Steinberg Wavelab Le 8 Manual

Audio Montage
Envelopes for Clips
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• To raise or lower the value of two consecutive curve points, 
[Ctrl]/[Command]-click the segment between the points and drag 
up or down.
• To change the time position of two consecutive curve points, 
[Shift]-click the segment between the points and drag left or right.
• To raise or lower the entire envelope curve, make sure that no 
curve point is selected, click the envelope curve, and drag up or 
down. Do not drag a segment that is delimited by selected...

Audio Montage
Fades and Crossfades in the Audio Montage
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Changing the Overall Volume Envelope of a Clip
The default envelope curve contains no volume envelope points. In this 
condition, you can still use the curve to change the overall volume for a 
clip.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Montage workspace, place the mouse cursor on the 
envelope curve.
The mouse cursor takes on the shape of a circle with two arrows that 
point up and down.
2. Click and drag the curve up or down to change the clip envelope...

Audio Montage
Fades and Crossfades in the Audio Montage
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• To create a crossfade, move a clip onto another. A crossfade is 
automatically created at the junction point.
The resulting linear fade-in/fade-out curve is displayed in the clip, and 
the fade is also reflected in the waveform. If you position the mouse over 
the fade-in point, a label appears, showing the fade-in time in seconds 
and milliseconds and the volume in dB.
Editing Fades Menu
In this menu, you can select various preset fade curves...

Audio Montage
Fades and Crossfades in the Audio Montage
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Sinus (*)
Changes level according to the first quarter period of the 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 a half period part of the sine curve.
Logarithmic
Changes level logarithmically. 

Audio Montage
Fades and Crossfades in the Audio Montage
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Exponential
Changes level exponentially.
Exponential+
Changes level strongly exponential.
Set fade-in time/Set fade-out time
Sets the fade-in time/fade-out time to the value that you have 
specified in the Focused clip window on the Fade-in/Fade-out 
panel.
Crossfade Editing
You can create crossfades with independent shapes and lengths for the 
fade-in and fade-out curves.
The default automatic crossfade is linear. It uses the same shape and...

Audio Montage
About Cloning Audio Montages
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• When moving a clip with a defined fade curve so that it overlaps 
the adjacent edge of another clip (without a defined fade), the 
unmoved clip automatically gets the same fade shape as the 
moved clip (but as a corresponding opposite fade), with amplitude 
compensation. This only applies if the fade-out length of the 
unmoved clip is set to zero.
• If both clips have different defined fade curves at their adjacent 
edges when creating a crossfade, this...

Audio Montage
Mixing Down - The Render Function
137
Mixing Down - The Render Function
The render function in the Master Section allows you to mix down the 
whole audio montage or a region of it to a single audio file.
A mixdown is necessary to produce an audio file from the audio 
montage. 
RELATED LINKS:
“Rendering” on page 151
Notes Window
This window allows you to keep notes about the current audio montage 
session.
In the Audio Montage workspace, select Workspace > Specific tool 
windows > Notes.
You...

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Recording
You can record audio in the Audio Files workspace and in the Audio 
Montage workspace.
Setting Up the Recording Dialog
Before you start recording, set up the Recording dialog.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Files workspace or the Audio Montage workspace, 
click the Record button, or press [*] on the numeric key pad.
2. In the File to create section, open the pop-up menu, and select 
whether you want to record a named file or a temporary file.
3. In the File to create section, select a file name...

Recording
Dropping Markers During Recording
139
9. Optional: You can drop markers in the file during recording by 
clicking the drop marker buttons.
10. When you have finished recording, click Stop.
11. Optional: If you want to record another take, click Record again.
Dropping Markers During Recording
When you are recording, you can click the marker buttons to add a 
marker to the recorded file.
PROCEDURE
1.Open the Recording dialog.
2. Make your settings and start recording.
3. Select the type of marker...

Recording
Recording Dialog
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Main Buttons
Record
Starts recording. Depending on the recording options, the Pause 
mode is activated.
Pause
Pauses recording.
Stop
Stops recording.
Discard
Stops recording and deletes anything recorded so far.
Settings
File to create
Specify whether you want to record a temporary file to be saved 
later, or record to a file with a specific name and location.
Name
The name of the file to be written, without the path. When typing, 
all files in the selected folder that...