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Cutting, Copying and Pasting Contraptions

You can cut, copy and paste contraptions in AudioMulch's Patcher Pane. These functions can be accessed via the Patcher Pane's shortcut menu or the Edit menu. In this module, we describe the various functions and how to access and use them.

What Cut, Copy and Paste do

Menu Item	What it does
Cut	Parameter settings and Presets for a contraption are cut and stored on the clipboard. Note: This is useful if you want to recreate an effect elsewhere in the current document or copy from one AudioMulch document to another.
Copy	Duplicates parameter settings and presets of a contraption. Note: This is useful if you want to recreate an effect elsewhere in the current document or copy from one AudioMulch document to another.
Paste	Pastes the duplicated contraption(s), complete with parameter settings and presets into the Patcher Pane.

Menu Item

What it does

Cut

Parameter settings and Presets for a contraption are cut and stored on the clipboard.

Note: This is useful if you want to recreate an effect elsewhere in the current document or copy from one AudioMulch document to another.

Copy

Duplicates parameter settings and presets of a contraption.

Note: This is useful if you want to recreate an effect elsewhere in the current document or copy from one AudioMulch document to another.

Paste

Pastes the duplicated contraption(s), complete with parameter settings and presets into the Patcher Pane.

Note: cutting and pasting contraptions does not duplicate MIDI mappings or Automation channels.

Accessing these items from the Edit menu

You can access Cut, Copy and Paste from the Edit menu.

To Cut or Copy:
Click on the contraption you want to cut or copy to select it. The contraption will be highlighted. Open the Edit menu and choose Cut or Copy

To Paste:
Open the Edit menu again and choose Paste. The contraption will be pasted into the Patcher Pane.

Accessing these functions via shortcut menus

You can also access Cut, Copy and Paste using shortcut menus in the Patcher Pane.

Cut and Copy

To access Cut and Copy, you need to first open the shortcut menu on a contraption (see screen shot above).

To open the shortcut menu:
Right-click (CTRL+ left-click on Macintosh) on a contraption or group of selected contraptions in the Patcher Pane. The shortcut menu will open. Choose Cut or Copy. Note: If you don't know how to select contraptions, visit the Ways to Select Contraptions page.

To open the shortcut menu:

Right-click (CTRL+ left-click on Macintosh) on a contraption or group of selected contraptions in the Patcher Pane. The shortcut menu will open.
Choose Cut or Copy.

Note: If you don't know how to select contraptions, visit the Ways to Select Contraptions page.

Paste

To access Paste, you need to access the shortcut menu in open space in the Patcher Pane (see screen shot above).

To access Paste:
Copy or cut a contraption (or contraptions) to the clipboard (see instructions above). Right-click (CTRL+ left-click on Macintosh) in an open space in the Patcher Pane. The shortcut menu will open. Choose Paste from the shortcut menu. The contraption will paste into that position in the Patcher Pane.