Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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Loudness envelope options
This dialog contains various options for the Loudness envelope display 
mode. Select “Loudness envelope options…” from the Display mode 
pop-up (only available when Loudness envelope is selected).   

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The dialog contains the following items:
Option Description
Time resolution This sets how many samples are used to compute the average loud-
ness (“RMS”). The longer the time set here, the more the loudness 
variations are evened out in the envelope. With shorter times, the en-
velope will be more sensitive to individual peaks.
Slow/Fast tracking “Slow tracking” takes into account more samples than the “Time res-
olution” setting, but the “older” the samples,...

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Playback and recording 

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Playing back
Background information
About sample rates
If the wave file is recorded at a sample rate not supported by your audio 
card you will not be able to play it back. You might then opt to use sample 
rate conversion, see “Convert sample rate” on page 210. Also see “Sup-
ported file formats” on page 113 for more on file formats.
About sync
It is possible to synchronize WaveLab to other devices either via MIDI 
Time Code or via the ASIO Positioning Protocol...

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Using the Transport bar
Displaying the Transport bar
If the Transport is hidden, select Transport from the Control bars submenu 
on the View menu.
The Transport controls
The Stop button
The result of clicking on the stop button depends on the current situation: 
•If the program is stopped and you click the Stop button, the wave cursor 
is moved to the beginning of the last start position. A second click will 
move the cursor to the start of current selection (if any...

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Transport control settings for separate windows
By default, open windows in WaveLab (wave windows and montage win-
dows) all use the same Transport control settings (loop settings, playback 
speed, etc.). You can however choose to use separate settings for sepa-
rate windows if you want: open the Preferences–Audio device tab and 
make sure the option “Transport settings are global to all windows” is not 
activated.
When this option is deactivated, the following...

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Looping
Let’s say you have chosen “Loop selection” mode. Now, if some piece of 
the wave is selected, this will be repeated indefinitely (as long as you 
don’t start playback from a position later than the selection).
If no selection is made, the entire wave is looped.
• For details about the Stop point/loop menu items, use the help item at the 
bottom of the menu.
About loop updating and short loops
The loop points are updated continuously during playback, which...

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Setting the playback speed
You can change the playback speed for open documents with or without 
affecting the pitch of the audio. Playback speed can be set for:
• Wave windows.
• Audio Montages (all clips in a montage are affected).
Each separate open wave or montage can have its own playback speed 
setting if you wish, i.e. if you have several wave windows open and 
change the playback speed for one of them, the set speed does not affect 
the other windows when...

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2.From the pop-up menu that appears, select “Edit”.
The Playback Speed dialog appears.
The Playback Speed dialog
3.Select a preset number by clicking one of the radio buttons to the right, 
and type in the desired name in the name field above the buttons.
Note that WaveLab comes with a number of ready-made playback speed pre-
sets, so unless you want to overwrite one of these with your own settings, 
make sure to select a preset number that isn’t already used (the...

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Play tool – Playing one or both channels in stereo files
Selecting the Play tool momentarily
The Play tool can of course be selected by clicking in the Toolbox, but 
there are situations when you are working with another tool and just mo-
mentarily want to use the Play tool.
•To momentarily select the Play tool, hold down [Alt]. When you have fin-
ished playing, release [Alt].
Using the Play tool
The Play tool allows you to play back from any position:
1.Point at...