Moving Channels in D-Show - Bonus Scenario

I got a good question about my previous post on moving channels in D-Show, on a scenario that I hadn't covered.  Blank strips can be a bit tricky, because they only have pop-up menu items that allow you to insert/remove blanks--no options to "Move Selected Strip Here".

So here's the scenario.  From the left:
Vocal 1 through Vocal 8 (Channels 1-8)
Channels 9-16 are blank strips
Drum 1 through Drum 8 (Channels 17-24)

You want to move Drum 1 to the left-most channel of the blank group (Channel 9), so you'll have Vocal 1-8, Drum 1, blanks, and Drum 2-8.

Select Drum 1 (Channel 17)
Right-click on Vocal 8 (Channel 8)
Click "Move Selected Strip Here"

Now you have Vocal 1 through Vocal 7, Drum 1, Vocal 8, blank strips, and Drum 2 through Drum 8.  Not quite what you'd wanted.  But now you're in a situation that you know how to handle, right?

There is a misleading word in the question above.  You're probably thinking, "okay, I need to move Drum 1 one spot to the right."  But you know that moving channels to the right is tricky.  To move a strip one space to the right means moving it before the channel strip two spaces to the right.  But that's blank!

Apparently we're stuck.  We'll just need to delete all those blank strips, move things around, and re-add them once we're done.  We can't move Drum 1 one space to the right with the blanks to the right of Vocal 8.

That paragraph above is entirely true.  But like I said two paragraphs above, there's a misleading word in the question three paragraphs above.  That word is "right".

Huh?

There is something you can do that is equivalent to moving Drum 1 one space to the right:  you can move Vocal 8 one spot to the left.  "Stuff and nonsense!" you cry.  "Silly semantic games won't get you out of this one!"  Actually, they will.  Watch:

Select Vocal 8 (Channel 9)
Right-click on Drum 1 (Channel 8)
Click "Move Selected Strip Here"


And there you have it:  Vocal 1 through Vocal 8, Drum 1, Blanks, and Drum 2 through Drum 8.

Remember:  moving things left is easy.  Moving them right takes thought.  Think in terms of moving to the left if you can.