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Settings for selected waves in a Wave Track are shown in the Wave Properties Window.
Note This is not the same as the Wave Component Properties window for a wave in the project tree.
The Wave Properties window contains the following tabs:
The Wave tab is shown in the following figure.
The Wave drop-down list shows all wave files in the project tree. Select the wave to place in the track.
Settings in the Start and End row specify the current bar (measure), beat, grid, and tick for the beginning and end of the wave. If the wave does not contain any looping portion, the length of the wave in the track must be equal to or less than the length of the source wave. Note that the end of the wave can extend beyond the end of the segment and that the entire wave will play if the segment plays normally to the end.
The button with the padlock icon beside the End row is used to lock the end position of the wave. When the end is locked, you can truncate the wave at the end by increasing the Start settings. Truncating the wave affects only the playback of this wave track, not the original file.
When you change the Start values, the Source values under the End row adjust to show where the originally inserted wave would end using its normal length.
Settings in the Length row specify the current length of the wave. These settings change automatically when you change the Start settings for the wave while the End settings are locked. You can also enter new values for the length, which will affect either the start or end position, depending on whether the end position is locked. Use the Lock button on this row to lock the length, so that the start and end settings move in tandem to maintain the length of the wave. You cannot lock the End settings when the Length settings are locked.
The Source row beneath the Length row shows the length of the original wave. This information does not change.
Settings in the Offset By row specify the point within the wave at which it starts playing. Setting a value greater than zero has the effect of truncating the beginning of the wave.
The Samples area shows various measures of digital samples. From top to bottom, these values represent the number of samples in the following regions:
The Loop tab is shown in the following figure.
The Loop tab provides options for selecting a portion of the wave to be played repeatedly when playback is looped. Loop settings are saved in the run-time segment file, not in the source wave file.
Select the Loop check box to activate the looping option. This has the effect of copying the looped portion in the wave display as many times as it will fit, depending on the length of the wave as set on the Wave tab. If you later increase the length, more copies will be made. No part of the source wave that falls after the looped portion will play, because the looped portion plays repeatedly until the end of the wave as specified on the Wave tab.
The Start and End values specify the beginning and ending points of the looped portion in bars (measures), beats, grids, and ticks.
The Length values specify the length of the looped potion. These settings adjust automatically when you change the start or end settings for the loop. When you enter new settings for the length, the End setting adjusts automatically. You can click the Lock button to lock the length, so that the start and end settings move in tandem to maintain the length of the wave.
The Samples area of the window shows which digital samples are used to play the wave loop. Information in the upper box shows the position of the first sample used in the loop, and adjusts when you change the start time of the loop. Information in the middle box shows the position of the last sample used in the loop, and adjusts when you change the end time of the loop. Information in the lower box adjusts when you change the length of the loop. You can change the settings in the Samples area to adjust the start, end, and length of the loop.
The Performance tab is shown in the following figure.
This tab contains the settings shown in the following table.
Setting | Purpose |
Attenuation | Attenuate the volume of the wave for playback, measured in decibels (dB). A setting of 0 plays the wave at its original volume. The lowest setting of 96.0 dB reduces the volume to silence. This value is cumulative with any attenuation set for the wave track and the part. |
Fine Tune | Change the pitch of the wave during playback. Measurement is in semitones. The highest setting of 12.00 raises the pitch one octave. The lowest setting of 12.00 lowers the pitch one octave. |
Don't Cut Off | Specify that after a wave starts playing in a segment, the wave is not cut off before it is finished. See Cut Off and Invalidation of Notes or Waves. |
Belongs To | Specify the measure and beat that a wave belongs to, which lets you physically place the wave to play on a beat, but associate it logically with another beat. See Belongs to Beat. |
Note To restore the default settings for Attenuation or Fine Tune, click on the slider while pressing CTRL.
The Variations tab in the Wave Properties window is shown in the following figure.
Use this tab to assign the wave to as many variations as you want by selecting the variation numbers. For more information, see Wave Variations.