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Editing in the selected Wave Editor

P Remember that any processing you perform on this audio file will be reflected in all its segments throughout the Song. If you don’t want this, use the Duplicate File command in the Pool to create a copy of the audio file to edit instead.

Opening the Wave Editor from the Audio Editor

1. Open the Audio Editor.
2. In the Audio Editor, double click on the Audio Event whose file you want to edit. This automatically opens the file in the set Wave editor.

P If you are using WaveLab Lite or WaveLab, and you have activated the option “Segment Range Selection” in the Audio Preferences dialog, the segment range in the audio file will be selected when you open it in the editor. Furthermore, if you are using WaveLab (the full-featured version), Markers will be inserted in the audio file, at the start and end inset positions.

3. Perform whatever processing you want.
This may include shortening or lengthening the file, applying DSP effects, etc. See the documentation for the Wave editor in question for more details.

4. Save the audio file (you may want to save it under another name, see below) and close it.
Nothing stops you from keeping the Wave editor running, just remember to close the audio file.

5. Return to Cubase VST.
If you have applied any processing to the audio file, an alert box will appear, telling you that the file contents have been changed, and the Pool and Arrange windows will be updated to reflect the changes.

• If you have shortened the audio file in the Wave editor, the length of its segments in Cubase VST will automatically be adjusted if needed (since a segment cannot be longer than its audio file).

• If you have lengthened the audio file, the length and start point of its segments will not be affected.

Opening the Wave Editor from the Pool

1. Select the segment or audio file you want to edit.

2. Select “Audio” from the Functions menu and then select “Launch External Wave Editor” from the sub-menu that appears.
The set Wave Editor opens.

3. Perform the editing and return to Cubase VST as described above.

P If you use the “Save As...” command in the external Wave Editor to save the edited audio file under another name, you can switch between the original and the edited file without having to adjust or make new segments, by using the “Re-find” function in the Pool (see page 329). Note that this only works if you performed editing to the audio file that didn’t change its length (e.g. dynamic or spectral editing).

Opening the “secondary” Wave Editor

Even if you have selected an external audio editing software as your primary Wave Editor (by deactivating the “Use internal Wave Editor” checkbox in the Audio Preferences dialog), you can open the internal Wave Editor at any time, by holding down [Ctrl] and double clicking on an audio segment in the Audio Editor. Likewise, if you have activated “Use internal Wave Editor”, [Ctrl] + double clicking a segment will open the external Wave Editor. In other words:

P To open the “secondary” Wave Editor (the one that is not selected in the Audio Preferences dialog), press [Ctrl] and double click on a segment in the Audio Editor.