Clip Editing V5 in Wavelab Pro

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Clip Editing V5 in Wavelab Pro

• Creating Clips from Selection Ranges
• Duplicating Clips

• Repeating Clips

• Repeat Clip Dialog

• Creating New Clips by Dragging Selections
• Repeating Clips
• Repeat Clip Dialog
• Creating New Clips by Dragging Selections
• Clip Resizing
• Resizing Clips by Cropping
• Bounce Selected Clips
• Creating Clips from Selected Clips
• Rendering Clip Effects to Clips

Creating Clips from Selection Ranges

You can create clips from a selection range.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, make a selection.
   Note
   If no clip is overlapping the selection, an empty clip will be created.
2. Select the Edit tab.
3. In the Clip section, click Create from Selection and do one of the following:
• To create a clip from the selected range, click Create Clip from Selection. If no clip is overlapping the selection, an empty clip is created.
• To copy the selected range as a clip to a muted lane, click Copy Selected Range to Muted Lane. This allows you to edit the selected range with external editors while keeping a backup of the original selected range.

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Duplicating Clips

You can quickly duplicate one or several clips via drag and drop. You can drag the clip duplicates to another position on the same track, another track, or another audio montage.

Note

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

Procedure

1. In the montage window, select one or more clips.
2. Click the upper clip area and drag the clips to another position on the same track, another track, or another audio montage tab.
   The cursor changes to indicate that you are located in the upper clip area.
   While you are dragging, a dotted line indicates where the first of the copied clips will be placed. The position is also indicated on the info line.
   If you dragged a single clip, a pop-up menu opens. Select the option that you want to apply to the duplicate of the clip. The Ripple and Auto Grouping settings that you can make in the Edit tab of the Audio Montage window are taken into account.

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Repeating Clips

You can make a number of copies of a clip and position them at various intervals on the current track of your audio montage.

Note

Repeating clips does not create overlapping clips.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, select the clip that you want to repeat.
2. Optional: Place the edit cursor.
3. Select the Edit tab.
4. In the Clip section, click Repeat Clip.
5. In the Repeat Clip dialog, select one of the following options:
• Select Count, and specify the number of copies.
• Select Repeat Until Cursor.
6. Select one of the Placement options.
7. Click OK.

Result

The clips are repeated. If you chose Repeat Until Cursor, the last clip starts to the left of the audio montage cursor.

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Repeat Clip Dialog

This dialog allows you to specify the number of clones to produce and control their placement, alignment, and spacing.

• To open the Repeat Clip dialog, select the Edit tab in the Audio Montage window, and click Repeat Clip in the Clip section.

Number of Clones

Count creates the specified number of clones.

Repeat until Cursor creates clones up to the edit cursor.

Placement

Place Clips One after the Other places the clips one after the other on the track.

Use End Cue Points as Reference places the selected clips one after the other on the active track. Each clip is aligned with the end cue point of the preceding clip.

Gap between Clips allows you to set the gap duration between clips.

Place Every places the copied clips in the time interval that you set in the field below. This is the interval between two succeeding clip starts.

Align with Clips of Active Track aligns the copied clips with the starting position of the clips on the active track, including any offset value that you can set in the Offset field.

Insert Copies at Markers aligns the copied clips with specific markers. Specify these markers on the menus below.

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Creating New Clips by Dragging Selections

You can drag selection ranges to create a new clip.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, select a range.
   If the selection range covers more than one clip, only the section that is part of the active clip is copied.
2. Click the upper clip area and drag the selection to the new position.
   When you are dragging, the position of the pointer is displayed on the info line. The magnets settings are taken into account.
3. Select one of the insert options.
   Note
   Envelopes and effects are not included when you copy selection ranges.

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Clip Resizing

In this context, resizing usually means moving the start and end points of a clip. This reveals more or less of the original audio file. You can keep the audio source static relative to the time line of the audio montage, or relative to the resized edge of the clip.

Resize Clips With a Static Audio Source

To resize clips, click the left or right edge of the clip and move the start or end point to the left or to the right.

The start and end positions and the length of the clip are displayed on the info line while you are dragging. You cannot drag the edge of a clip past the start or end point of the audio file to which it refers.

When you drag the right edge of a clip, the Ripple settings are taken into account. If Track is activated, all the following clips on the track are moved when you resize the clip. If Global is activated, all clips on all tracks in the audio montage are moved.

If you press Alt, all selected clips are resized by the same value.

Resize Clips With Tied Audio Sources

You can resize a clip while having the audio source tied to the edge that you are moving. You Ctrl/Cmd-click the left or right edge of the clip and move the start or end point to the left or to the right.

The start and end positions and the length of the clip are displayed on the info line while you are dragging. Magnetic bounds and the auto grouping options that you can make in the Edit tab of the Audio Montage window are taken into account.

If you press Alt-Ctrl/Cmd when resizing, all selected clips are resized by the same value.

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Resizing Clips by Cropping

You can crop clips to remove material at the beginning and end of a clip.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, select a clip range.
2. Select the Edit tab.
3. In the Removal section, click Crop Clip.

Result

The clip is resized so that it contains only the selected audio.

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Bounce Selected Clips

Bouncing clips allows you to render several clips to a single clip. This creates a new audio file in the montage folder. You can render the effects of a single clip to create a new audio file that is used by the clips. The rendering takes plug-ins, envelope settings, and gain settings of the clips into account. Track and output effects are not rendered.

Bouncing clips creates a new audio file that is used by the new clip. The new clip has no plug-ins, envelope settings, or gain settings. After rendering, the new clip sounds as the clips before. Its audio is still processed through the track and output plug-ins.

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Creating Clips from Selected Clips

You can render several clips to a single clip. The plug-ins, envelope settings, and gain settings of the clips are rendered to the new clip.

Procedure

1. In the audio montage, select the clips that you want to render to a single clip.
2. Select the Render tab.
3. In the Selected Clips section, click Bounce.

Result

The selected clips are rendered to a single clip.

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Rendering Clip Effects to Clips

To save CPU power, you can render the effects of a single clip to create a new audio file that is used by the clip. After rendering the clip, the effects are part of the clip and the clip plug-ins are removed.

Procedure

1. In the audio montage, select a clip.
2. Select the Render tab.
3. In the Selected Clips section, click Bounce.

Result

The clip effects are rendered to the selected clip.

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