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3. Basic Editing > Simultaneous mixing and pasting
Simultaneous mixing and pasting
Let’s add a cymbal to the place where the pasted, second verse begins.
1. With the edited Ueberschall_PopCharts.wav file still open, choose File > Open, navigate to the Lesson03 folder, and open the file Cymbal.wav.
2. Press Ctrl+A (Command+A) to select the entire cymbal sound.
3. Press Ctrl+C (Command+C) to copy the cymbal sound to the current clipboard.
4. From the Editor panel’s file selector drop-down menu, choose the Ueberschall_PopCharts.wav file.
5. Click on Marker 01 at 3.5 seconds, which indicates the start of the second verse (the one you pasted in previously).
Note
The reason for adjusting the mix of the pasted and existing audio is to avoid distortion. If you try to mix two audio files that are already at 100% or maximum volume, you would need to reduce each one by 50% to avoid distortion, because the mixed levels would exceed the maximum available headroom.
