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WAVELAB
Editing in the Wave window 6 – 83
Using the tool in the Overview
The Magnifying Glass can be used in the Overview, just as in the Main
view. However, even though you use the tool in the Overview, it is the
Main view that gets zoomed.
You can for example use this as follows: keep the Overview zoomed out
all the way and use the Magnifying Glass tool to display any section in the
Main view.
Mouse zooming
Using the mouse, you can continuously change the zoom factor by drag-
ging:
1. Position the mouse pointer over the ruler in the Main view.
2. Press the mouse button and drag up or down.
The zoom factor changes continuously.
Dragging to change the zoom factor.
• To zoom with the cursor in a fixed center position, hold down [Shift].
• To make vertical zoom adjust automatically to the peaks in the waveform,
hold down [Ctrl].
• To switch to scrolling, hold down [Alt].
This technique works very well in combination with the fact that you can
move the song position by dragging horizontally in the ruler. By dragging
in both directions, you can quickly find a certain position in the file and
display it at the desired magnification factor.
Using mouse zooming to its full effect requires some practice – but it is
worth the effort!
Setting sensitivity for mouse zooming
On the Preferences–Environment tab, there’s a Sensitivity setting for
mouse zooming. The higher the value, the less sensitive the function. You
might want to raise this value when you first try out the function.