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WAVELAB
19 – 434 The Audio Montage
The “patch” crossfades, for example when you want to replace a section of audio,
and want this to be done as transparently as possible, without any audible discon-
tinuity in the resulting audio.
In these cases, it is necessary to make the crossfades as short as possible. These types of
crossfades are best created in the Zoom view.
The Zoom view helps you create very short crossfades, automatically
matching the phase of the two clips, hence minimizing harmonic cancella-
tions. This method, though more CPU demanding, is far superior to the
common method of just finding zero crossing points.
To splice two clips together in the Zoom view, proceed as follows:
1. In the Track View, move the two clips together end-to-start.
2. Make sure the clip to the right is focused.
3. Click the Zoom tab to display the Zoom view.
This shows a close-up of the two clips.
Note that the Zoom view is centered around the start point of the right clip!
This means that if you move the right clip in the Track View, the left clip will
appear to be moving in the Zoom view.
4. Set the zoom factor using the icons above the display, or the correspond-
ing options on the Zoom view : Options menu.
In the finest mode (1:1), each pixel on screen corresponds to one sample. In the 1:8 mode,
there are eight samples per pixel.
If you activate Automatic level zooming on the Zoom view : Options menu,
the waveforms are automatically zoomed vertically to fill out the Overview.