Steinberg Wavelab Elements 8 Manual

Audio Montage
Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File
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Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio 
File
You can export audio files to an audio montage, including all markers 
that you have set in the audio file.
PROCEDURE
1.Optional: If you only want to use a certain time range of the audio 
file, create a selection range in the wave window.
2. In the Audio Files workspace, select File > Export > Create 
audio montage from active file.
3. Select whether to export the whole file or the selected time...

Audio Montage
Missing Files in Audio Montage Dialog
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Missing Files in Audio Montage Dialog
This dialog opens when you open an audio montage, and some audio 
files that the audio montage refers to could not be found. You can then 
search for the files or select a replacement.
Missing files list
Lists the files that could not be found. Each file can be replaced by 
an existing file. To search replacements for multiple files, select the 
files and specify a new path in the Where to search field.
A file...

Audio Montage
Assembling the Audio Montage
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Assembling the Audio Montage
You assemble your audio montage by adding tracks and clips.
In the audio montage, only one track can be focused at a time. This 
focused track has a different color for the header. Certain WaveLab 
Elements functions are always applied to the focused track.
About Tracks
Tracks are the structure used to organize clips. They can be mono or 
stereo audio tracks.
•Audio tracks allow you to add clips to an audio montage.
Adding...

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Assembling the Audio Montage
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Removing Tracks
Removing a track with clips also removes the clips. However, the audio 
files to which the clips refer are not affected.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Montage workspace, click the number button of the 
track that you want to remove.
2. Select Remove track.
Folding and Unfolding Tracks
To save screen space in the Audio Montage workspace, you can fold 
tracks that do not need to be visible.
•To fold a track, click the arrow button at the top left...

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Assembling the Audio Montage
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About Clips
A clip contains a reference to a source audio file on your hard disk as 
well as start and end positions in the file, volume and pan curves, fades, 
etc. This allows clips to play back smaller sections of their source audio 
files.
Any number of clips can reference the same source file. Since a clip only 
references to the original source file, it contains no audio data. Any 
number of clips can reference the same source file.
You can also use...

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Assembling the Audio Montage
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Inserting From Open Wave Windows Using the Insert Menu
PREREQUISITE 
In the Audio Files workspace, open the audio files that you want to insert 
as clips.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Audio Montage workspace, right-click an empty part of a 
track.
2. From the pop-up menu, select the audio file that you want to insert 
as clip.
Using Copy and Paste
PROCEDURE
1. In the wave window of the Audio Files workspace, select the audio 
section to which you want the clip to...

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Assembling the Audio Montage
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Dragging Regions From the File Browser Tool Window
If you have defined marker regions in an audio file, you can drag these 
regions directly from the File Browser onto a track.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Audio Montage workspace, open the File Browser window.
2. Select the audio file to which you want the clip to refer.
On the right side of the File Browser window, a list shows the available 
audio regions of the selected file.
3. Drag any region to the track....

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Assembling the Audio Montage
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Mismatched Sample Rates Dialog
This dialog opens when you insert an audio file with a different sample 
rate than the sample rate of the audio montage. This dialog lets you 
create a resampled copy of the audio file.
Resampling quality
This option allows you to select the resampling quality.
Recreate resampled files
If this option is activated and a resampled file exists, it is recreated. 
Otherwise, the existing version is used. Activate this option if the...

Audio Montage
Rearranging Clips
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Rearranging Clips
You can freely arrange clips in the montage window.
About Selected and Focused Clips
There is a distinction between selected and focused clips. Some editing 
functions can only be processed on an individual clip or focused clip, 
while others can be processed on multiple clips or selected clips.
•A selected clip is a clip that you have selected using any of the 
selecting clips procedures. Several clips can be selected at the 
same time. This allows...

Audio Montage
Rearranging Clips
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Activating Snapping to Magnetic Items
To make use of the magnetic bounds function, Snap to magnetic items 
must be activated.
PROCEDURE