Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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Revert to saved
This menu option, on the File menu, allows you to revert the file back to its 
last saved state (actually, the last saved version of the file is loaded from 
disk). This can be used as a kind of “super undo” which undoes all the 
changes made to the file since it was last saved.
1.Select “Revert to saved” from the File menu.
2.Click “Yes” in the warning dialog that appears.
The file is restored to its previously saved state.
Renaming files and...

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To rename a file or document proceed as follows:
1.Select the audio file/document to be renamed. 
Make sure all documents that reference this particular file are open. This is not mandatory, 
but if they aren’t, the file references will not be updated.
2.Select “Rename…” from the File menu, or press [F2].
The Rename dialog opens.
The dialog contains the following items:
You can also Batch rename files – see “Batch renaming” on page 307.
Item Description
Name...

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Deleting files and documents
It is possible to delete whole files or documents from within WaveLab. 
This function is available from the File menu and will delete the currently 
selected file or document from disk. 
1.Make sure the file or document you wish to delete is in focus.
2.Select “Delete…” from the File menu.
A dialog appears as a warning, allowing you to cancel or proceed with the operation.
3.Select whether to permanently delete the file or to move it...

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Saving view settings
WaveLab can automatically save all settings associated with a Wave file. 
This includes:
• Window size and position.
• Zooming.
• Scroll position.
• Display mode (Wave/Spectrum/Loudness Envelope).
• Snapshots.
• Master Section preset associated with the file.
The view setting information is stored in a companion file (extension 
“.mem”) either together with your audio files or in a separate folder.
•This feature is activated/deactivated (on...

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Compression encoded export formats
Apart from the formats available in the Save As dialog and the Save spe-
cial encode MP3/MP2/WMA options, WaveLab allows you to export files 
in a number of compression encoded audio formats, suitable for multime-
dia, web publishing, etc. (see “Supported file formats” on page 113). The 
basic functionality for this is part of a software technology called Mi-
crosoft ACM (Audio Compression Manager) which is included with Mi-...

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Exporting to encoded formats
The menu item “Encode (ACM)” uses the Microsoft MediaTools technol-
ogy to convert the file to one of a number of compressed formats.
1.Select “Encode (ACM)…” from the Save Special submenu.
The dialog that appears is a MediaTools dialog, not a WaveLab dialog.
2.Select one of the formats from the pop-up in the middle and chose a set-
ting for it from the pop-up below.
The dialog also provides possibilities for creating “presets” of...

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Editing attributes and getting information
Editing audio properties
Each audio file has a certain set of properties, that is, information about 
the sample rate at which it was recorded, what the bit resolution is, etc. 
The “Audio Properties” dialog allows you to change that information.
There are two ways to bring up this dialog:
•Select “Audio Properties” from the Edit menu.
•Click on the properties information field, on the status bar.
The Audio Properties...

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File attributes
If you select this option on the Edit menu, a dialog opens in which you can 
specify various information about the wave file.
The Wave Attributes dialog 
You can enter information on either the Standard tab or the Broadcast 
Audio Extension tab. The information you enter here is added to the 
header of the file, and thereby labels it as either a Standard wave file or a 
Broadcast wave file. A Broadcast wave file is essentially the same thing 
as...

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About the Loudness envelope display mode
As described earlier in this chapter, there are three display modes for 
Wave windows (see “About the Display modes” on page 77).
The Loudness envelope wave display is selected from the pop-up menu 
at the bottom right of the wave window, to the left of the horizontal zoom 
control (the overview also has a separate Display mode pop-up).
The curves represent the loudness over time in an audio file (see “About 
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•When the Loudness envelope display mode is selected, the “Y” axis is 
logarithmic, not linear like in the waveform display. 
The vertical zoom slider will change the scale rather than a zoom factor. By displaying a 
larger scale, very small volume changes can be viewed.
•All standard editing operations, i.e. selecting, cut/copy/paste, etc., are 
available, except drawing with the Pencil tool.
About the curves
Up to four different curves can be shown...