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WAVELAB
19 – 422 The Audio Montage
Resizing clips
In this context, “resizing” usually means moving the start and end points of
a clip, so that more or less of the original audio file is “revealed”. However,
in the Audio Montage there are two ways of doing this: with the audio
source “static” or “tied”. These two methods are explained below.
As with other clip operations, the mouse zones determine which function
is used, and the pointer changes shape to indicate the current function.
The “Resize clips” pointers for static and tied audio sources, respectively.
Resize clips (static audio source)
This is the traditional way of resizing clips, you move the start or end point
to the left or to the right:
1. Point at the left or right edge of the clip.
By default, it doesn’t matter whether you click in the upper or lower half of the edge, but it
is possible to select either half for the alternate resize method, as described below.
2. Click and drag to the right or left.
The start and end positions and 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 it
refers to.
• The clip edges will snap to any activated magnetic bounds, as described in the
section “Magnetic bounds” on page 409.
• When you drag the right edge of a clip this way, the auto-grouping settings on the
Edit view : Options menu are taken into account.
As when copying clips, this means that if Track auto-grouping is activated, all the following
clips on the track will be moved when you resize the clip (so that the distance between the
clip’s right edge and the next clip on the track remains the same).
If Global auto-grouping is activated, the same is true, but for clips on all tracks in the Audio
Montage.