Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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Group options
There are a couple of options in the Groups view that affect how groups 
are handled:
• You can temporarily “turn off” a group by deactivating the checkbox to the left of 
a group in the list.
When the group is deactivated this way, you can move individual clips in the group, as if 
they were not grouped.
• If the option “A mouse click selects a group” is activated on the Groups view : 
Options menu, selecting a clip in the Track View automatically selects...

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Using markers in the Montage
Separate markers are provided for use in the Montage. Markers are used 
in the Montage in much the same way as in the source Wave windows. 
See “Markers” on page 327 for details regarding marker types and the 
basic functionality of markers.
It is also possible to view the markers of a clip’s source audio file, by acti-
vating the option “Show source’s ruler and markers” on the clip speed 
menu.
Creating markers
The quickest way to create a...

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Importing markers
When you use the option “Create Audio Montage from Wave” on the Edit 
menu to create a new Montage from an open wave file, you can choose to 
import any existing markers in the file so that they will be present in the 
Montage as well.
This is done by activating the option “Translate markers” in the Wave to 
Audio Montage dialog.
This dialog lets you specify a number of options for how the wave file 
should be inserted into the new Montage. Click the...

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Converting markers
You can convert any type of marker to another marker type. This is done in 
the “Convert marker type” dialog, which is opened from the Markers view : 
Functions menu. See “The Convert marker type dialog” on page 335.
Renaming markers
You can use the Batch Rename dialog to rename multiple markers. See 
“Markers” on page 311.
Editing in the markers list view
Clicking on the Marker tab opens the Markers view in the upper pane of the 
Montage. By default,...

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About locking marker positions to clips
As described in the table above, you can lock markers to clips by select-
ing one of the Functions menu items “Make current marker relative to start 
of focused clip”, “Make current marker relative to end of focused clip” or 
“Make current marker relative to audio of focused clip”. If selected, the 
marker will remain in the same position relative to the clip start (or end) 
even if the clip is moved in the Montage or is resized....

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Undo/Redo and History
The Audio Montage has a separate Undo/Redo list, independent from the 
Undo/Redo of Wave windows. If you have several Montages, each win-
dow has its own Undo history.
Undoing and redoing commands in the Audio Montage is done as in the 
Wave windows (by using the Edit menu, or by pressing [Ctrl]-[Z] or [F3] 
for Undo, and [Shift]-[Ctrl]-[Z] or [F4] for Redo). However, the Audio Mon-
tage has a special History view, which displays the Undo history...

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History view Functions
On the History menu in the History view, the following functions and op-
tions are available:
The History view also contains the Montage Backup functions, see 
“Backing up Montages” on page 503.
Option Description
Undo last operation This is the same as the Undo command on the Edit menu. You can 
also undo the last operation by clicking the green arrow icon above the 
list (or in the main control bar).
 
Undo until selected 
operationThis is only...

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File handling in the Audio Montage
Saving the Montage
You save the Montage using the Save or Save As commands on the File 
menu. Audio Montage files have the extension “.mon”. 
A couple of things to note:
• The Montage files do not contain any audio data in themselves.
Rather, they contain references to audio files. This means that you must make sure not to 
delete, move or rename any audio files referenced by Montages.
• You can use the Rename dialog to rename (and/or...

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Saving a Montage template
Once you have set up the Audio Montage window the way you want it, 
you can save it as a template. The template file contains all settings and 
options in the Montage, but no clips. Next time you create a new Audio 
Montage (by selecting New Audio Montage on the File menu), the tem-
plate file is used as a basis for the new Montage. This allows you to create 
a custom track layout and other settings, once and for all.
To save a template, pull...

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Cloning Montages
There are two ways to make a “clone” of an Audio Montage: “Quick clon-
ing”, in which the new clips will reference to the original audio files, and 
“Full cloning”, in which the actual audio files are cloned as well, creating a 
new “self-contained” Montage.
Quick cloning
This method is useful if you want to create several versions of the Montage, 
for example experimenting with variations. Note however that any process-
ing or editing you apply to the...