Clip Editing V4 in Wavelab Pro

Clip Editing V4 in Wavelab Pro

• Exporting the Clip List as Text
• Moving and Crossfading Clips

Exporting the Clip List as Text

You can export clip list information like names, source files, tracks, and clip length.

Procedure

1. Open the Clips window.

2. In the Clips window, select Functions > Export Clip List as Text.

3. Activate the option for the information that you want to export.

4. Select the output format from the pop-up menu.

5. Click OK.

Result

The clip list opens in the selected output format. If you select Print, the Print Preview window opens. The text file is saved in the folder for temporary files.

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Export Clip List as Text Dialog

This dialog allows you to export the clip list in various file formats, or to print it out. You can select what clip information is included in the exported file.

• To open the Export Clip List as Text dialog, open the Clips window, and select Functions > Export Clip List as Text.

Information to Export

Allows you to select which clip information you want to export.

Output Format

Allows you to select the output format of the exported file.

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Moving and Crossfading Clips

You can let clips overlap other clips, move them, and create crossfades between clips.

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Moving Clips

You can drag one clip or all selected clips to another position.

Note

The channel configuration of the clip must match the destination track.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, select the clips that you want to move.
2. Optional: To automatically group clips while moving them, do one of the following in the Auto Grouping section of the Edit tab:
• To move all clips on all tracks that are vertically at the same position with the same length as the clip that you are moving, activate Siblings.
• To move all overlapping or adjacent clips on the same track when you move a clip, activate Tracks.
• To move all overlapping or adjacent clips on all tracks when you move a clip, activate Global.

3. Click the lower clip area, and drag the clips in any direction.
   While dragging, the info line displays the current start position of the clip.

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Moving Clips to Another Track or Lane in the Clips Window

In the Clips window, you can quickly move a clip to another track or lane.

Procedure

1. Open the Clips window.
2. Click the Tracks or Lanes column of a clip.

3. Select to which track or lane you want to move the clip.

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Options for Moving and Crossfading Clips

There are several options that help you when moving and crossfading clips. You can choose how you want clips to be handled when they are moved, decide whether automatic fades are created or not, and select the behavior of clips when they are moved.

Ripple

Ripple determines whether clips to the right are moved, when you move a clip. The ripple options are available in the Edit tab of the Audio Montage window.

Track

If this option is activated and you move a clip horizontally, all clips on the active track that are located to the right of the edited clip are also moved. This option also applies when moving or resizing clips, and when inserting or pasting more than one clip at the same time.

Global

If this option is activated and you move a clip horizontally, all clips on all tracks that are located to the right of the edited clip are also moved. This option is taken into account when moving or resizing clips, and when inserting or pasting more than one clip at the same time.

None

Deactivates the ripple function. That is, only the selected clip is moved.

Auto Grouping

The auto grouping options are available in the Edit tab of the Audio Montage window.

Siblings

If this option is activated and you move or resize a clip horizontally, all clips on all tracks that are at the same vertical position with the same length as the clip that you are moving/resizing, are moved/resized as well.

When you double-click the lower area of a clip, all clip siblings are also selected. If several clips are already selected, double-clicking the lower area of a clip only selects this clip.

Track

If this option is activated and you move a clip horizontally, all overlapping or adjacent clips on the same track are also moved.

Global

If this option is activated and you move a clip horizontally, all vertically overlapping clips on all tracks are also moved.

Crossfading

The following crossfading options are available in the Fade tab of the Audio Montage window in the Options section.

Overlaps

This pop-up menu allows you to set the automatic crossfading behavior.

• If No Automatic Crossfading is activated, no automatic crossfading is performed when clips overlap.
• If Free Overlaps is activated, automatic crossfades are created when a clip overlaps another clip on the same track. The length of the overlap determines the length of the crossfade.

• If Fade In Constrains Overlaps is activated, the fade in length of a clip constrains the maximum possible overlap, and thus the crossfade time. If the clip on the right side, that is, the clip with the fade in in the overlap, is moved to the left past the set overlap time, the other clip is progressively resized. Moving the other clip to the right into the clip that contains the fade in in the overlap produces the same result.

• If Fade Out Constrains Overlaps is activated, the fade out length of a clip constrains the maximum possible overlap, and thus the crossfade time. If the clip on the left side, that is, the clip with the fade out in the overlap, is moved to the right past the set overlap time, the other clip is progressively resized. Moving the other clip to the left into the clip that contains the fade out in the overlap produces the same result.

