Favorites and bins

Open the Clipboard panel with ⌥B or View ▸ Show Clipboard. It holds two things, which work differently.

Bins: clips for this project

A bin holds clips you copied out of the timeline so you can drop them back later: a recurring intro, a take you may reuse, a bit you cut but are not ready to lose.

• Copy to Bin (⌥⌘C, in the Edit menu) puts the selected clips in a bin. Or drag a clip onto a bin.
• Double-click a clip in a bin to drop it at the playhead, or drag it to a track or another bin.
• Right-click a clip for Insert at Playhead, Insert and Push Right (which moves everything after the playhead later to make room), Rename… and Remove.
• The + button adds a bin. Right-click a bin to put the current selection in it or delete it.

Bins belong to the project and are saved with it.

Favorites: files kept across every project

Favorites are for stings, music beds and other audio you reuse in many episodes. A favorite is a pointer to an audio file on your Mac, not a copy. Click + under Favorites and choose the files, or drag audio files in.

• Right-click a favorite for Insert at Playhead, Show in Finder, Rename… and Locate File….
• Dropping a favorite onto a project copies the audio into that project, at the project’s sample rate, so the project stays self-contained.
• If you move or delete the file, the favorite cannot find it. Use Locate File… to point it at the new location. Favorites cannot be made from clips on the timeline; they come from files you keep somewhere on purpose.

Favorites are saved on your Mac, not in a project, so they are there in every project you open.

Leveling

Clips dragged in from a bin or Favorites are leveled automatically while Level audio as it comes in is on (Settings ▸ Editing), unless you have already adjusted them. See Effects and leveling.