Cross-Application Copying Operations

To optimize cross-application workflows, you can easily insert any audio range from WaveLab into any other audio application by performing simple copy & paste and drag & drop operations.

Source Editors in WaveLab

This feature works both for audio selections in the Audio Editor and in the Audio Montage window.

The following conditions apply:

Audio Editor

  • If you select a single mono channel, even if it is part of a stereo or multi-channel file, only this channel is copied.

  • If you select a stereo channel cluster from a stereo file or a surround file, the channel pair is copied.

  • If you select three or more channels in a surround file, all channels of the file are copied; for example, six channels for a 5.1 file.

Audio Montage

  • Selections can cover multiple tracks or lanes.

  • If the selected audio range consists exclusively of mono channels, a mono mixdown is created; for example, for all lanes of a mono track.

  • For any other audio selection, a stereo mixdown is copied to the clipboard.

Target Applications

  • The target application can be any audio application, including WaveLab itself.

    Note

    Choosing WaveLab as the target application consumes more storage and memory resources, compared to the standard copying operation.

  • In addition to this, you can also choose the File Explorer/macOS Finder as the target.

Background Information

What distinguishes the process from conventional copy & paste and drag & drop operations is that it encompasses two stages:

  1. Firstly, you need to generate a copy of the selected audio range via a dedicated command.

  2. Secondly, you have to transfer the copy to the target application by dragging or by pasting it there from the clipboard.

Note

Saving the source file in WaveLab Elements is not required for the feature to work.

To transfer the selected audio samples to the target, WaveLab creates a temporary audio file in the Cache folder. You can specify the location of the Cache folder and the sample resolution of the audio to be generated by selecting File > Preferences > Global and editing the corresponding settings on the Audio tab.

The temporary file path is copied to the clipboard of your operating system, both as text and as a file that you can transfer to another location by pasting or by dragging. This means that you can alternatively use the file browser of the target application to access the audio material.

Note

If the target application (Cubase, for example) permits, we recommend importing a copy of the temporary file into the target application, rather than a reference to it.