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Creating playlists

When you create a Sequence Container, a Playlist is added to the Sequence Container Tab. See Sequence Container tab.You can create a playlist so that objects within the container are played back in a particular order.

You can experiment and fine-tune your playlist by adding, removing, and re-ordering objects until it is just right. You can play back a playlist at any point in the creation process. For more information on playing a playlist, refer to Playing playlists.

[Note]Note

A Sequence Container can't be played until a playlist has been created.

Adding and removing objects from playlists

You can create playlists by dragging objects and other containers to and from the Playlist pane of the Contents Editor. To help speed up the process, you can select several objects and then add or remove them all at the same time.

In most cases, you will be using the objects within the Sequence Container to create the playlist. You can, however, drag objects directly from the Audio tab of the Project Explorer to the playlist. In this case, the objects are moved from their current location to the Sequence Container. If you want to create a copy of the object instead of moving it, you can Ctrl+drag the object from the Audio tab in the Project Explorer to the playlist.

To add/remove objects from the playlist:

  1. Load a Sequence Container into the Property Editor.

    The objects within the container are displayed in the Contents Editor.

  2. To add an object to the playlist, drag an object from the Contents pane to the Sequence Container Tab.

    The object is added to the playlist.

  3. To remove an object from the playlist, in the Sequence Container Tab, select the object.

  4. Press the Delete key.

    The object is removed from the playlist, but still remains in the Contents pane.

Re-ordering objects in playlists

While you are creating your playlist, you can re-order the objects to see how they sound or feel in different orders. If your playlist has containers, you cannot re-order the objects that are nested within it.

To re-order objects in the playlist:

  1. In the Sequence Container Tab, select the object or objects that you want to move.

  2. Drag the objects to the new location in the playlist.

    The objects are moved to the new location.

Playing playlists

Before you can play a Sequence Container, you must create a playlist. A play icon shows which object in the playlist is playing at any one time.

If you're using a crossfade between objects, two play icons appear in the playlist during the crossfade.

If you're using a delay between objects, the play icon turns into a clock icon during the delay.

To play a playlist:

  1. Load a Sequence Container into the Property Editor.

  2. In the Transport Control, click the Play icon.

    Wwise plays back the playlist in the order specified.

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