User Manual

WAVELAB
19 – 414 The Audio Montage
• You can open a Wave window with the range selected in the source audio file, by
dragging the selection range to the WaveLab desktop.
• You can play back the selection range only, either the whole Montage or just the
clip with the selection range (see “Playing back individual clips and selections” on
page 402).
• You can have the playback loop within the selection, by activating the loop and
selecting the “Loop Selection” mode on the Transport bar.
To create a selection range, proceed as follows:
• Creating a selection range in an empty area on a track is done by clicking
and dragging with the mouse as when selecting audio in the Wave win-
dows.
• Creating a selection range within a clip is done in the same way, but the
pointer must be in the mouse zone to which you have assigned the “Se-
lect range” function (by default the upper clip area).
When the pointer is in the “select range” mouse zone, it takes on the “Selection tool”
shape.
• When you drag the mouse to create the selection range, the start and end
position and the length of the range are displayed in the info line.
• If you double click in the selection range mouse zone, a selection range is
automatically created, spanning the entire clip or the area between the
closest markers (if there are any).
In the latter case, triple clicking will expand the selection range to the entire clip. Further-
more, if you double click and keep the mouse button pressed, you can drag the mouse to
expand the selection range in “blocks” (clips or marker areas).
• You can resize a selection range by [Shift]-clicking or dragging its edges,
as in the Wave windows.
• As in the Wave windows, you can toggle the selection range on and off
by pressing [Esc].
• To remove (deactivate) a selection range, click elsewhere in the Montage.