Automatic Crossfading

This pop-up menu allows you to make automatic crossfading settings.

• If Crossfades between Clips on Different Lanes is activated, crossfades are automatically created when you move a clip on a lane so that it overlaps another clip located on another lane of the same track.

• If Automatic Crossfades with Clips on Active Track is activated, crossfades are automatically created when you move a clip so that it overlaps another clip that is located on the active track.

• If Allow Multiple Automatic Crossfades is activated, crossfades are automatically created for all moved clips that overlap other clips on their track or lane. If this option is deactivated, a crossfade is only created for the clip that you drag, even if several clips are moved simultaneously.

Options

• If Create Default Fades in New Clips is activated, all new clips get the default fade in and fade out shape and length. For clips that are created by splitting a clip, only the default fade time is used.

• If Lock Fade Times When Adjusting Clip Edges is activated, the defined fade in and fade out lengths are locked to the clip start or end, even if you adjust the clip edges. This means that if you resize a clip by dragging its edge, the corresponding fade junction point moves accordingly, while maintaining the fade length.

The following crossfading options are available in the Edit tab of the Audio Montage window, in the Snapping section.

Crossfading

This pop-up menu allows you to make snapping settings for crossfades.

• If Snap to Waveform When Crossfading is activated and you create a crossfade by dragging a clip towards another one located on its left side, the position of the moved clip is automatically adjusted to obtain a good correspondence between the clip waveforms. This correlation process provides a crossfade that is aligned in phase.

• If Create Crossfade and Snap to Waveform When Snapping to Left Clip is activated and you move a clip to let its start snap to the end of another clip on its left, the clip is slightly moved to the left to create a short crossfade that is based on an optimal correlation between the two waveforms. This correlation process provides a crossfade that is aligned in phase.
• If Create Crossfade When Snapping to Left Clip (Based on Fade Out) is activated and you move a clip to let its start snap to the end of another clip on its left, the clip is slightly moved to the left to create a crossfade.
  The length of the crossfade is the fade in length of the clip on the right. If the fade in length is zero, the fade out length of the left clip is used as a basis instead. If that length is also zero, the Create Crossfade and Snap to Waveform When Snapping to Left Clip function is performed if activated.

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Copying Clips to Other Tracks

You can copy all clips or only selected clips of a track with or without their plug-in and envelope settings to another track.

Procedure

1. Optional: If you want to copy only specific clips to another track, Ctrl/Cmd-click the clips that you want to copy.
   To select multiple clips, you can also hold down Ctrl/Cmd-Shift and drag with the mouse.
2. In the track control area, right-click to open the pop-up menu.
3. On the pop-up menu, select Copy Clips to Track and select the track to which you want to copy the clips.

4. In the Copy Clips to Track dialog, do one of the following:
• To copy all clips to the selected track, click All Clips.
• To copy only the selected clips to the selected track, click Only Selected Clips.
• To copy clips with their plug-ins, envelopes, and/or gain and pan settings, activate Copy Plug-ins, Copy Volume/Pan Envelopes, and/or Copy Gain and Pan.

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Optimized Crossfades When Snapping to Other Clips

If you line up clips so that one clip ends exactly where the next one starts, for example, by using the Magnets option, the waveforms at the intersection point probably do not match. To avoid sudden level changes, that may result in pops and clicks, you can optimize the crossfade when snapping to other clips.

On the Edit tab, in the Snapping section, open the Crossfading pop-up menu, and activate Snap to Waveform When Crossfading. When this option is activated and you move a clip so that its start snaps to the end of another clip, the following happens:

• WaveLab Pro scans the waveforms of the clips within a short range to find the position where the waveforms of the two clips match best. This is the same automatic phase matching as in the Wave Matching window. You can specify how far you want the program to scan into the clips, by selecting a search range on the menu of the Wave Matching window.

• The position of the clip that you moved is adjusted slightly to achieve the best possible match between the waveforms. This creates a short crossfade.

Note

This function only applies when moving from right to left, for example, when you let the start of the moved clip snap to the end of the clip on the left.

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Overlapping Clips

You can move clips so that they overlap each other.

Note the following:

• The tracks in the audio montage are polyphonic, which means that each track can play back several overlapping clips at the same time. Overlapping clips are transparent, allowing you to see the underlying clips and their waveforms.
• To select an overlapped clip, click the bottom clip area of the crossfade area.

• There are crossfading options that automatically adjust the level envelope curves when you overlap clips.

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