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Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- New Features
- WaveLab Elements Introduction
- Setting Up Your System
- WaveLab Elements Concepts
- General Editing Rules
- Startup Dialog
- Basic Window Handling
- Selecting Audio
- Sliders
- Renaming Items in Tables
- File Browser
- Tab Groups
- Peak Files
- Companion Files
- Processing Precision
- Workspace Window
- Project Handling
- File Operations
- Playback
- Transport Bar
- Play Button
- Stop Playback Button
- Playing Back Audio Ranges
- Playing Back from an Anchor or until an Anchor
- Using the Auto Selection Mode
- Skipping Sections During Playback
- Loop Playback
- Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
- Playback Shortcuts
- Save Transport Bar Preset Dialog
- Changing the Position of the Transport Bar
- Hiding the Transport Bar
- Audio-Processing Load
- Starting Playback From the Ruler
- Playback Scrubbing
- Scroll During Playback
- Playback in the Audio Montage Window
- Transport Bar
- Audio File Editing
- Wave Window
- Audio Editor Tabs
- File Handling in the Audio Editor
- Mono/Stereo Handling
- Supported File Formats
- Creating New Audio Files
- Saving an Audio File
- Saving in Another Format
- Encoding Audio Files
- Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File
- Inserting Audio Files into Another Audio File
- Turning Selections Into New Files
- Special File Format Dialog
- Converting From Stereo to Mono and From Mono to Stereo
- Swapping Channels in a Stereo File
- Special Paste Options
- Moving Audio
- Copying Audio
- Changing the Audio Properties
- Metadata
- Mixing Down – Audio Files Rendering
- Silence Generator Dialog
- Bleep Censor
- Waveform Restoration with the Pen Tool
- Audio Analysis
- Global Analysis
- 3D Frequency Analysis
- Offline Processing
- Audio Montage
- Montage Window
- Audio Montage Tabs
- Signal Path in the Audio Montage
- Creating New Audio Montages
- Audio Montage Duplicates
- Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File
- Import Options for Audio Montages
- Missing Files Dialog
- Assembling the Audio Montage
- Tracks
- Clips
- Adding Audio Clips to the Audio Montage
- Dragging Audio from the Wave Window
- Inserting Audio from Open Wave Windows Using the Insert Menu
- Inserting Audio Using Copy and Paste
- Inserting Audio from the File Explorer/macOS Finder Using Copy and Paste
- Dragging Audio Files From the File Browser Tool Window
- Dragging Regions From the File Browser Tool Window
- Importing Audio Files
- Copying Clips From Another Audio Montage
- Mismatched Sample Rates When Inserting Audio Files
- Rearranging Clips
- Clip Editing
- Track Activity Indicator
- Envelopes for Clips
- Fades and Crossfades in Audio Montages
- Effects for Tracks, Clips, and the Montage Output
- Montage Output Effects
- Inspector Window
- Adding Effects to a Track, a Clip, or to the Montage Output
- Removing Effects from Tracks, Clips, or the Montage Output
- Copying Effect Settings to Tracks, Clips, or the Montage Output
- Undoing Effect Changes
- Setting Pan and Gain for Effects
- Setting the Global Gain for Effects
- Plug-in Window
- CD Window
- Mixing Down – The Render Function
- Loudness Meta Normalizer
- Notes Window
- Importing a Basic Audio CDs
- Recording
- Master Section
- Markers
- Metering
- Writing Operations
- Loops
- Importing Audio CD Tracks
- Video
- WaveLab Exchange
- Podcasts
- Customizing
- Configuring WaveLab Elements
- Index
Selecting in the Overview of the Audio Editor
The ranges that you select in the overview of the Audio Editor also apply to the main view.
PROCEDURE
● In the wave window of the Audio Editor, hold down Ctrl/Cmd and click and drag in the
overview.
Moving a Selection Range
If a selection range has the correct length, but the wrong position, you can move it.
PROCEDURE
1. In the wave window, hold down Ctrl/Cmd-Shift.
2. Click in the middle of the selection and drag to the left/right.
Extending and Reducing the Selection
You can resize a selection range in the wave window.
There are several ways to extend/reduce the selection:
● Select a range, Shift-click outside the selection range, and drag to the left/right, or click
and drag the edges of the selection range to the left/right.
● To extend the selection to the previous/next boundary (marker or start/end of le), press
Shift and double-click the non-selected area between the boundaries.
Extending and Reducing the Selection Using the Arrow Keys
● To move the start or end of a selection in the wave window to the left or right, hold down
Shift and press the Left Arrow/Right Arrow. To move it in bigger steps, press Page Up or
Page Down.
● To extend a selection to the previous or next boundary in the wave window (marker or
start/end of the audio le), hold down Ctrl/Cmd-Shift and press the Left Arrow or
Right Arrow.
Deleting Selections
There are several options for deleting a selected range.
Audio Editor
The following options can be found on the Edit tab in the Cutting section.
Crop
Removes the data outside the selection.
Delete
Removes the selection. The audio to the right of the selection is moved to the left to
ll the gap.
Audio Montage Window
The following option can be found on the Edit tab in the Removal section.
WaveLab Elements Concepts
Selecting Audio
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