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WAVELAB
11 – 268 Spectrum Editor
From here, you can select one of two Copy methods, using the pop-up
menu above the Copy button.
• “Copy exactly” will, as the name implies, copy the Source region exactly
as it is.
• “Copy ambience” copies an average of the source frequencies, and pro-
duces a blurring of the original dynamics and pitch variation information.
This mode can be useful as the copied region will appear more “transparent”, whereas the
“Exact copy” might cause a “repetition” effect. There is no general rule as to when to
choose either method, it depends on the audio material.
8. When you have set the copy options as you want them, click “Copy” in
the Spectrum editor dialog to perform the operation.
Using Copy/Paste
You can also use standard copy/paste commands for regions:
1. With a region selected, press [Ctrl] + [C].
2. Place the cursor where you wish to place the copied region.
3. Press [Ctrl] + [V] to paste the audio at the cursor position.
The original length and frequency range will be the same as in the original region, but note
that the copied audio is pasted – it does not create a new region.
Storing regions
If you have defined a region, and then draw a new region, you will not be
able to return the to previous region unless you have marked it as a
Source or Destination region. If you wish to switch between two regions,
e.g. to compare how a certain filter operation will turn out, you can use the
two Mark buttons in the Copy operations section to store two indepen-
dent regions as usual, but you don’t have to perform a Copy operation be-
tween the two.
Instead, you can use the Show buttons for the Source/Destination as a
way of switching between two independent region definitions.