From the Edit menu, choose Paste Special, and then choose Replicate to paste multiple copies of the clipboard contents to the current selection.

The Replicate command will paste as many copies of the clipboard as will fit in the current selection. If no selection exists in the data window, the command is not available.

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1. Copy the sound you want to paste.

2. Select the area where you want to paste the contents of the clipboard.

3. From the Edit menu, choose Paste Special, and then choose Replicate. The Replicate dialog is displayed.

4. Use the Replicate dialog to specify how you want to paste data.

Item	Description
Copy partials	Click to fill the selected region completely, using a partial copy of the clipboard if needed.
Whole copies	Click to use only whole copies of the clipboard contents to fill the selected region. The selected region will not be completely filled if its length is not an exact multiple of the clipboard length.

5. Click the OK button.

Example:

1. Copy a 1-second section of sound data onto the clipboard.

2. Insert 5.5 seconds of silence in the data waveform.

3. Select the 5.5 second area and select Replicate:

• If you choose Whole copies, 5 copies of the clipboard will be placed in the area the silence previously occupied and 0.5 seconds of silence will remain at the end.

• If you choose Copy partials, 5.5 copies of the clipboard will be placed in the data. No silence will remain.

The Replicate command is useful when you are trying to replace silent sections of audio with background noise. It can also be used to introduce stuttering effects or echoes.

 

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