Envelope Curve Points in Wavelab Pro

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Envelope Curve Points in Wavelab Pro

Resetting envelope curves

Copying envelopes

Raising selection levels

Muting selected ranges of clips

Envelope smoothing

Creating envelope presets

Applying envelope presets

Locking an envelope curve

Locking all envelope curves mouse

Automating plug in parameters

Resetting Envelope Curves

You can reset curve points to the default level 0 dB.

Choices

• To reset a single point to 0 dB, select the point, right-click it, and select Reset Selected Points.
• To reset the whole envelope curve to default, right-click the envelope curve, and select Reset Level to 0 dB.

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Copying Envelopes

You can copy envelope curves from other clips.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, right-click an envelope curve, and select Copy Shape.
2. Right-click the envelope curve of the destination clip, and select Paste Shape.

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Raising Selection Levels

You can raise the audio level with specific fall and rise times (by default 20 ms) and then adjust the level.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, in a clip, select the range for the section that you want to raise in level.
2. Right-click the envelope curve, and select Raise Level of Selection with Envelope.
   The level of the selection range is raised.
3. Click the envelope of the selection range and drag up or down to adjust the level.

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Muting Selected Ranges of Clips

You can mute a selected range by lowering the volume to -144 dB.

Muted sections are not affected when you drag the envelope curve up or down.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, in a clip, make a selection range for the section that you want to mute.
2. Right-click the envelope curve, and select Mute Selection with Envelope.

Result

The section is muted. A fade in and fade out of 20 ms is applied to the muted section.

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Envelope Smoothing

To produce smoother, more natural envelope curves, you can activate the Smoothing function.

• To activate this function, select the Envelope tab, and activate Smoothing in the Clip Options section.

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Creating Envelope Presets

You can create envelope presets that you can later recall and apply to other clips. There are separate presets for the sustain parts (envelope presets) and the fade parts.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, activate the clip with the envelope curve that you want to save as a preset.
2. Select the Envelope tab.
3. In the Preset section, open the Presets pop-up menu.
4. Select Save As.
5. In the Save Preset As dialog, enter a name for the preset, and click Save.

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Applying Envelope Presets

Procedure

1. In the montage window, activate the clip to which you want to apply the envelope preset.
2. Select the Envelope tab.
3. In the Preset section, open the Presets pop-up menu.
4. Select a preset from the list.

Result

The envelope curve is applied.

Note

Level envelope presets can only be applied to level envelopes. Other envelope presets such as pan and effect presets can be applied to any other non-level envelope, but not to level envelopes.

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Locking an Envelope Curve

When an envelope curve is locked, the level envelope curve points are hidden and cannot be edited with the mouse. However, you can drag the whole curve up or down.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, activate the clip that you want to lock.
2. Select the Envelope tab.
3. In the Clip Options section, activate Hide Curve Points.

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Locking All Envelope Curves

If you lock all envelope curves globally, they cannot be edited with the mouse.

Procedure

1. In the Audio Montage window, select the Envelope tab.
2. In the Selector section, activate Lock Mouse Editing.

Result

The envelopes and their points are still displayed, but cannot be selected or edited.

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Parameter Automation with Clip Envelopes

You can use clip envelopes for parameter automation. You can add clip envelopes for VST 3 plug-in parameters, volume/fades, and pan.

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Automating Plug-in Parameters with Clip Envelopes

You can automate each plug-in parameter individually via clip envelopes.

Procedure

1. In the montage window, select the clip for which you want to apply plug-in parameter automation.
2. In the Inspector window, add a plug-in in the Montage Effects pane.

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To create an automation envelope parameter, do one of the following:

• In the plug-in window, right-click the parameter that you want to automate and select Create Clip Automation Envelope.

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• Note
  Some third-party plug-ins do not support selecting parameters via right-click. In this case, use the next method to select the parameter.
• In the Automation/Envelope pane, click Add Automation Envelope and select the plug-in parameter that you want to automate. For example, Wet/Dry Balance or Bypass.

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In the clip, edit the envelope of the plug-in parameter.

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To have a better overview, you can hide the envelopes of other parameters. Click Show/Hide Automation Envelope in the Automation/Envelope pane.

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