Steinberg Wavelab Elements 8 Manual

Audio Montage
Clip Editing
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Clip Editing
All currently used clips are displayed in the CD window in the Audio 
Montage workspace. In this window, you can edit and rearrange clips 
and drag them in the audio montage.
The currently focused clip is highlighted in bold in the clips list.
RELATED LINKS:
“CD Window” on page 199
Focused Clip Window
This window allows you to edit the focused clips using various tools. For 
example, you can edit the cue points, envelope curves, fade-in/fade-out, 
and colors of...

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Play focused clip with pre-roll
Plays the focused clip with a pre-roll. The amount of pre-roll is 
defined in the transport bar.
Split at cursor position
Splits the focused clip into two new clips, at the edit cursor or 
playback cursor position.
Cut to clipboard
Cuts the focused clip to the clipboard.
Copy to clipboard
Copies the focused clip to the clipboard.
Delete clip
Deletes the focused clip.
Split at silences
Opens a dialog, in which you can specify how to split...

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Reset all
Resets the envelope to its neutral form.
Delete selected points
Deletes the selected envelope points.
Deselect
Resets the selection status of all envelope points.
Reset level to 0 dB
Replaces the segments between the fade-in and fade-out points 
to a single neutral segment.
Reset selected points to 0 dB
Resets the selected points to their default level.
Pan menu
Lets you select a pan mode.
Fade-in/Fade-out
Zoom
Adjusts the view to display mainly the...

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Set time
Sets the clip fade-in/fade-out time to the specified value.
Colors
On this panel, you apply the custom colors that you have set in the 
Audio Montage Colors dialog (Options > Colors).
Re-ordering Clips in the Audio Montage By Dragging
In the CD window, you can re-order clips by dragging them to another 
position in the list.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Montage workspace, open the CD window.
2. In the clip list, drag a clip to another position in the list.
You can move...

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About Overlapping Clips
You can move clips so that they overlap each other.
Note the following:
• 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 are transparent, allowing you to see the 
underlying clips and their waveforms.
• There are crossfading options that automatically adjust the volume 
envelope curves when you overlap clips.
Options for Moving and Crossfading...

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Duplicating Clips
NOTE
You cannot copy mono clips to stereo tracks and vice versa.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Audio Montage workspace, select one or more clips.
2. Click the upper clip area and drag the clips in any direction.
While you are dragging the clips, a dotted line indicates where the first 
of the copied clips will be placed. The position is also indicated on the 
info line.
Clip Resizing
In this context, resizing usually means moving the start and end points 
of a clip...

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Splitting a Clip
You can split a clip in two.
PREREQUISITE 
Decide whether you want to automatically create crossfades between 
the left and right clip by activating/deactivating Options > Create 
default fades in new clips.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Audio Montage workspace, click the position where you 
want to split the clip.
2. Position the mouse cursor on the edit cursor position in the top clip 
area.
The cursor takes on the shape of a pair of scissors.
3. Double-click....

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Minimum silence between regions
Sets the minimum length of a silent region. Silent regions shorter 
than this length will not cause additional split regions to be 
created.
Silence is defined as a signal below (RMS)
Lets you manually set the treshold level for silence detection. 
Levels below this value will be considered as silence.
Automatic level detection (two-stage analysis, slower)
If this option is activated, the file will be analyzed and automatically 
split where...

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• To set the cue point before the start of a clip to position clips in a 
row with pre-defined spaces.
• To set the cue point at the fade-in or fade-out point of a clip, 
making it easy to maintain defined fade lengths when crossfading. 
NOTE
Each clip can only have one cue point. If you select another cue point 
insert option, the cue point is moved to a new position.
Using Cue Points
You can add one cue point for each clip.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Montage workspace,...

Audio Montage
Track Activity Indicator
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Track Activity Indicator
The track activity indicator shows the volume level for audio tracks. It is 
located on the right side of the track control area in the Audio Montage 
workspace.
Instead of exact level readings the track activity indicator provides an 
overview of which tracks are currently playing back audio at what 
approximate level.
Envelopes for Clips
For clips in the audio montage, you can create envelopes for volume and 
fades and for panning.
You...