Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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• A label is displayed, indicating what the clip snaps to.
To deactivate Snap, click the icon again or press [N].
Selecting clips
To select a clip (for copying, deletion, etc.), click in the mouse zone to 
which “Select/Move clip” is assigned (by default the bottom clip area).
Selected clips are normally displayed in a different color. You can edit this color, as 
described in the section “Defining custom colors” on page 740.
•You can select multiple clips by...

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•If you hold down [Ctrl] and [Shift], you can click and drag a selection rect-
angle to select several clips on several tracks.
All clips touched or enclosed by the rectangle are selected.
When you hold down [Ctrl] and [Shift], the cursor takes on the shape of a “selection 
arrow”.
Using the Select menu
The Edit view : Select menu holds several items for selecting clips:
Option Description
Select all clips Selects all clips in the Montage.
Select clips of
selected...

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About selected and focused clips
The program makes a distinction between selected and focused clips:
•A selected clip is a clip you have selected using the any of the procedures 
described above.
Several clips can be selected at the same time.
•The focused clip is the clip you selected (or clicked, or edited) last.
Only one clip can be focused at a time. By default, the focused clip is distinguished by a 
highlighted name label:
Clicking on the selected clip to the...

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• You can open a Wave window with the range selected in the source audio file, by 
dragging the selection range to the WaveLab desktop.
• You can play back the selection range only, either the whole Montage or just the 
clip with the selection range (see “Playing back individual clips and selections ” on 
page 402).
• You can have the playback loop within the selection, by activating the loop and 
selecting the “Loop Selection” mode on the Transport bar.
To create a...

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Moving clips
To move a clip, proceed as follows:
1.If you want to move more than one clip, you need to select these clips first.
2.Position the pointer over the clip, in the mouse zone to which you have as-
signed the “Select/Move clip” function (by default the lower clip area).
The pointer takes on the shape of a “four-way arrow”.
3.Click and drag the clip(s) in any direction.
When you are moving the clip(s), the info line displays the current start position of the...

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Moving with auto-grouping
There are four options on the Edit view : Options menu that affect the re-
sult when you move clips horizontally: Track auto-grouping, Global auto-
grouping, Clip auto-grouping (same track) and Clip auto-grouping (all 
tracks). There are also separate icons for these options on the toolbar in 
Edit view mode:
• If Track auto-grouping is activated when you move a clip sideways, all clips to the 
right of it on the destination track will be moved...

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…all clips that are “connected” vertically or horizontally will also be moved.
Moving and snapping to another clip
If you line up clips so that one clip ends exactly where the next one starts 
(for example by using Magnetic bounds), the waveforms at the intersection 
point will probably not “match”. Instead, there could be an abrupt “jump” in 
level, which can give rise to audio artefacts such as pops and clicks.
To remedy this, activate the option “Create optimized...

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About overlapping clips
You can move clips so that they overlap each other on the same track. 
Please note:
• The tracks in the Audio Montage are polyphonic, which means that each track 
can play back several overlapping clips at the same time. 
Overlapping clips will be transparent, allowing you to see the underlying clips and their 
waveforms.
• To select an overlapped (underlying) clip, double click in the mouse zone to which 
“Select/Move clip” is assigned (by...

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Duplicating clips
To make a copy of a clip, proceed as follows:
1.If you want to copy more than one clip, you need to select these clips first.
2.Position the pointer over the clip, in the mouse zone to which you have as-
signed the “Drag/Copy clip” function (by default the top clip area).
3.Click and drag the clip(s) in any direction.
While you are dragging the clip(s), a dotted line indicates where the first of the copied clips 
will end up. The position is also...

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Repeating clips
1.If you don’t know the exact number of copies (clones) needed, but know 
roughly where you want the last clip in the row to be positioned, move the 
Montage cursor there.
2.Right-click on the clip to bring up the clip speed menu.
3.Select “Repeat clip…”.
The Repeat clip dialog appears.
4.Either select the “Count” option and specify an exact number of clones, or 
select the “Repeat until cursor” option.
5.Select one of the Placement options:
6.Click OK....