Audacity: Ripple editing and clip grouping

Demo summary
The narrator demonstrates the new grouping system and ripple editing shortcuts that move all clips on a track or timeline to maintain synchronization.
Step-by-step
- Select multiple clips across one or more tracks
- Click the Group button or right-click and select 'Group clips'
- Use Shift + Delete (Mac) to ripple delete and move all clips on the selected track backwards
- Use Command + Delete (Mac) to ripple delete and move all clips on all tracks backwards
Options
- Group clips via the dedicated UI button
- Group clips via the right-click secondary menu
Tips
- Use Command + Delete to maintain complete synchronization across the entire timeline when deleting audio
Highlights
“this is a much more complete system”
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