Waveforms add a visual representation of audio directly into the Live Clipping timeline. They help you spot silence, peaks, speech changes and likely edit points without relying on audio playback alone — so you can choose in and out points faster and with more confidence.
Waveforms appear beneath thumbnails in the Live Clipping timeline.
Availability
Waveforms are enabled for all users by default, with no additional setup. The waveform shown is always for the audio of the stream you are currently viewing.
If you prefer not to see waveforms, the feature can be turned off for your individual user — this does not affect anyone else in your organisation.
How waveforms are generated
Waveforms are an integrated part of the timeline, not a separate asset you need to manage. They are created automatically as the stream comes in:
Stream ingest begins
Audio data is extracted from the incoming stream
Waveform data is created from the extracted audio
Live Clipping renders the waveform layers beneath the thumbnail timeline
Single-audio streams
Streams with one audio track show a single waveform layer beneath the thumbnails.
Waveform detail follows the timeline zoom level. Zoomed out, the waveform is shown at lower detail to fit the available space — useful for broad scanning. Zoom in and more waveform data is revealed, giving you the precision needed for frame-accurate trimming.
Breaks in the waveform make likely clip boundaries easy to find.
✅ Tip: look for flat sections in the waveform to find pauses or breaks in commentary, then place your Set IN and Set OUT points either side of the moment you want.
Multi-audio streams
Streams with multiple audio tracks — commentary, international feeds or alternate audio sources — are supported by default, with one waveform layer per track.
Multi-audio streams display multiple waveform layers, each labelled by track.
Behaviour | What happens |
Default view | All audio tracks are shown |
Visible tracks | Three tracks are visible at once; scroll the waveform area to reach additional tracks |
Choosing tracks | Select or deselect tracks in the track menu to show only the ones you need |
Listening track | Selecting a different track to listen to highlights that track's waveform |
Scroll the waveform area to reach additional tracks.
Choose which audio layers to view from the track menu.
📕 Note: which waveforms you show and which track you listen to are separate settings. You can review several tracks visually while focusing your listening on just one.
✅ Tip: Zoom out to scan for high-energy moments, zoom in to trim on the silence — waveforms work the same way on single- and multi-audio streams, with no setup required.