Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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On the Options menu you will also find an option called “Stop after play-
back browsing”, which determines what happens when you release the 
mouse button: playback continues (deactivated) or stops (activated). 
Note that when this option is activated, the cursor will automatically be 
moved back to the playback start position on stop, allowing you to use 
this function for locate positions in the audio.
Playing the selection only
There are several ways to play the...

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Select the desired options in the FROM and TO sections of the dialog to 
define an audio range.
You can specify audio ranges to play back From/To:
• Start/End of the file, respectively.
• The Cursor position.
• Start/End of selection.
• Named Markers.
• User specified time positions (Custom).
In addition you can specify an offset for any range position.
The playback buttons work like this:
•In the Options section of the dialog, the audio range to be processed can...

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Using the Jog/Shuttle function
The Jog/Shuttle function allows you to play back audio forwards or back-
wards, at any speed. This is useful for finding exact spots in the audio file, 
etc.
The Jog and Shuttle functions are CPU intensive because of the real-time 
scrolling that occurs. If you experience stuttering playback, try re ducing the 
window size (this will reduce CPU usage proportionally).
Jog
This can be viewed as dragging the audio past a “playback point”,...

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Shuttle
This can be viewed as playing back with a continuous control for tape 
speed and direction:
1.Zoom in so that you can get a good visual feedback.
2.Activate the Jog/Shuttle button on the Transport bar or press [F10].
3.Move the pointer to the lower part of the Wave window.
The pointer takes on the shape of a speaker.
4.Click and hold the mouse button to the left or right of the vertical line.
Clicking to the left of the line will play the audio backwards and...

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Using ShuttlePro
WaveLab features support for Contour Design’s ShuttlePro Multimedia 
Controller. You can use the buttons on the ShuttlePro to perform the 
above described Jog and Shuttle functions, as well as several other func-
tions such as zoom in/out, undo/redo, start/stop playback, play selection, 
toggle loop mode, toggle jog & shuttle mode, open file and save as. The 
WaveLab functions that can be performed with a ShuttlePro are defined 
in a ShuttlePro...

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Recording
For details on connections, recording levels, etc. please refer to the docu-
mentation that came with your audio card.
See “Multichannel recording” on page 521 for information on multichannel 
recording in the Montage.
About automatic gain controls
Some audio cards may have a feature which automatically sets the re-
cording level for the microphone input. This feature is often called AGC 
(Automatic Gain Control). For “professional” results we recommend...

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Preparations
To record a new file, proceed as follows:
1.Click the Record button, or press [*] on the numeric key pad.
The Record dialog appears.
The Record dialog
2.Decide whether you want to record to a “named” or a “temporary” file, by 
selecting from the pop-up at the top of the dialog.
Temporary files are practical to use, since you don’t need to name the file beforehand, you 
just “hit record and go”. On the other hand, you will need to save the file at a...

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•Alternatively, if you have the “Support RF64 file format”option activated, 
the standard Wave file format switches automatically to the RF64 file for-
mat as soon as the file size exceeds 2 GB, without any performance loss 
or interruption. This is especially useful when recording very long ses-
sions as there is no need to worry about file size limit (apart from available 
disk space). A RF64 file will still have the “.wav” extension but can only be 
opened with...

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• In “Audio input (hardware)” mode, WaveLab will record the signals from the 
activated inputs on your audio hardware.
This is the standard mode. Use this for recording any external audio signal sources con-
nected to the inputs on your audio card.
•If you are using an ASIO driver and this mode is selected, you can click 
the button to the far right in this section of the dialog to access the “Re-
cording channels” dialog.
In this dialog you can select which input...

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Setting up the mixer (MME/WDM drivers)
At this point you may want to click the Mixer button to adjust the relative 
volume of your card’s inputs.
• For the mixer to appear, you must have specifically selected the card on the 
Preferences–Audio device tab. 
If the Input and Output are set to “Microsoft Sound Mapper” a mixer cannot be created.
Exactly what controls will appear in the mixer depends on the card, but 
here are some possibilities:
• Master Gain...