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WAVELAB
Editing in the Wave window 6 – 91
Selecting
Almost all types of editing and processing you perform in WaveLab oper-
ate on the selection. There are numerous ways to make a selection:
By dragging or [Shift]-clicking
The standard way to select a range in a Wave window is to click and
drag. If you drag all the way to the left or right side of the window, it scrolls
automatically, allowing you to select larger sections than what can be
shown in the window. The speed of the scrolling depends on how far from
the window edge you are.
You can also press [Shift] and click in the Wave window to make a selec-
tion between the position of the wave cursor and the click position.
By using the Audio Range dialog
Another way of selecting a range in a Wave window is to use the Audio
Range dialog. This dialog, accessed by selecting the “Edit…” item from
the Select submenu on the Edit menu, allows you to define a selection
range in great detail. See “Using the Audio Range dialog” on page 141.
Selecting in stereo files
If you are working on stereo material you can select either channel or both
so that you can apply an operation to one channel only or to the entire
stereo material. Which channel will be selected when you drag or [Shift]-
click depends on where you position the mouse pointer, as indicated by
the pointer shape:
• To select a single channel by [Shift]-clicking, you need to set the wave cur-
sor in only one channel (by clicking in the upper or lower part of the wave)
and then [Shift]-click in the same channel.
Position Pointer Shape Description
Upper half of left channel Only the left channel will be selected.
Middle area Both channels will be selected.
Lower half of right channel Only the right channel will be selected.