Steinberg Wavelab Le 8 Manual

Audio Montage
Rearranging Clips
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Magnetic Bounds in Audio Montages
Certain positions, such as markers or a clips start and end, are 
magnetic.
When you move or resize, for example, a clip, and its edges or its cue 
point get close to one of the magnetic bounds, the clip snaps to this 
position. A label is displayed, indicating to what the clip snaps. This 
makes it easier to position items accurately.
Selecting Clips
You can edit multiple selected clips at once.
•To select a clip, click it. Selected...

Audio Montage
Clip Editing122
Clip Editing
All currently used clips are displayed in the Clips window in the Audio 
Montage workspace. In  this window, you can ed it and rearrange clips 
and drag them in the audio montage.
The currently focused clip is high lighted in bold in the clips list.
RELATED LINKS:
“Clips Window” on page 122
Clips Window
This window contains a list of the cl ips that are placed in the currently 
active audio montage to gether with additional information about the 
clips.
In the...

Audio Montage
Clip Editing
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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 clips.
In the Audio Montage, select Workspace > Specific tool window > 
Focused Clip.
Edit
Edit audio
Opens the clip’s source file in the related workspace.
Zoom
Adjusts the view to display mainly the focused clip.
Play focused clip
Plays the focused clip from start to end.
Play focused clip...

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Clip Editing
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Shortcuts
Opens the Customize commands where you can define shortcuts 
for all the commands that are found in the Focused clip window.
Cue Points
Cue point - Set at cursor
Sets the cue point at a fixed position from the start of the clip.
Cue point - Follows fade-in end point
Sets the cue point to be the fade-in end point.
Cue point - Follows fade-out start point
Sets the cue point to be the fade-out start point.
End cue point - Custom offset
Sets the end cue point at a...

Audio Montage
Clip Editing
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Fade-in/Fade-out
Zoom
Adjusts the view to display mainly the fade-in/fade-out part of the 
focused clip.
Linear
Changes level linearly.
Sinus (*)
Changes level according to a sine curve. When used in a 
crossfade, the loudness (RMS) remains constant during the 
transition.
Square-root (*)
Changes level according to the square-root curve. When used in 
a crossfade, the loudness (RMS) remains constant during the 
transition.
Sinusoid
Changes level according to the sine...

Audio Montage
Clip Editing
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Re-ordering Clips in the Audio Montage By Dragging
In the Clips window, you can re-order clips by dragging them to another 
position in the list.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Montage workspace, open the Clips window.
2. In the clip list, drag a clip to another position in the list.
You can move more than one clip at the same time, by selecting multiple 
clips and dragging them. If more than one clip is selected, all clips 
between the leftmost selected clip and the rightmost...

Audio Montage
Clip Editing
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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...

Audio Montage
Clip Editing
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About Clips and Cue Points
A cue point is a defined position marker that belongs to a clip. It may be 
positioned within or outside the clip. Cue points are displayed as dotted 
vertical lines.
When you move a clip, its cue point is magnetic to any edges, markers, 
or positions. There are several uses for this:
• To set the cue point at a relevant position in the audio, and use it 
to align the clip with other clips, etc.
• To set the cue point before the start of a clip to...

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.
You can create an...

Audio Montage
Envelopes for Clips
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How the Envelope is Displayed
By default, all clips display a volume envelope curve. You can view the 
envelope as three separate envelopes: the fade-in part, the sustain part, 
and the fade-out part.
The points on the left and right side of the curve are the fade-in and 
fade-out junction points that separate the fade parts from the sustain 
part.
The envelope curve indicates if points, fade-ins, or fade-outs have been 
defined. In addition to the curve, changes in...