User Manual

WAVELAB
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6. Adjust the Offset and Damping parameters as desired.
The shape of the two curves is indicated in the selection. See below for details.
7. Click the Paste button.
Please note that if both waves already have full level sections in the cross-
fade area (for example if you have normalized both waves), clipping (and
hence distortion) might occur! If this happens, reduce the amplitude of both
waves by 3 to 6 dB and try again.
Also note however, that if one of the “Inverse of Fade In/Out” boxes is
checked, clipping can never occur.
How the fade is done
• As described above, the length of the fade is determined by the size of the selec-
tion in the file into which you paste.
• The pasted material has to be longer than the selection you paste “into” (or there
won’t be enough material to finish the fade).
• Any “excess” material in the copied selection will appear after the fade (at “full
level”). The wave is lengthened as needed.
• Any material that originally appeared after the selection in the file into which you
paste, will be moved so that it now appears after the newly pasted material.
About the curves
The design of the fade and crossfade curves is based on psycho-acous-
tic research material, in order to give as pleasant and harmonic a result as
possible.
For each of the two sections – the fade-out and the fade-in – you can se-
lect an Offset and a Damping value. When you adjust these values, the
curves in the wave are adjusted accordingly so that you can see what kind
of crossfade you will get.
The Offset factor determines where in the fade section the file will play at
its “mid level” (normally half the level, see below).