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 points.
• To adjust the envelopes in all selected clips, hold down 
[Alt]/[Option], and drag any envelope curve up or down. This is a 
quick way to adjust the level or pan of several clips at the same 
time and also to adjust both sides of a stereo envelope 
simultaneously.
• To move a fade-in/fade-out point vertically, [Ctrl]/[Command]-click 
and drag the fade point.
• To change the level or the fade in/out time of multiple envelopes at 
the same time, select the clips that you want to edit, then press 
[Alt]/[Option], and edit the envelope with the mouse.
Resetting Curve Points
You can reset curve points to the default level.
• To reset a single point to 0 dB, right-click the point, and select 
Reset selected points to 0
 dB.
• To reset the whole envelope curve to default, right-click the 
envelope curve, and select Reset level to 0
 dB. 
						

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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 
volume.
Fades and Crossfades in the Audio 
Montage
A fade-in is a gradual increase in level and a fade-out is a gradual 
decrease in level. A crossfade is a gradual fade between two sounds, 
where one is faded in and the other faded out.
Creating Fades
By default, all clips display a fade-in and a fade-out junction point. These 
can be dragged horizontally to create a fade-in or fade-out for a clip.
You can add envelope points to a fade just as with volume envelopes.
• To create a fade-in, click the fade-in point at the beginning of a clip, 
and drag it to the right.
• To create a fade-out, click the fade-out point at the end of a clip, 
and drag it to the left.
• To move a fade-in/fade-out point vertically, press 
[Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging. 
						

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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 and other 
fade-related options.
In the Audio Montage workspace, right-click the fade-in or fade-out 
point to open the Fade-in/Fade-out menu. This menu is a subset of the 
Focused clip window.
Fade-in region/Fade-out region
Adjusts the view to mainly display the fade-in/fade-out part of the 
focused clip.
Linear
Changes level linearly. 
						

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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. 
						

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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 
fade lengths for fade-in and fade-out. In most cases, an unaltered linear 
or sine crossfade produces the intended result. The following rules 
apply:
• A crossfade includes fade-in and fade-out.
• You can edit the fade-in and fade-out curves in crossfades in the 
same way as fades.
• To resize the crossfade time symmetrically, press [Shift], click the 
crossfade area, and drag left and right.
• To move the crossfade region while keeping its length, press 
[Ctrl]/[Command], click the crossfade area, and drag left and right.
• When you move a clip so that it overlaps another clip to create a 
crossfade, and neither clip has a defined fade in the overlap, a 
default crossfade is created. 
						

							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 creates an asymmetrical 
crossfade, based on the defined fade curves.
The Options menu provides additional options that affect crossfades.
About Cloning Audio Montages
When you clone an audio montage, you create a copy.
Clone copies the audio montage and lets the new clips reference to the 
original audio files. This is useful if you want to create several versions 
of the audio montage, for example, to experiment with variations. 
However, any processing or editing that you apply to the actual audio 
files are reflected in both audio montages.
Cloning Audio Montages
This creates a copy of the audio montage in which the new clips 
reference to the original audio files.
PROCEDURE

						

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Mixing Down - The Render Function
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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 can type into the window and use the standard HTML text editor 
controls to format your text, add images, and lists. The notes are saved 
with the audio montage file. 
						

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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 and the location 
where you want to store your file.
4. Select the audio format by doing one of the following:
• Click the down arrow button to select a preset audio format.
• Click the audio format text to open the Audio File Format dialog, 
select the format, and click OK.
5. Select whether you want to record to an audio file or an audio 
montage track, by selecting one of the following options:
•Create new audio file window
•Add to active audio file
•Add to focused track of montage
6. Select whether you want the Level or the Spectrum display.
7. Click Record, to start recording.
The background of the Recording dialog turns red to indicate that you 
are recording.
8. Optional: You can pause the recording by clicking the Pause 
button. 
						

							Recording
Dropping Markers During Recording
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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 that you want to drop.
• To drop a numbered generic marker, click the yellow marker 
button, or press [Ctrl]/[Command]-M.
• To drop numbered generic region start and end markers, click the 
white buttons, or press [Ctrl]/[Command]-L/[Ctrl]/[Command]-R.
RESULT 
The markers are dropped each time that you click the marker button.
NOTE
If you insert two or more region start markers in a row with no region end 
markers in between, only the last of these start markers is kept. The 
same applies for region end markers.
Recording Dialog
In this dialog, you can make recording settings and start recording an 
audio file.
In the Audio Files workspace or the Audio Montage workspace, click the 
Record button or select Transport > Record. 
						

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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 start with the same letters are 
displayed. To display all files in the selected folder, click the list 
icon.
Where
Specifies the folder where you want to save the recording.
Audio File Format
Opens the Audio File Format dialog, where you can specify the 
file format.
Location of the Recording
Specifies where the audio is recorded:
• In a new audio file window.