Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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When you insert audio clips, regardless of whether it is a single clip or 
multiple clips, the following options are taken into account:
• Create default fades in new clips (see “Create default fades in new clips” on 
page 459).
• Snap to waveform when crossfading (see “Additional crossfade options” on page 
468).
• Create optimized crossfade when snapping to other clip (see “Moving and snap-
ping to another clip” on page 417).
• Snap to fade-in/out when snapping to...

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Zooming and navigating
Horizontal and vertical zoom controls
The zoom “levers” in the upper and lower right corners of the Montage 
window work just like in the Wave windows. 
Note that changing the vertical zoom does not affect the height of the 
tracks. Rather, it affects the vertical magnification of the waveforms within 
each (audio) clip.
Zooming in the ruler
As in the Wave windows, you can adjust the horizontal zoom by clicking in 
the ruler and dragging the...

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•Click on the small Magnifying Glass icon to “zoom out” – decrease the 
height of the tracks.
This is the same as displaying one track more. When all tracks are visible, this icon will be 
greyed out. Consequentially, if the Montage only contains one track, both Magnifying Glass 
icons will be greyed out.
•You can zoom in on a single track, making it fill the window.
This is done by clicking the numbered button to the left of the track to bring up the track 
pop-up...

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Zooming in on a single audio clip
If you want to study an audio clip in detail, you can zoom in on it so that it 
fills up the track display:
1.Point at the audio clip.
Make sure you don’t aim at an envelope curve.
2.Click with the right mouse button.
The clip speed menu appears, containing various clip-based functions and settings.
3.Select “Zoom”, and from the submenu that appears, “Whole Clip”.
The Track View zooms in on the clip.
Zooming and navigating in the Edit...

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• You can drag the Track View rectangle to view other sections of the Audio Mon-
tage.
• Clicking on one of the clip boxes outside the Track View rectangle will make the 
Track View zoom in horizontally on that clip.
The number of tracks shown will not change.
• Double clicking on one of the clip boxes in the Overview will make the Track View 
zoom in horizontally and vertically on that clip.
• Right-clicking anywhere in the Overview will make the Track View zoom out,...

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Using snapshots
To make it easy to quickly move between different views and zoom levels, 
you can capture view settings as snapshots, and apply these at any time. 
This is done in the Snapshots view:
The Snapshots view
A snapshot contains the following settings:
• The horizontal and vertical magnification.
• The section (horizontal and vertical) of the Montage currently shown in the Track 
View.
• The Montage cursor position.
• The current selection range (if any)....

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Editing snapshots in the list
You manage the snapshot list and edit the settings using the standard 
WaveLab list editing techniques:
• Hide and show columns using the columns pop-up menu (accessed by clicking 
the arrow button to the left of the list columns).
• Reorder or resize columns by dragging in the headings.
• Sort the snapshots by clicking in a column heading.
• Rename a snapshot by double clicking on its name and typing.
• Edit other values by using regular...

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Undoing view and position changes
There is a separate “Undo history” for zoom, view and position changes in 
the Audio Montage. This allows you to undo one or several changes, in 
the following way:
•To undo the latest change to the view, click the green left arrow to the left 
of the Track View ruler (or press [7] on the numeric keypad).
You can repeat this as long as there is any change to undo (as long as the green left arrow 
is lit). This Undo history includes...

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Playing back
Playback in the Audio Montage works in much the same way as in the 
Wave windows. However, there are some extra things to note:
• Audio tracks are normally routed through the Master Section.
This allows you to add global effects to the Audio Montage or use the Render function to 
create a mixdown audio file, separate audio files in case of a multichannel Montage or an in-
termediary Basic Audio CD (see “Mixing down – The Render function” on page 527).
You...

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Mute and solo
You can mute or solo tracks in the Montage by using the corresponding 
buttons in the Track Control area:
• Note that a track is muted when the green button is dark.
• Note that a track is soloed when the Solo button is blue (lit).
• The Solo buttons are exclusive, that is, solo can only be activated for one track at 
a time.
However, you can manually unmute other tracks when Solo is activated, if you want to listen 
to a combination of tracks.
Muting...