Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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• If you use the “+” button or drop below the existing list, the processor will be 
added at the end of the list.
You can also do this by double clicking the processor in the list to the right.
• If you drag and drop on another symbol, it will be added just before that proces-
sor in the list.
If you create an “impossible” combination of effects, for example feed a 
mono output into a processor that only accepts stereo input, you will get an 
error message when you try...

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Closing the Processor List window
Once you have finished with all the settings, click OK to confirm the set-
tings and close the dialog or Cancel to close it without saving any 
changes.
The Output tab – Settings for created files
This tab allows you to specify where the created files are to be located, in 
what format they should be, and other related options.
In fact, you can perform useful batch processing with the options on this 
tab, without using any processors at...

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Setting up a simple destination folder
There are two ways to specify a folder for all created files:
• Type in a path (file location) on the Destination folder line.
• Click the folder icon just beside the destination folder line, browse your way to a 
folder and select it.
Using path variables
If you need more advanced options, for example if you need to store dif-
ferent batches in different folders, you need to use the path variables, 
available on the pop-up to the...

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The available variables have the following functions:
There is one exception to the statements above, and this is drive names. If 
you explicitly specify a drive name, this will always be used, regardless of 
where the source is located and what type of variables are used.
For example, if you have a source file in “c:\MyFolder\” and specify 
“e:\\”, the new file will be stored in “e:\MyFolder\”.
We will also give two more examples of variables, to show you what 
advanced...

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• If you enter “d:\NewFolder\, the file will be stored as: “d:\New-
Folder\Folder3\Sound.wav”.
• If instead you enter “”, the new file will be: “c:\Ba-
nana\Orange\Sound.wav”.
Using file name prefixes and suffixes
For the file names created, you can use the fields “File name prefix” and 
“File name suffix” to add text to the beginning and/or the end of the origi-
nal name.
•You can type in any text, which will then be added at the beginning/end of 
the file name.
If for...

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Creating zip archives
You can automatically create a zip archive of the created files. A zip ar-
chive is a file which contains other files, in a compressed format. The 
compression is non-lossy, which means that when you “un-zip” the files, 
you get exactly what you had when you created the archive – the informa-
tion is not changed in any way.
Zip files are often used for archiving purposes and when sending files to 
other people, for example via the Internet.
The zip...

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Creating backups and automatically deleting source files
If you want the program to create backups of any files that would other-
wise be overwritten as a result of the procedure, activate the “Create 
backups” options. When this is activated, the program will make a copy of 
the file before processing. It will also change the first letter in the exten-
sion of the copy to “~”. For example “myfile.wav” will be backed up as 
“myfile.~av”.
This only applies if you have...

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Selecting an Output Format
•Click the large button to open the Audio File Format dialog in which you 
can select the desired output format and make settings for it.
For details about various file formats, see “Supported file formats” on page 113. For detailed 
information about the Audio File Format dialog, please click the question mark icon in the dia-
log.
The Audio File Format dialog.
• If you want the output files to be of the same format as the source files, se-...

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Scheduling
The Schedule tab is used for various options related to the performance 
of the batch processing:
On start of batch process
This is where you instruct WaveLab what to do just before starting the 
batch operation:
On batch process completion
This is where you select how WaveLab should behave after processing all 
files.
Option Description
Stop playback Stops playback to free up some processing power.
Open Monitor window Opens the Monitor window (see “The...

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On start of file process
This is where you select how WaveLab should behave when processing 
each file. There is only one option here: “Minimize wave window”. If this is 
activated and the document is currently open in a window, WaveLab will 
minimize this before the processing starts.
On file process completion
These settings determine what should happen after each individual file 
has been processed:
Priority
These buttons specify how fast the wave file should be...