your audio file in Fission and position the playhead where you wish the silence to begin.

Step 2) Select Insert Silence from the Clips menu.

Step 3) Enter the desired duration for your silence, then click Insert. The silence will be inserted from the playhead on.