Steinberg Wavelab Le 8 Manual

Audio Montage
Montage Window
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Track Menu
This menu contains all track-related options. In the Audio Montage 
workspace, open the Track menu, or click the number button of a track.
Add stereo track
Adds a stereo track below the active track.
Add mono track
Adds a mono track below the active track.
Move track up
Moves the track one position up in the track list.
Move track down
Moves the track one position down in the track list.
Remove track
Deletes the active track.
Mute
Mutes the active track.
Solo...

Audio Montage
Signal Flow in the Audio Montage
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Signal Flow in the Audio Montage
The audio signal flow goes through the various sections of WaveLab LE 
in a certain way.
•Read audio clip samples
• Clip envelope
• Clips are mixed into the track slot (for example, overlapping clips)
• Track leveling
• Each track is mixed into the stereo bus sent to the Master Section
Master Section:
• Channels/sample rate might change at each plug-in slot
• Master Section meters
• Playback or file format rendering...

Audio Montage
Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File
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Audio Montage Properties Dialog
In this dialog, you can set the sample rate of the audio montage.
This dialog open when you create a new audio montage.
To change the settings for the currently opened audio montage, select 
Edit > Audio montage properties.
Alternative Ways of Creating a New Audio Montage
There are several ways to create a new audio montage.
•Convert wave files to an audio montage
• File > Clone
• Press [Ctrl]/[Option], and...

Audio Montage
Import Options for Audio Montages
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4. Optional: Decide if you want to perform any of the following marker 
operations:
•Transcribe markers
•Split at generic region markers
5. Click OK.
Import Options for Audio Montages
You can import audio files and Audio CD tracks into your audio 
montage.
In the Audio Montage workspace, select File > Import. The following 
import options are available:
Insert audio files
Opens the file browser where you can select one or more audio 
files to insert at...

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 LE 
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 Tracks
You...

Audio Montage
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.
Locking and Unlocking Tracks
You can lock tracks to prevent them from being accidentally moved, 
edited, or deleted.
•To lock a track, click the number button of the track, and activate 
Lock....

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Assembling the Audio Montage
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Adding Audio Clips to the Audio Montage
You create clips by copying audio selections into the audio montage. 
There are several ways to do this.
NOTE
You cannot add a mono clip to a stereo track or vice versa.
Dragging from the Wave Window
PROCEDURE
1.In the wave window of the Audio Files workspace, select the audio 
section that you want the clip to refer to.
2. Drag the selection on a track of the audio montage.
If you want to add the whole audio file,...

Audio Montage
Assembling the Audio Montage
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4. Select Edit > Paste, or press [Ctrl]/[Command]-[V].
5. Select an insert option from the pop-up menu.
Dragging Audio Files From the File Browser Tool Window
NOTE
The following can also be done from the Windows Explorer/Mac OS 
Finder.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Audio Montage workspace, open the File Browser window.
2. Select the audio files to which you want the clip to refer, and drag 
them on a track, or double-click the file to insert it.
Dragging Regions From...

Audio Montage
Rearranging Clips
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Copying Clips From Another Audio Montage
If you have opened more than one audio montage, you can copy clips 
from one audio montage to another, either by using drag and drop or by 
using copy and paste.
Dragging Clips From the Clips Tool Window
You can add clips that are already used in the same audio montage.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Audio Montage workspace, open the Clips window.
2. Select one or several clips, and drag them to a track.
If you have selected a single audio...