I have a couple of tracks that contain different takes of (a part of) a song. From these tracks I want to select the best parts to go into the final mix.
What would be the best way to do this?
I tried using the envelope editor to silence the parts I do not want. I also tried copying the wanted fragments one by one to a new track. But either way is tedious and error prone.
Is there a better way to do this?
One possible way of doing this is to combine regions from a track to a big new region. Then you can move / copy that big region to a new track and uncombine it which gets you the original regions.
tl;dr: The best option is likely stacked region layers on a single track. Cut parts as needed and move them to the top (crossfades are added automatically).
You can use “Lock” edit mode, that prevents movement of regions on the time-axis, or use constrained drag (shift + left-click drag/drop, locks the first drag direction).